The Paley Center for Media announced four of its honorees for the upcoming PaleyFest 2011: True Blood, The Walking Dead, American Idol, and Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, which will be “jointly honored on one special evening.” Best. The rest of the line-up will be announced in January, and the fest itself takes place in March. Ah, plenty of time to save up $1,200 for the full pass!
The Freaks and Geeks/Undeclared panel sounds particularly thrilling — Judd Apatow, Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, and Martin Starr on the same stage? Yes, please. Freaks launched the careers of both bona fide drama stars (James Franco) and some of the biggest comedy stars (Rogen), plus the variety of subsequent TV projects from the cast is astounding: Linda Cardellini went on to ER, John Francis Daley to Bones, Segel to How I Met Your Mother, Starr to Party Down, Busy Philipps to Cougar Town. Undeclared‘s Charlie Hunnam stars in Sons of Anarchy, and Carla Gallo is on Bones and Men of a Certain Age. Jay Baruchel was everywhere in 2010 — and Apatow hasn’t exactly been slacking these last few years.
What series would you like to see on a panel, PopWatchers? And wouldn’t you be down for a Freaks/Undeclared reunion special of some kind?
if i went to an Undeclared and Freaks & Geeks reunion, I am afraid my head will explode.
Right there with you.
I would be there with both of u for sure
one of the all time “under rated gems!” Truly the best show that never was!
Gee, I wonder if EW will do a list of shows canceled too early?
Lol. Nice one Rolo.
I LOVE FREAKS & GEEKS and am glad it’s getting some recognition. I have the entire series on DVD.
Where’s my like button EW?
best tv show ever! if james franco was there, i would so buy a ticket to paley fest!
There better be a Vampire Diaries panel. That show is WAY better than True Blood. Yeah, I went there.
Samm Levine’s doing some nice sidekick work on Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show.
I was just going to ask: Yes, but what about Samm Levine? I never knew what happened to him after F&G–thank you Eric. I just loved Neil when the show originally aired.
One Tree Hill for sure. If that amazing cast (with CMM and Hilarie Burton) got a panel I would fork out the $1,200 like that.
21 jump street
but @ the ny paley so i can go
Undeclared was not good because of the annoying Rogen. Mumble mouthed Franco is way overrated.
Undeclared was hilarious, and is a gift to Charlie Hunnam fans everywhere.
Freaks and Geeks and True Blood are 2 of my favorite shows from ALL TIME.
…and the streets and Starbucks of Silver Lake stood empty as the faithful decended on Paley Fest. Amen.
I watched both series on DVD only a couple years ago – missed them on TV. They’re amazing – I hope I can see a broadcast of this panel!
It seems we have reached a posthumous point where we can no longer say that “Freaks & Geeks” is underrated. Every time you turn around, there is another web site, blog, or news show discussing how it was gone before its time. I watched every episode in its first run on NBC, and was disappointed by its cancellation. But now, it is this beloved show that everyone loves. Canceled before its time, yes. Underrated, no.