‘NewsRadio’ Turns 25: Where Are the Stars Now? (PHOTOS)

Dan Clarendon March 21, 2020, 5:00 pm

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NewsRadio - Khandi Alexander as Catherine Duke, Andy Dick as Matthew Brock, Stephen Root as Jimmy James, Phil Hartman as Bill McNeal, Dave Foley as Dave Nelson, Maura Tierney as Lisa Miller, Joe Rogan as Joe Garrelli, Vicki Lewis as Beth — Dave Bjerke/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank

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Dave Foley (Dave Nelson)

In addition to his voice roles in *A Bug’s Life*, *Monsters University*, and the *Prep & Landing* series, Foley has appeared in the TV shows *Hot in Cleveland*, *Dr. Ken*, and *The Middle*. News broke earlier this month that he and his fellow *Kids in the Hall* alums will reunite for an Amazon revival of the sketch comedy show.

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Stephen Root (Jimmy James)

Root might be best known for his role as the mumbling Milton Waddams in the film *Office Space*, but he’s also had sizable roles in the TV shows *Boardwalk Empire*, *Justified*, *The Man in the High Castle*, and *Barry*.

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Andy Dick (Matthew Brock)

Unfortunately, Dick’s career is often upstaged by his legal troubles, but his latest TV gigs include roles on *Comedy Bang! Bang!*, *2 Broke Girls*, *Love*, *Sense8*, and *Animals*.

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Maura Tierney (Lisa Miller)

Tierney segued from *NewsRadio* to her Emmy-nominated role as Dr. Abby Lockhart on ER. After spending 10 years on the medical drama, she recurred on *Rescue Me* and starred in the short-lived *The Whole Truth* before playing Helen Solloway in *The Affair*, a performance that earned her a Golden Globe. Next up, she’ll costar with Jeff Daniels in the Showtime drama *Rust*.

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Vicki Lewis (Beth)

On the big screen, Lewis voiced Deb and Flo in *Finding Nemo* and its sequel, *Finding Dory*. On Broadway, she played Velma Kelly in *Chicago* and Countess Lily in *Anastasia*. And on TV, she has had roles in *How I Met Your Mother*, *Modern Family*, *Angie Tribeca*, and *The Blacklist*.

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Joe Rogan (Joe Garrelli)

Following *NewsRadio*, Rogan hosted the reality competition *Fear Factor*, continued his standup comedy career, provided commentary on Ultimate Fighting Champion matches, and launched the podcast *The Joe Rogan Experience*.

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Khandi Alexander (Catherine Duke)

Alexander played Dr. Alexx Woods in *CSI: Miami*, starring on the CBS procedural for its first six seasons. She also starred on *Treme* as LaDonna Batiste-Williams and played Olivia Pope’s mother in an Emmy-nominated *Scandal* role. More recently, she portrayed Toni Morrison in HBO’s *Fahrenheit 451* and guest-starred on *SEAL Team*.

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Jon Lovitz (Max Louis)

Lovitz, who starred on *Saturday Night Live* before his *NewsRadio* stint, went on to recur on *Friends* and *Hot in Cleveland*, compete in *The New Celebrity Apprentice* and *The $100,000 Pyramid*, and voice characters in *The Simpsons* and the *Hotel Transylvania* series. Earlier this year, he returned to *SNL* to play real-life attorney Alan Dershowitz.

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Long live WNYX! NewsRadio, an NBC sitcom set at a hijinks-heavy AM radio station, turns 25 this month, having premiered on March 21, 1995. And even all these years later, its legacy looms large. In fact, in 2015, Vox’s Emily Todd VanDerWerff declared NewsRadio “the best sitcom of the 1990s.”

“It’s a show that’s at once deliberately classical, engaged with and appreciative of TV history, but also free-form and loose,” VanDerWerff wrote. “It turns one of the most low-concept premises ever — here are some funny people who work in a New York City radio station — into big laughs and (dare I say it?) high art.”