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Josh Lieb(I)

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Josh Lieb in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Josh Lieb's credits include Producer and Show Runner of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and stints as Executive Producer of NewsRadio and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He won 7 Prime Time Emmys as a producer and writer for The Daily Show. In 2009, he published a young adult novel, I Am A Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President, which was a New York Times Bestseller. In 2015, he published his second novel, Ratscalibur. His third book is titled Chapter Two is Missing (2019).

Lieb was raised in Columbia, South Carolina, and graduated from Harvard, where he was an editor of The Lampoon, the college humor magazine. After graduation, he found work writing for Twisted Puppet Theater, The Jon Stewart Show, and NewsRadio. He subsequently worked as a producer or consultant on shows including The Simpsons, Drawn Together, Sirens, Nikki, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Lieb's tenure at The Daily Show lasted from 2006 to 2010, during which he also served as Executive Producer of The Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear and as co-editor and co-author of Earth: The Book.

In 2013, he wrote and directed a series of comedic shorts to raise money and awareness for the charity Water.Org. Stars featured in the shorts included Matt Damon, Jessica Biel, Sir Richard Branson, and Bono.
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    • Won 7 Primetime Emmys
      • 10 wins & 18 nominations total

    Known for

    The Daily Show (1996)
    The Daily Show
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Producer
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Andy Dick, Dave Foley, Maura Tierney, Khandi Alexander, Phil Hartman, Vicki Lewis, Joe Rogan, and Stephen Root in NewsRadio (1995)
    NewsRadio
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Rob Schneider in Big Stan (2007)
    Big Stan
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 2007

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    Producer



    • Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong in Schmigadoon! (2021)
      Schmigadoon!
      7.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2023
    • Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God (2022)
      Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God
      3.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Tha God's Honest Truth with Charlamagne Tha God (2021)
      Tha God's Honest Truth with Charlamagne Tha God
      2.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
      What We Do in the Shadows
      8.6
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2019
    • Pod Save America: Four-State Tour (2018)
      Pod Save America: Four-State Tour
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Sacha Baron Cohen in Who Is America? (2018)
      Who Is America?
      8.3
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2018
    • Martin Starr, Zach Woods, T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, and Kumail Nanjiani in Silicon Valley (2014)
      Silicon Valley
      8.5
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2018
    • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
      The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
      7.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2014–2016
    • Kevin Daniels, Michael Mosley, and Kevin Bigley in Sirens (2014)
      Sirens
      7.8
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2014
    • Best of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Primetime Special
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Crazytown (2013)
      Crazytown
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • Achewood Animated TV Show (2013)
      Achewood Animated TV Show
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • I Hate My Teenage Daughter (2011)
      I Hate My Teenage Daughter
      5.2
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • executive producer
      • 2011–2012
    • The Daily Show (1996)
      The Daily Show
      8.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2007–2010
    • The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (2010)
      The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
      7.1
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2010

    Writer



    • The Novelizers (2023)
      The Novelizers
      Podcast Series
      • contributing writer
      • 2023
    • Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong in Schmigadoon! (2021)
      Schmigadoon!
      7.4
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2023
    • Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God (2022)
      Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God
      3.8
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2022
    • Tha God's Honest Truth with Charlamagne Tha God (2021)
      Tha God's Honest Truth with Charlamagne Tha God
      2.8
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Minions Holiday Special (2020)
      Minions Holiday Special
      6.3
      TV Special
      • screenplay by (segment "Santa's Little Helpers")
      • 2020
    • What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
      What We Do in the Shadows
      8.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2019
    • Santa's Little Helpers (2019)
      Santa's Little Helpers
      5.8
      Video
      • screenplay by
      • 2019
    • The Dog Days of Winter (2018)
      The Dog Days of Winter
      6.0
      Short
      • written by
      • 2018
    • Pod Save America: Four-State Tour (2018)
      Pod Save America: Four-State Tour
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Martin Starr, Zach Woods, T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, and Kumail Nanjiani in Silicon Valley (2014)
      Silicon Valley
      8.5
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2018
    • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
      The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
      7.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2014–2016
    • Kevin Daniels, Michael Mosley, and Kevin Bigley in Sirens (2014)
      Sirens
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2014
    • I Hate My Teenage Daughter (2011)
      I Hate My Teenage Daughter
      5.2
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2011–2012
    • The Daily Show (1996)
      The Daily Show
      8.3
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2007–2010
    • The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (2010)
      The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
      7.1
      TV Special
      • writer
      • 2010

    Additional Crew



    • Drawn Together (2004)
      Drawn Together
      7.1
      TV Series
      • executive consultant
      • 2007
    • Andy Dick, Dave Foley, Maura Tierney, Khandi Alexander, Phil Hartman, Vicki Lewis, Joe Rogan, and Stephen Root in NewsRadio (1995)
      NewsRadio
      8.0
      TV Series
      • executive story editor
      • story editor
      • 1995

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