Jason Reich

{{short description|American television writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Jason Reich''' (born March 11, 1976, in Wantagh, New York) is an American television writer who has won four Emmy Awards (out of five nominations) for his work on ''The Daily Show'', for which he wrote from 2002 to 2007. He was also one of the writers of ''America (The Book)''. An established sketch comedy actor, he is occasionally seen in the background of skits on the show. Reich has been a member of numerous comedy troupes, including the Skits-O-Phrenics of Cornell University (from which he graduated in 1998 with a degree in Communications), Three Jews And A Persian, and Plants Need Water. He was also a one-time contributor to ''Wholphin''. He was a 1997 IRTS (International Radio and Television Society) fellow.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.irts.org/programs/sfp/sfp_formerfellows.html#1997 |title=Summer Fellowship Program - 1997 |access-date=2007-09-13 |archive-date=2010-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228125441/http://www.irts.org/programs/sfp/sfp_formerfellows.html#1997 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a brother of the Beta Chapter of the ''Alpha Epsilon Pi'' fraternity. He left ''The Daily Show'' in 2007 to work on a start up comedy internet site owned by The Huffington Post, 236.com.

Reich also wrote for The Faster Times about video games.<ref>[http://observer.com/2009/07/zoom-yum-new-internet-paper-to-cover-jetpacks-international-conflict-food/ Zoom! Yum! New Internet ‘Paper’ to Cover Jetpacks, International Conflict, Food] tvseriesfinale.com accessed 2017-03-04</ref>

In 2016, Reich was one of the writers of ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee''.<ref>[http://splitsider.com/2016/01/heres-the-writing-staff-of-full-frontal-with-samantha-bee/ Here’s the Writing Staff of ‘Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118012422/http://splitsider.com/2016/01/heres-the-writing-staff-of-full-frontal-with-samantha-bee/ |date=2018-01-18 }} splitsider.com accessed 2016-03-10</ref> Beginning in summer of 2017, he is one of the executive producers and the head writer of Jim Jefferies' new weekly late night series on Comedy Central.<ref>[http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/comedy-central-orders-jim-jefferies-late-night-tv-series/ Comedy Central Orders Jim Jefferies’ Late Night TV Series] http://observer.com accessed 2017-03-04</ref>

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012054334/http://cornellsun.com/node/24342 Cornell Daily Sun interview] * {{IMDb name|1020628}} * [https://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec06/jason_reich.html Reich returns to his alma mater, Cornell, to discuss his work at ''The Daily Show''] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090713175720/http://thefastertimes.com/videogames/ Jason Reich's column at ''The Faster Times'']}}

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