Alex Blagg (born July 1, 1980) is an American writer, comedian and producer. He is best known as the co-creator and executive producer of Comedy Central's Emmy-winning late-night show, ''

@midnight ''@midnight with Chris Hardwick'' (shortened to and formerly exclusively titled ''@midnight'') was an American late night Internet-themed panel game show, hosted by Chris Hardwick, that aired Monday through Thursday nights between October 21, ...

'', and Comedy Central's talk show ''

Problematic with Moshe Kasher ''Problematic with Moshe Kasher'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by Moshe Kasher. The series premiered on April 18, 2017, on Comedy Central Comedy Central is an American basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its ...

''. He is also the creator of the satirical blog and video series ''A Bajillion Hits.''

Career

As an executive producer, Blagg was the co-founder and head of creative for comedy production company Serious Business. He has also been a writer/producer for ''

Workaholics ''Workaholics'' is an American sitcom created and predominantly written by Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck, all of whom star in the series. ''Workaholics'' originally ran on Comedy Central from April 6, 2011, to Marc ...

'', ''

Splitting Up Together ''Splitting Up Together'' is an American sitcom developed by Emily Kapnek that aired on ABC from March 27, 2018, to April 9, 2019. The series stars Jenna Fischer, Oliver Hudson, Bobby Lee, Diane Farr, Lindsay Price, Olivia Keville, Van Crosby, a ...

'', '' Alone Together'', ''

Betas ''Betas'' is an American streaming television series that was produced by Amazon Studios. The show starred Joe Dinicol and Karan Soni as "dating app" developers in Silicon Valley who are looking for an investor. Amazon offered the first three e ...

'' and ''

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'', for which he won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Young Adult Series. Before becoming a writer and producer for television, he co-founded and was the managing editor of the ''

Best Week Ever ''Best Week Ever'' is an American comedy series created and executive produced by Fred Graver. The series originally aired from January 23, 2004, to June 12, 2009, on VH1.Harris, Scott"VH1 Cancels 'Best Week Ever'". ''Inside TV''. January 13, 20 ...

'' blog for

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. He was also an editor-in-chief of MSN's ''Wonderwall at BermanBraun'' and was the head of celebrity programming for

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. The ''@midnight'' show ended after its 600th episode.
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