paid audience usually only goes to shows that are pilots, new (first season) and don't have a following, or otherwise not especially popular. even at that they'll try to entice people by handing out tix for free (usually in shopping malls or outside tourist spots like the Chinese Theatre) and occasionally even charging a nominal fee to be in the audience for a taping of a popular performer (we had to pay $3 a head to get tix for the taping of Caroline Rhea's recent Bravo special, which was totally worth it cuz it was a great theater and she went for almost 3 hours).
the ones you have to get in advance are only if you want guaranteed seats for a given day. say you want to get into Leno - most days if you just show up at NBC early (say 10ish) you can get in. But if you know for a fact that you're travelling to LA on October 9th and *must* see Jay Leno *that*day*, then you better reserve as early as possible.
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Date: 2006-07-12 06:15 pm (UTC)paid audience usually only goes to shows that are pilots, new (first season) and don't have a following, or otherwise not especially popular. even at that they'll try to entice people by handing out tix for free (usually in shopping malls or outside tourist spots like the Chinese Theatre) and occasionally even charging a nominal fee to be in the audience for a taping of a popular performer (we had to pay $3 a head to get tix for the taping of Caroline Rhea's recent Bravo special, which was totally worth it cuz it was a great theater and she went for almost 3 hours).
the ones you have to get in advance are only if you want guaranteed seats for a given day. say you want to get into Leno - most days if you just show up at NBC early (say 10ish) you can get in. But if you know for a fact that you're travelling to LA on October 9th and *must* see Jay Leno *that*day*, then you better reserve as early as possible.