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Jo Miller
CitizenshipUnited States
Occupations
  • Writer
  • producer
Years active2007–present

Jo Miller is an American television writer and satirist. Formerly a writer on

TBS,[1]
until October 2017.

Career

After co-founding the

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).[5]

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.[6] Full Frontal with Samantha Bee began airing on February 8, 2016 to critical and audience acclaim.[7] On July 14, 2016, the show received an Emmy nomination for outstanding writing for a variety series.[8] The following year, the show was nominated for the same award plus three others: outstanding writing for a variety special, outstanding variety talk series, and outstanding variety talk special, winning for outstanding writing for a variety special.[9] Miller served as head writer, showrunner and executive producer until October 2017.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Jo Miller". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  2. ^ "Jo Miller". Writer's Bloc with J. R. Havlan (podcast). Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  3. ^ "Kudos to Jo Miller (Queens')". Cambridge in America Facebook Post July 19, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "Lizz Winstead brings 'Wake Up World' to Steve Allen Theater". Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2009. 17 March 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  5. ^ "Jo Miller, Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  6. ^ "Samantha Bee and Jo Miller Discussed Full Frontal and Other Sexual Euphemisms at Tribeca 2016". Tribeca. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  7. ^ "TBS Orders Full Year of 'Full Frontal With Samantha Bee'". The Hollywood Reporter, April 4, 2016. 4 April 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  8. ^ "68th Emmy Awards Nominations" (PDF). Emmys.com. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  9. ^ "Jo Miller, Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  10. ^ "Jo Miller". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  11. ^ "'Full Frontal' Showrunner Jo Miller Exits Samantha Bee's TBS Series". Variety. 9 October 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

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