Nationality American Years active 2003– Spouse(s) Nicole Revere Role Writer Books Earth (The Book) | Occupation Writer Style Comedic Name Jason Ross Home town Chico | |
Education California State University, Chico Awards WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television Similar People J R Havlan, Steve Bodow, Jon Stewart, Tim Carvell, Kevin Bleyer | ||
Jason Ross is an American writer and seven-time Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series winner.
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Early life
Ross grew up in Chico, California, and graduated from Chico Senior High School in 1988. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a 1993 Collegiate Gold Circle Awards winner for his work at Daily Nexus. He served as the news editor at Daily Nexus before being promoted to editor-in-chief and graduated from UCSB in 1993.
The Daily Show
Ross joined The Daily Show in 2002, where he ended up spending 11 years, finally departing in June 2013. As a staff writer, he was awarded seven Emmy Awards.
He also helped to write the show's two best-selling books, America and Earth.
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Ross joined Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for the 2013–14 television season.