Summer Internships

The application period for the Summer 2026 Internship Program will open on November 14.

Finalists and non-finalists will be notified via email mid-March.

The Foundation offers paid, eight-week, full-time internships in various disciplines across the television industry to students currently enrolled in colleges/universities nationwide.

Interns also receive weekly evening professional development including panels with television industry leaders, customized seminars on building their brand and navigating the job market ahead, plus access to Foundation alumni as they build their careers.

Summer internships will take place June 15 - August 7, 2026. Placements may be in-person, hybrid or remote, depending on the opportunity.

Click here to read the Rules and Eligibility Requirements.

NOTE: Categories are subject to change.

 Click to learn about our Summer Internship program.


Exclusively for college students in Southern California, the Central Valley, the Greater Los Angeles–area and students with lived experience in foster care, the Foundation also offers the following:

Getting Real: Unscripted - available to Southern California and Central Valley students with a demonstrated interest in exploring careers in unscripted and reality television production.

Dick Wolf Foster Youth Internship - available to Greater Los Angeles area students terming out of the foster care system with an interest in exploring careers in entertainment


Summer 2025 Categories

Agency
Casting
Cinematography
Design: Art Direction/Set Decoration
Design: Costume
Development: Children's Programming
Development: Scripted
Development: Unscripted
Directing
Editing
Interactive Media (New Media, Social)
Music
News: Broadcast
News: Entertainment News
Physical Production/Business Management
Production: Animation
Production: Commercials
Production: Documentary/Nonfiction/Unscripted
Production: Live Television
Production: Scripted
Production Management
Public Relations/Publicity
Sound
Special Visual Effects
Writing: Comedy
Writing: Drama

Testimonials

Reni Park
Production Animation (hand drawn),Titmouse

“This internship was honestly a dream come true... Thank you Television Academy Foundation for letting me have such a wonderful experience!”

Celia Beaumont
Development: Unscripted Intern, AGC Studios

“The Television Academy Foundation Internship Program didn't just teach me professional skills; it taught me how to navigate the industry!”

Rain Toney
Development: Scripted Series, Shondaland

“I don't think any other experience could have made me feel more prepared and excited to continue developing my career in television!”