Josh Lieb Named Producer of LATE NIGHT and THE TONIGHT SHOW with Jimmy Fallon

By: Oct. 15, 2013
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Josh Lieb has been named producer of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

Lieb has won seven Emmy Awards as a writer and executive producer of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." He also won a Writers Guild Award for his work on the Comedy Central series, which he joined in 2006.

He also served as executive producer of the 2010 rally "The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" in Washington, D.C.

Prior to his time at "The Daily Show," Lieb was a co-executive producer on "The Simpsons" and an executive producer on "NewsRadio."

Lieb, a South Carolina native, is an accomplished author, penning the young adult novel "I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President."

He also recently wrote and directed four comedic shorts for Matt Damon's clean water and sanitation charity, water.org.

From Universal Television and Broadway Video, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" are executive produced by Lorne Michaels.


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