Television
- Lou Berger '72, head writer for children's television show Sesame Street. Winner of 10 Emmys for outstanding writing.
- James Calinda, co-founder of Crossphase Productions, director of music videos
- Margaret Colin, TV appearances include The Edge of Night and As the World Turns. Starred in Now and Again, Foley Square and Legwork. Films include The Devil's Own, Independence Day, Three Men and a Baby, True Believer and Pretty in Pink
- Alan Colmes, talk radio host, former co-host of Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes
- John Discepolo, current Weekend News Anchor for KOMO 4 in Seattle, WA
- Elizabeth Dennehy, Numerous TV commercials. Appeared in segments of Judging Amy, Gideon's Crossing, Seinfeld and ER. Played Blake Thorpe on The Guiding Light and Shelby in Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Irv "Mr. G" Gikofsky, CW11 (NY) News at Ten weatherman, has been delivering forecasts on New York television for almost 30 years. BA-History, 1967. Additionally, He received an MA-Secondary Education from Hofstra
- Meredith Eaton-Gilden, American actress and psychologist.
- Jon Hanford, founder of Crossphase Productions, cinematographer for music videos featured on MTV and featuring Mr Lif, Torch, Diddy, Rick Ross and The Broosevelts
- Monica Horan, actress, Everybody Loves Raymond
- Donnie Klang, Star, and Solo Artist for the hit show Making the Band 4
- Dick Maitland, Emmy award winning Foley artist and sound engineer, who for the past 40 years has created all the sound effects for "Sesame Street"
- Tom McGowan, TV series Everybody Loves Raymond, Judging Amy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, ER, King of the Hill and Frasier. Films Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, Sleepless in Seattle and As Good as It Gets
- Matt Pieper, B.A. '05, news anchor/reporter at News 12 The Bronx/Brooklyn in NYC
- Barry Poznick, B.A., '90. Reality TV developer and producer
- Philip Rosenthal, creator, producer and writer for hit comedy show Everybody Loves Raymond
- Leslie Segrete, designer on TLC's While You Were Out and Trading Spaces.
- Susan Sullivan, actress
- Eliot Wald, B.A. 1967. TV and film writer
- Maryann Ridini Spencer TV Host, journalist and award-winning TV/Film writer and producer The Lost Valentine
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Famous quotes containing the word television:
“It is among the ranks of school-age children, those six- to twelve-year-olds who once avidly filled their free moments with childhood play, that the greatest change is evident. In the place of traditional, sometimes ancient childhood games that were still popular a generation ago, in the place of fantasy and make- believe play . . . today’s children have substituted television viewing and, most recently, video games.”
—Marie Winn (20th century)
“All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is wrong with the movie industry today, it is the unrelenting effort to astonish.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)
“There is no question but that if Jesus Christ, or a great prophet from another religion, were to come back today, he would find it virtually impossible to convince anyone of his credentials ... despite the fact that the vast evangelical machine on American television is predicated on His imminent return among us sinners.”
—Peter Ustinov (b. 1921)