The Violet’s Guide to Binge-worthy NYU Alumni TV Shows

3rd Rock from the Sun

Kristen Johnston (TSOA ’89)

(Note: Also showing on fubo Crackle, Sling, Tubi, and Vudu.)

Catastrophe

Rob Delaney (TSOA ’99), Creator, Actor, Screenwriter
Frances Gillespie (CAS ’07), Screenwriter

Downton Abbey

Michael Engler (TSOA ’80), Producer

Tales of Titans

Jason Ritter (TSOA ’02), Actor

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Rachel Brosnahan (TSOA ’12), Actress
Daniel Goldfarb (TSOA ’95, ’97), Co-Producer / Writer
Marin Hinkle (TSOA ’91), Actress
Stephanie Hsu (TSOA ’12), Actress
Brian Kates (TSOA ’94), Editor
Marina Reti (TSOA ’07), Costume Designer
Matthew Shapiro (TSOA ’06), Co-Producer

Transparent

James Frohna (TSOA ’91), Director of Photography

Severance

Rachel Tenner, CSA, (WSC ’92), Casting

Ted Lasso

Bill Wrubel (TSOA ’93), Executive Producer

CBS Sunday Morning

Amy Wall (GSAS ’94), Producer

Hack Into Broad City

Ilana Glazer (LS ’07), Actress

Barry

Elizabeth Sarnoff (TSOA ’91), Screenwriter

Boardwalk Empire

Erik Weiner (TSOA ’99), Actor

Game of Thrones

Joseph Bauer (TSOA ’91), Lead Visual Effects Supervisor
Eric Carney (TSOA ’97), Visual Effects Plate Supervisor
Gregory Spence (TSOA ’88), Producer
Alan Taylor (TSOA ’91), Executive Producer

Insecure

Patrick Cady (TSOA ’96), Director

Silicon Valley

Thomas Lassally (TSOA ’86), Producer

Six Feet Under

Peter Krause (TSOA ’90)

Succession

Susan Soon He Stanton (TSOA ’03), Supervising Producer

The Laramie Project

Moises Kaufman (TSOA ’17), Director

The Night Of

Frederick Elmes (TSOA ’75), Director of Photography
Wyatt Sprague (WSC ’82), Sound Effects Editor

The Sopranos

David Chase (HEIGHTS ’68), Creator
Andrea de Matteo (TSOA ’96), Actress

The White Lotus

Mark Kamine (TSOA ’92), Co-Executive Producer

Westworld

Mark Allen (TSOA ’06), Sound Effects Editor
Andrew Seklir (SPS ’94), Editor

Wizard of Lies

Jane Rosenthal (GAL ’77), Producer

30 Rock

Alec Baldwin (TSOA ’94), Actor
Donald Glover (TSOA ’06), Screenwriter

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Todd Liebler (TSOA ’85), Cinematographer
Lydia Tenaglia (TSOA ’96), Producer  

Criminal Minds

Matthew Gray Gubbler (TSOA ’03), Actor

Fargo

Joel Coen (TSOA ’78), Director and Producer
Ben Nedivi (TSOA ’02), Producer
Rachel Tenner (WSC ’92), Casting Director
Matthew Wolpert (TSOA ’01), Producer

Grey's Anatomy

Chandra Wilson (TSOA ’91), Actress and Director

(Note: Also showing on ABC and Netflix.)
 

Key & Peele

Richard LaBrie, Jr. (TSOA ’83), Editor

Only Murders In The Building

Jordan Jacobs (TSOA ’91, ’96), Art Director, "True Crime"
Rich Murray (TSOA ’04), Set Decorator, "True Crime"

Modern Family

Paul Corrigan (TSOA ’94), Producer
Jeffrey Greenberg (TSOA ’93), Casting Director
Stephen Lloyd (TSOA ’93), Producer
Bradford Walsh (TSOA ’94), Producer

Project Runway

Karlie Kloss (GAL ‘20), Model

Robot Chicken

Jordan Allen-Dutton (TSOA ’99), Screenwriter
Erik Weiner (TSOA ’99), Screenwriter

Shark Tank

Philip Gurin (TSOA ’83), Producer
Matthew Stevenson (TSOA ’94), Editor

The Handmaid's Tale

Reed Morano (TSOA ’01), Director
Kiaran Snyder (TSOA ’98), Producer

The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Sterling K. Brown (TSOA ’01), Actor
Adam Penn (TSOA ’99), Editor

(Note: Vudu, Apple TV and Prime Video)

This Is Us

Isaac Aptaker (TSOA ’08), Producer
Elizabeth Berger (TSOA ’08), Producer
Sterling K. Brown (TSOA ’01), Actor
Susan Kelechi Watson (TSOA ’03), Actor

Will & Grace

Debra Messing (TSOA ’93), Actress
Molly Shannon (TSOA ’87), Actress

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Barry Sonnenfeld (ARTS ’74, TSOA ’78), Executive Producer

Better Call Saul

Vince Gilligan (TSOA ’89), Director and Producer
Thomas Schnauz (TSOA ’88), Producer

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Jack Dolgen (GAL ’04), Composer
Rachel Bloom (TSOA ’09), Actress

GLOW

Jennifer Euston, (TSOA ’97) Casting Director
Elizabeth Flahive (TSOA ’02), Producer

House of Cards

Lorenzo Millan (TSOA ’92), Production Mixer
Frank Pugliese (TSOA ’86), Producer
Julie Schubert (TSOA ’02), Casting Director
Paul Sparks (TSOA ’95), Actor

Master of None

Aziz Ansari (STERN ’04), Actor
Igor Srubshchik (TSOA ’97), Producer

Riverdale

Camilia Mendes (TSOA ’16), Actress
Cole Sprouse (GAL ’15), Actor

Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust

Daniel Kellison (TSOA ’91), Producer
Sarah Silverman (TSOA)

Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life

Neal Marshall (TSOA ’68), Producer
Marcus Raboy (LS ’85), Director and Producer

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Rachel Morrison (TSOA ’00), Cinematographer
Justin Wilkes (TSOA ’99), Producer

The Good Wife

Daniele Hollywood (TSOA ’85), Assistant Costume Designer

Nurse Jackie

Richie Jackson (TSOA ’87), Producer

Saturday Night Live

James Anderson (TSOA ’81), Screenwriter
Alec Baldwin (TSOA ’94), Guest
Megan Callahan (TSOA ’08), Screenwriter
Erin Doyle (STEINHARDT ’07), Producer
Anna Drezen (TSOA ’10), Screenwriter
Chloe Fineman (TSOA ’11), Cast
Frances Gillespie (CAS ’07), Screenwriter
Donald Glover (TSOA ’06), Guest
Steven Higgins (TSOA ’76), Screenwriter
Nicholas Kocher (TSOA ’08), Screenwriter
Brian McElhaney (TSOA ’09), Screenwriter
Richard McGuinness (TSOA ’82), Lighting Director
Nimesh Patel (STERN ’08), Screenwriter
Andy Samberg (TSOA ’00), Actor
Molly Shannon (TSOA ’87), Actress
Brian Siedlecki (TSOA ’96), Producer
Robert Smigel (WSC ’83), Producer
Bowen Yang (CAS ’12) Writer, Cast

(Note: Also showing on NBC, Sling, and YouTube.)

The Office

Rainn Wilson (TSOA ’89), Actor

Creating Saturday Night Live

Christopher Voss (TSOA ’09), Producer

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Michael Drucker (CAS ’06), Screenwriter

Talking Dead

Brandon Monk (CAS ’00), Executive Producer

The Alienist

Eric Frye (TSOA ’85), Producer

The Daily Show

Steven Bodow (TSOA ’95), Producer  

The Late Late Show with James Corden

David Javerbaum (TSOA ’95), Producer

Who Do You Think You Are?

Howard Lee (TSOA ’88), Producer
Anna Pousho (TSOA ’95), Producer