Summer Internships

The application period for the Summer 2026 Internship Program will open on November 12.

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!”