How to Get Tickets to "The Martha Stewart Show."

Summer is as good a time as any to begin thinking about getting tickets to "The Martha Stewart Show." The show is on its summer hiatus, but will begin taking ticket reservations for the fall season beginning in late summer. With a little persistence on your part, you can be in the studio audience during the next season of "Martha."

Instructions

Check the Website on a Weekly Basis

1. Check the Martha Stewart website regularly through late August, where the live studio audience ticket request form will be posted shortly before taping for the fall season. There is no charge for tickets.

2. Fill out the box that will be posted with dates and ticket availability late in the summer.

3. Avoid filling out a reservation for a date with the notation "Audience Is Full" or "Coming Soon." You will not be able to reserve tickets for that date.

4. Wait to be contacted by the show, either by email or phone call, about three weeks before the date you've chosen. Remember that not all ticket requests can be honored.

Try Standby or VIP Tickets

1. Try getting standby tickets to the show, which become available about two hours before show time each day at Chelsea Television Studios, 221 West 26th Street (between Seventh and Eighth Avenues) in Manhattan.

2. Check the website to find out if the show you want to see is taping at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m., then make your arrival plans accordingly.

3. Check on auction websites like eBay. You can often find VIP tickets for this TV show and others being auctioned for a good cause.

Tips & Warnings

• You can ask for a maximum of four tickets to "The Martha Stewart Show" within any four-month period. Then you have to wait four months from the date of your last reservation to reserve tickets again.

• If you are a member of a special-interest group that would like to attend a taping, contact the show's producers at 917-438-5999 for more information about group ticket sales.

• This is one of very few television shows that permits audience members to bring still cameras into the studio. Just make sure that you follow the producer's directions about when you are permitted to take photos.

• You must be at least 18 to attend a taping of "The Martha Stewart Show," and you will be asked for a government-issued ID.

• Audience members must arrive at least an hour and a half before the show tapes.

• Keep in mind that tapings take about an hour, but can take longer if special segments are taped. Keep your departure time flexible.

Resources

• Martha Stewart's website, where you can link to her TV show and ticket information.