Lara (von Seelen) Spencer ’91
Since fall, Spencer has been the sole anchor of CBS’s The Insider, the nightly sister show to Entertainment Tonight. Spencer has hosted two primetime specials on CBS: Red Carpet Confidential, revealing beauty and style secrets of the stars, and An Entertainment Tonight Event: Celebrity Weddings Unveiled. Before joining The Insider as a co-anchor in 2004, Spencer was a national correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America and a host of PBS’s Antiques Roadshow. At Penn State, Spencer (nee von Seelen) was a competitive diver.

Keegan-Michael Key ’96g
A versatile actor and writer, Key is host of The Planet’s Funniest Animals on Animal Planet. Before that, he appeared on MADtv and Reno 911! among other shows.

Lisa Salters ’88
Salters is a sideline reporter for ESPN College Football Saturday Primetime and a courtside reporter for ESPN’s coverage of The NBA on ABC. In addition to those sports, she’s covered events from World Cup soccer to the Olympics. Before joining ESPN in 2000, Salters spent five years as a correspondent for ABC News.

John Aniston ’55
Since 1985, Aniston has starred as the often married and divorced and always devious Victor Kiriakis on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives. Before that, he appeared on the daytime dramas Love of Life and Search for Tomorrow. Acting talent runs in the family: his daughter Jennifer Aniston starred on the hit sitcom Friends (1994-2004) and currently appears in the movie Marley and Me.

Todd Blackledge ’83
Blackledge, famous as the Penn State quarterback who led the Nittany Lions to their first national championship in 1982, has worked as an analyst for ABC Sports, CBS Sports, and ESPN’s College Football Primetime since 2006. His popular “Taste of the Town” segment features Blackledge indulging in the house specialty at famous local eateries like The Waysider in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Mickie’s Dairy Bar in Madison, Wis. During a visit to State College, he relived his student days with grilled stickies at The Diner. [Link to YouTube video]

Jill Cordes ’92
Cordes hosts HGTV’s My First Place and the Fine Living Network’s The Best Of (formerly on the Food Network). She’s also a host on www.petstyle.com, America’s first broadband pet channel.

Ryan Buell ’06
Buell produces and directs the A&E network’s Paranormal State, now in its third season. The show’s cast, all Penn State students, investigates paranormal activity across the country. Buell founded the Paranormal Research Society, the inspiration and basis for the show, at Penn State in 2001.

Amy Wynn Pastor ’99
Pastor spent seven years as an on-air carpenter for The Learning Channel’s popular show Trading Spaces. Now, she’s signed on with the DIY (Do It Yourself) Network to host Make a Move and co-host Backyard Stadiums with New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan. She also wrote Yes, You Can!: Home Repairs Made Easy.

Don Roy King ’69
King’s not technically on TV himself but since 2006 has directed one of the longest-running shows on television, Saturday Night Live. King is a two-time Emmy nominee for his work on SNL and previously won a daytime Emmy in 1977 for directing The Mike Douglas Show.

Matt Millen ’80
Millen has returned to football broadcasting, this time with NBC Sports. Following a 12-year playing career in the NFL that included four Super Bowl wins on three different teams, Millen worked as a football commentator for CBS and FOX before becoming president and general manager of the Detroit Lions in 2001.