# Jason Reich

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'''Jason Reich''' (born March 11, 1976, in [Wantagh, New York](/source/Wantagh%2C_New_York)) is an American television writer who has won four [Emmy Award](/source/Emmy_Award)s (out of five nominations) for his work on ''[The Daily Show](/source/The_Daily_Show)'', for which he wrote from 2002 to 2007. He was also one of the writers of ''[America (The Book)](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Wholphin_(DVD))''.  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](/source/Alpha_Epsilon_Pi)'' fraternity.  He left ''[The Daily Show](/source/The_Daily_Show)'' in 2007 to work on a start up comedy internet site owned by The Huffington Post, [236.com](/source/236.com).

Reich also wrote for [The Faster Times](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Jim_Jefferies_(comedian))' 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]
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* [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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