Occupation Writer
producer | Years active 2007–present | |
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Books Earth (the Audiobook): A Visitor S Guide to the Human Race Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series Shows The Daily Show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Nominations Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Writing, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Humor Similar Hallie Haglund, Samantha Bee, Steve Bodow, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh | ||
Jo Miller is an American television writer and satirist. Formerly a writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she is currently the showrunner, executive producer and head writer of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, a satirical half-hour weekly show on the cable network TBS.
Career
After co-founding the improvisational comedy troupe Just Add Water at Yale University (and graduating with high honors with a B.A. in Medieval History), Miller received a Fulbright Scholarship to attend Queens' College at the University of Cambridge in England, where she received an M.A and subsequently Cornell University, where she left before she got her PhD in Medieval Jewish History. She eventually left academia and in 2007, joined renowned comedian Lizz Winstead's satirical live show Wake Up World, working as a writer and cast member. In 2009, Miller joined The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as a writer, in a reunion with her former Just Add Water colleague, Steve Bodow. The show's writers were nominated for six primetime Emmy Awards during her tenure, and won three. (They were also nominated for a daytime Emmy for their work on the aired presentation of Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear).
In Spring 2015, as Jon Stewart was preparing to leave the show, departing cast member Samantha Bee asked Miller to become the head writer on her new half-hour weekly show for TBS. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee began airing on February 8, 2016 to critical and audience acclaim. On July 14, 2016, the show received an Emmy nomination for outstanding writing for a variety series. Miller serves as head writer, showrunner and executive producer.