television
September 2, 2022
Hollywood Husky
Collaborating with Will Smith and Dave Chappelle is all in a day’s work for one of TV’s leading women directors.
January 26, 2017
Doing the Donald
Character actor Gregg Henry, '75, channels President Trump on ABC's "Scandal."
September 1, 2012
Dawgs on the dial
Beginning this fall, Husky fans will be able to catch every UW football and men’s basketball game on TV, thanks to the Pac-12 Networks, an innovative partnership with FOX and ESPN.
March 1, 2012
'Arts den mother'
It’s easy to feel like Nancy Guppy, ’82, is a personal friend even if you have never met her.
September 1, 2010
Hot in Hollywood
Standing 6 foot 4, Joel McHale is a tall man in Hollywood. And now, he’s a big man in Tinseltown.
March 1, 2010
Visual flair
Two reasons why the Emmy Award-winning TV series 'Mad Men' is so highly acclaimed are its visual style and historical authenticity. Assistant costume designer Allison Leach has had a big hand in both.
June 1, 2008
Hal Riney, 1932-2008
Hal Riney graduated with an art degree and went on to lend his hand to some of the most memorable advertising campaigns of the TV era.
March 1, 2008
One popular geek
Call it “Revenge of the Nerd.” Rainn Wilson was, by his own admission, a hopeless misfit in high school. But when he made a recent appearance at a Kane Hall event, the adoring undergrads had to be turned away by the hundreds.
December 1, 2006
The black TV book
Kathleen Fearn-Banks once worked in TV, and now has written the dictionary on an important part of its history.
June 1, 2006
Tech visionary in HD
Richard Citta, '71, and a team of Zenith Electronics Corp. engineers invented a delivery system that makes HDTV possible.
September 1, 2005
Tune toddlers out
The drivers with the “Kill Your Television” bumper stickers may be right—if your child is under 3. In July researchers at the University of Washington announced the results of a study that tracked harmful effects from toddler TV viewing.
June 1, 2004
Idol in the making
Matt Rogers, ’01, first tasted the limelight when he played on the Husky football team that won the 2001 Rose Bowl. This year, he reveled in more adulation as a finalist on the TV show American Idol.
December 1, 2003
Air force
In 20 years on air covering the Huskies, Bob Rondeau has seen the highs and lows of UW sports and is unafraid to tell it like it is.
June 1, 2002
Star stuntwoman
Jumping out of helicopters, driving speeding cars and fighting bad guys is all in a day’s work for Marla Casey, ’86.
September 1, 1999
Starring role
For the past three springs, Pamela Reed has come to campus to work with undergraduates and students in the Professional Actor Training Program
December 1, 1998
Our ‘Black Sheep’
There aren't many UW alumni who win the Medal of Honor, write a best-selling book and have Robert Conrad portray them in a TV series. In fact, there is only one.
September 1, 1997
Patrick Duffy, ’71, spent more time on stage than in class
No entertainer can escape dying on stage every now and then. But Patrick Duffy, '71, is one of the few actors who has come back from the dead.
September 1, 1995
Actor finds his voice
Now, he is a star on one of the highest rated television shows in the land. But not that long ago, Richard Karn was on the brink of being expelled.
September 1, 1992
Fame came late
Peg Phillips plays the endearing shopkeeper, Ruth Anne, on the hit TV show Northern Exposure.
September 1, 1990
MacLachlan home again
"Twin Peaks" represents both a physical and professional homecoming for actor Kyle MacLachlan.
March 1, 1990
Actor getting noticed
Harry Groener has been busy since his 1976 graduation from the UW’s Professional Actors Training Program.