LOS ANGELES, CA (SMI-GLOBAL-ENTERTAINMENT 03.21-03.30.2025)-The annual TV Paley Festival LA kicked-off its 42nd edition over the past weekend with 4-sensational featured screenings and conversations with cast and crew of  "Severance" (Apple Tv+) on its opening night gala Friday, March 21, Cobra Kai (Netflix, Series -6, Finale), & "Agatha All Along" (Disney+ Hulu) on Saturday March 23, and the newest CBS's drama series " Matlock"on Sunday March  23, at the renowned Dolby Theater in HollyWood,
Los Angeles, CA.

After two-days break from scheduled screenings, the PaleyFest LA resumed Wednesday March 26, with the premiere screening and discussion of the Hulu's acclaimed Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe award winning TV Drama-Series, " The Handmaid's Tale " with full crew and cast in attendance for its sixth and final season.

"The Handmaid's Tale" is a dystopian and fiction novel by Canadian author Margareth Atwood, set in a totalitarian theocracy and patriarchal nation called the Republic of Gilead, where fertile women, known as Handmaids are forced into sexual servitude to bear children for the Elite society.

Lead cast and director " Elisabeth Moss"  walked the carpet and participated in the discussion after the premiere of season sixth first episode alongside crew; Bruce Miller(Creator, Writer, & EP), Eric Tuchman & Yahlin Chang(Co-Showrunner, Writer & EPs), Warren Littlefield(Executive Producer), and cast Amanda Brugel("Rita Blue'),
Bradley Whitford("Commander Lawrence"), Ann Dowd("Aunt Lydia Clements'),
Ever Carradine("Naomi Putnam"), Samira Wiley ("Moira Strand"), O-T Fagbenle("Luke Bankole"), Madeline Brewer("Janine Lindo"), Sam Jaeger("Marc Tuello"), & Yvonne Strahovski (" Serena Joy").

" The Handmaid's Tale" will premiere its first three farewell episode of season- sixth   globally April 08, 2025, on Hulu.

In addition to the upcoming season sixth finale, the The Paley Center for Media will host the exhibit " The Legacy of The Handmaid's Tale: June's Evolution from Handmaid to Rebel" on April 04-June 08, at The Paley Museum in NYC.

The Paley festival LA will resume Tomorrow Friday March 28, with the premiere of the Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Max's Tv Series " Hacks" with Crew and main cast prior to its upcoming season -4, at Dolby Theatre.

On Saturday March 28, and final day of the PaleyFest LA, two premieres will be feature Peacock's Poker Face first episode and discussion of its upcoming Season 2, at 2:00pm and closing out the Festival with a special tribute /salute to Gilmore Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Etoile: The Amy Sherman-Palladino Multiverse at the Night evening Gala at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA.

Article & Photos By Marcello Cutti II/Sarlight Illustrated