Above: Host Keegan-Michael Key, right, with actor/musician Jack Black during the music episode of Brain Games. Photo: National Geographic/Eric McCandless
Have you burned through every episode of Friends and need something new to view? Stream some of these shows and movies by Colgate alumni.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, Nick Verbitsky ’91, coproducer
Emmy Award–winning documentary following the saga of a Chinese immigrant family that owns a Manhattan bank in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis
Brain Games, Matt Renner ’01, executive producer
Nat Geo challenges contestants to look at the inner workings of the brain through interactive games and experiments.
ER, Lydia Woodward ’73, executive producer
Catch up on 15 seasons of the classic medical drama created by Michael Crichton.
The Goldbergs, Jay Chandrasekhar ’90, director
Return to the ’80s with this sitcom about a dysfunctional family.
Iconoclasts, Joe Berlinger ’83, executive producer/director; Marcella Steingart ’93, producer
Each episode brings together two visionaries from different creative fields to discuss their work and inspirations.
Matchstick Men, Ted Griffin ’93, writer
A dark-comedy crime film starring Nicholas Cage and Sam Rockwell
Medium, Rob Doherty ’96, co-executive producer
Actress Patricia Arquette assists with criminal investigations by tapping her ability to communicate with the dead.
Party of Five, John Romano ’70, executive producer and writer
The orphaned Salinger siblings fend for themselves in this teen drama that became a ’90s cultural phenomenon.
Sunnyside, Poppy Liu ’13, actor
Premiering last fall, this comedy showcases a quirky group of idealists who dream of becoming American citizens.
Superstore, Jon Barinholtz ’05, actor
Employees at the fictional St. Louis megastore Cloud 9 endure the daily grind in this sitcom starring America Ferrera.