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Ulysses Samuel " Ukee" Washington III (born August 20, 1958) is an American news news anchor for the weekday evening newscast on KYW-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He currently anchors CBS News Philadelphia on CBS 3 at 5pm alongside Natasha Brown, and solo anchors 6 & 11pm on KYW and 8pm on sister station WPSG-TV.
Washington attended University of Richmond.
While Washington no longer anchors the 4pm newscast, he occasionally fills in for Lewis or Brown if either is off, or on special assignment; Lewis fills in for Washington whenever he is off.
Hoff left CBS3 in August 2021 after six years at the station, and is currently a general assignment reporter for Fox News.
Washington formerly anchored Eyewitness News This Morning on CBS 3 and WPSG with co-anchor Erika von Tiehl, as well as the hybrid news and entertainment program Talk Philly with Pat Ciarrocchi, which aired weekdays at noon until it was cancelled and reverted to a regular newscast on June 29, 2015, which was anchored by von Tiehl until she left the station in March 2016.
On July 1, 2015, just four days after hosting the final episode of Talk Philly, Washington was named the new co-anchor of Eyewitness News weeknight broadcasts.
In addition to his daily anchor duties, he provides viewers with "Keepin' It Reel," a special segment of the morning newscast during which he previews one of the week's theatrical releases and interviews the releases' Movie star and directors. Washington also hosted the local teen issues discussion show "Rap Around," which dealt with topics such as race, prom fashions, and having a brother. In 2004, he put together a special report on the still controversial Philadelphia Experiment.
On November 11, 2011, a performance was aired on KYW-TV in which Washington joined the Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale, of which he is a former member, and the Facebook Volunteer Choir at the Zion Baptist Church in north Philadelphia, in singing "God Bless America", in tribute to America's military veterans. CBS Philly page where Washington joins choirs to pay tribute to veterans Retrieved 2011-11-21 He had been asked by the Philadelphia Phillies to sing "God Bless America" at a seventh-inning stretch at Citizens Bank Park during the 2011 National League Championship Series, but because the Phillies had been eliminated from the playoffs in the previous round by the St. Louis Cardinals (who went on to win the 2011 World Series), he could not perform for the Phillies. Instead, he chose to film a performance for Veterans Day.
The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Washington into their Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2013, he was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.
On television, he appeared in an episode of the short-lived CBS drama series Hack and has made four appearances as a co-host of the CBS daytime show The Talk during a week each season where anchors from CBS stations from around the country are invited to be on the show and co-host with the show's regular panelists. Washington appeared in October 2013, July 2016, April 2019 and May 2020 (the last of which Washington did virtually from his home due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia).
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