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List Of The Daily Show Writers
The following is a list of ''The Daily Show'' writers. The show, created by Madeleine Smithberg and Lizz Winstead is an American political satire and news satire News satire or news comedy is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content. News satire has been around almost as long as journalism itself, but it is particularly popular on t .... The show, which has aired since 1996, has employed a large and changing staff of writers. ''The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn'' (1996–1998) ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' (1999–2015) ''The Daily Show with Trevor Noah'' (2015–2022) Footnotes External links * {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''The Daily Show'' writers Writers Daily Show writers Daily Show writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Show
''The Daily Show'' is an American late-night talk and satirical news television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central with release shortly after on Paramount+. ''The Daily Show'' draws its comedy and satire form from recent news stories as well as political figures, media organizations, and often uses self-referential humor. The half-hour-long show premiered on July 22, 1996, and was first hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 17, 1998. Jon Stewart then took over as the host from January 11, 1999, until August 6, 2015, making the show more strongly focused on political satire and news satire, in contrast with the pop culture focus during Kilborn's tenure. Stewart was succeeded by Trevor Noah, whose tenure began on September 28, 2015. Under the different hosts, the show has been formally known as ''The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn'' from 1996 to 1998, ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' from 1999 until 2015, and ''The Daily Show with Trevor Noah'' si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Javerbaum
David Adam Javerbaum (born August 5, 1971) is an American comedy writer and lyricist. Javerbaum has won 13 Emmy Awards in his career, 11 of them for his work on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He runs the popular Twitter account @TheTweetOfGod, which as of November had 6.2 million followers (the account's site has since been moved to Mastodon). The account was the basis for his play ''An Act of God'', which opened on Broadway in the spring of 2015 starring Jim Parsons, and again in the spring of 2016 starring Sean Hayes. The play has gone on to receive over 100 productions in 20 countries and 11 languages. Work Javerbaum was hired as a staff writer with ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' in 1999. He was promoted to head writer in 2002 and became an executive producer at the end of 2006. His work for the program won 11 Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, three Peabody Awards and Television Critics Association Awards for both Best Comedy and Best News Show. He was also one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan McCoy
Dan McCoy (born 1978) is an American comedian and was an Emmy-winning writer for the news satire program ''The Daily Show''. He is the producer and co-host of the movie podcast The Flop House, which he co-hosts with comedian/bar owner Stuart Wellington and former ''Daily Show'' head writer Elliott Kalan. He is the creator and co-star (along with ''Daily Show'' writer Matt Koff) of the animated webseries 9 AM Meeting, which won an MTV development deal at the 2010 New York Television Festival. McCoy's father, Jerry McCoy, is a professor emeritus at Eureka College.Arlene Franks"Eureka's Dan McCoy Hits It Big in New York,"''Woodford County Journal,'' Feb. 1, 2012. Dan McCoy is a 1996 graduate of Eureka High School in Eureka, Illinois. He is also a member of the Earlham College Earlham College is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. The college was established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Koff
Matt Koff is an American comedian and an Emmy-winning writer for the news satire program ''The Daily Show''. He was previously a contributing writer for ''The Onion News Network'' and appeared onscreen in the History channel series ''I Love the 1880s''. He has appeared as a guest on podcasts including ''The Flop House'' and ''Baby Geniuses''. Koff was a co-writer and co-star (along with ''Daily Show'' writer Dan McCoy) of the animated webseries 9 AM Meeting, which won an MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ... development deal at the 2010 New York Television Festival. In 2011, Koff was given the "Joke of the Year" award by ''Time Out New York'' based on a reader poll. In November 2019, Koff released his debut comedy album, ''Who's My Little Guy?'' Footnotes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Kutner
Rob Kutner is an American comedy writer. Career As a writer for ''Dennis Miller Live'', he was nominated for a 2003 Writers' Guild of America Award. After ''Dennis Miller Live'' left the air, Kutner went on to write for ''The Daily Show'', where he has won five Emmies to date. Additionally, he has won a Peabody Award and an award from the Television Critics' Association. He was a writer for ''The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'' until January 22, 2010 and has stayed on Conan O'Brien's writing staff for the TBS television program, '' Conan''. In 2003, Kutner wrote the short film ''Pie Chi'', which has been seen at numerous festivals and was broadcast on Showtime Television. His humor pieces have appeared in ''The New York Times'', ''Esquire'', ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Maxim'', and ''The Huffington Post''. His book ''Apocalypse How'', a humorous guide on how to "make the end times the best of times," was released in May 2008. His Kindle Single, "The Future According to Me," ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Jacobson
Scott Jacobson (born 1977) is an American comedy writer and winner of four Emmys for contributions to ''The Daily Show'' with Jon StewartSerota, Maggie (2010)The Oy of Sex, ''New York Press'', September 22, 2010, retrieved 2010-10-17 and two Emmys for contributions to ''Bob's Burgers''. He is currently a writer on Fox's animated show Bob's Burgers and has also written for The Academy Awards, Robert Smigel's '' TV Funhouse'' cartoons, and the Adult Swim show ''Squidbillies''. He grew up in North Carolina, where he attended the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) is a two-year, public residential high school located in Durham, North Carolina, that focuses on the intensive study of science, mathematics and technology. It accepts rising juniors ... and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Scott Jacobson has also directed music videos for The National, Dinosaur Jr., Nick Lowe, Superchunk, The Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallie Haglund
Hallie Haglund (born September 5, 1982) is an American comedian, Emmy-winning writer, and producer. She is currently head writer and executive producer on Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas. Career Haglund worked as an NBC Studios page in Los Angeles while studying improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade's L.A. theater. She joined ''The Daily Show'' as a writers' assistant in 2006, and served as a staff writer from 2010–2017, making her the longest-serving female writer on the show. During her time writing for ''The Daily Show'', Haglund won three Primetime Emmy awards. She is a contributor to the 2010 humor book ''Earth (The Book)'', written by Jon Stewart and other writers of ''The Daily Show''. Haglund has appeared several times as a guest on movie podcast '' The Flop House'', which has led to her inclusion in the "Quotes of the Week" section of ''The A.V. Club ''The A.V. Club'' is an American online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travon Free
Travon Free (born ) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He has written for ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'', ''The Daily Show'' on Comedy Central, and ''Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons'' on HBO. Free won an Emmy Award for his work on ''The Daily Show'' and won an Academy Award for ''Two Distant Strangers'' in the Best Live Action Short Film category. Early life and education Growing up with his mother and grandmother in Compton, California, Free attended Dominguez High School, where he played basketball; in 2002, the ''Los Angeles Times'' called him the "team's best player". He attended California State University, Long Beach, and played college basketball for the Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball, Long Beach State 49ers. While injured with a torn meniscus in his right knee that required surgery, he entertained the team with his humor, which was a prelude to his career in comedy. In college, Free took a comedy writing class and performed at Laugh Factory in Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Drysdale
Eric Drysdale (born March 20, 1969) is a writer for ''The Colbert Report,'' ''The Daily Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee''. He has been nominated for twenty-one Emmys and won ten. In addition to TV writing, Drysdale has written and produced live shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and also performs stand-up. Career ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' Drysdale worked as a writer and occasional on-screen actor for ''The Daily Show'' for six years, during which time he contributed to their coverage of the 2000 and 2004 elections. While there, he won five Emmy awards, two Peabody Awards, two Television Critics Association Awards, and an ASIFA animation award. He did collaborative work on ''America (The Book)'', in which he drew a facsimile of the "bill" from the '' Schoolhouse Rock!'' series. The caption added that he was never compensated for the drawing. ''The Colbert Report'' From 2005 to 2008, Drysdale worked as a write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyatt Cenac
Wyatt John Foster Cenac Jr. (; born April 19, 1976) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He was a correspondent and writer for ''The Daily Show'' from 2008 to 2012. He starred in the TBS series '' People of Earth'' and in Barry Jenkins's first feature ''Medicine for Melancholy''. He also hosted and produced the HBO series ''Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas''. Early life Cenac was born in New York on April 19, 1976 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan and spent his early years in the Bronx. His father, Wyatt Cenac Sr., was a cab driver born in Saint Mark Parish, Grenada in 1944. When Cenac was five, his father was shot and killed in his cab by a teenage passenger in Harlem. Cenac moved with his mother, a New York native, and Trinidadian stepfather to Dallas, Texas, in 1981. He spent his summers with his maternal grandmother in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in an apartment on President Street. While in elementary school, he became friends with comic book writer Brian K. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Blomquist
Rich Blomquist (born July 27, 1977) is an American writer, producer and occasional actor. He was a former staff writer for ''The Daily Show''. The show won six Emmy awards during his employment; in 2003–2006, 2009 and 2011. Career He has also contributed material to ''Saturday Night Live'', specifically for Robert Smigel's ''TV Funhouse''. Blomquist is originally from Westbrook, Connecticut. He graduated in 2000 from the School of Communications at Elon University in North Carolina. Blomquist and his wife Kristen Schaal wrote a book together called ''The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex''. It was published in July 2010 by Chronicle Books. Blomquist wrote for '' The Last Man on Earth'' until it got cancelled and is currently writing for the animated sitcom ''Bless the Harts'', both for Fox Broadcasting Company and 20th Century Fox Television. Blomquist also voices Daniel, Louise's (Jenny's boss) husband in ''Bless the Harts''. Daniel is portrayed as a man who now resents his wife afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Bleyer
Kevin Bleyer is an American television writer and producer. He has won multiple Emmy, Peabody, and Writers Guild Awards He was a former writer for ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', a contributor to President Barack Obama's speeches, the author of the best-selling ''Me the People: One Man's Selfless Quest to Rewrite the Constitution'', a co-author of the #1 NY Times Bestseller '' Earth: The Book'', and the co-author, with Governor Bill Richardson, of ''How to Sweet-Talk a Shark''. In 2008, he became a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2014, he served as a Fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. Television writing After doing commentaries and freelance reporting for NPR's "All Things Considered" and American Public Media's "Marketplace", Bleyer began his television writing career as a writer and producer for ''Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher'' from 1996 to 2002. He then wrote for the critically acclaimed Bravo series '' Significant Others'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
