Steve Bodow is an American television writer and producer. Most recently he was Executive Producer and showrunner of Netflix's ''

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj ''Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj'' is an American comedy streaming television talk show hosted by Hasan Minhaj that premiered on October 28, 2018, on Netflix and ran until June 28, 2020. It also had all the episodes, exclusives, and deep cuts on i ...

''. From 2015 to early 2019 he was Executive Producer/co-showrunner of ''

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah ''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 fro ...

'', following his 13 years at ''

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'' as an Executive Producer, Head Writer and staff writer. In his time at TDS, Bodow won 14 Emmys and two Peabody Awards. Bodow also co-edited and co-wrote the Daily Show's three best-selling books, America: The Book; Earth: The Book (2010); an
The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library
The Trump Twitter Library also became a live installation event, touring the US and winning a Cannes Lions Grand Prix. He was additionally Consulting Producer for ''

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper ''The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'' is an American late-night talk and news satire program that aired on Comedy Central from September 25, 2017, to June 28, 2018. The show was hosted by comedian Jordan Klepper, a former correspondent on ''The ...

'', after serving as EP on the hour-long '' Jordan Klepper Solves Guns'' special. In 2021 Bodow created and coordinate
"Climate Night,"
a one-night event where seven major US late-night shows devoted their airtime to climate issues, reaching a total audience of more than 20 million viewers. Bodow is a founding member and a past artistic director of New York theater group

Elevator Repair Service Elevator Repair Service (ERS) is a New York-based theater ensemble founded by director John Collins and a group of actors in 1991.The Great Gatsby ''The Great Gatsby'' is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts First-person narrative, first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious mil ...

''. The NYTimes called ''Gatz'' �
the most remarkable achievement in theater not only of this year but also of this decade
” Gatz played sold-out runs at New York's Public Theater, London's Old Vic, and in more than 25 other cities globally. Before joining ''The Daily Show'' in 2002, Bodow was a journalist for ''

Wired ''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San Fra ...

'', ''

New York Magazine ''New York'' is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to ''The New Yorker'', ...

'', ''

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'' and the ''

New York Times Magazine ''The New York Times Magazine'' is an American Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times''. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors. ...

''. He grew up in Rye, NY, graduating Rye High School,

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, and NYU's

Interactive Telecommunications Program The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the ar ...

. While at Yale, Bodow co-founded the improv group Just Add Water.

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