Alex Blagg (born July 1, 1980) is an American writer, comedian and producer. He is best known as the co-creator and executive producer of Comedy Central's Emmy-winning late-night show, ''
@midnight
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'', and Comedy Central's talk show ''
Problematic with Moshe Kasher''. He is also the creator of the satirical blog and video series ''A Bajillion Hits.''
Career
As an executive producer, Blagg was the co-founder and head of creative for comedy production company Serious Business. He has also been a writer/producer for ''
Workaholics
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'', ''
Splitting Up Together
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'', ''
Alone Together Alone Together may refer to:
Music
Albums
* ''Alone Together'' (Benny Carter album), 1956
* ''Alone Together'' (Tony Bennett album), 1961
* ''Alone Together'' (Dave Mason album), 1970
* ''Alone Together'' (Ron Carter and Jim Hall album), 1972 ...
'', ''
Betas'' and ''
Trinkets'', for which he won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Young Adult Series. Before becoming a writer and producer for television, he co-founded and was the managing editor of the ''
Best Week Ever
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'' blog for
VH1. He was also an editor-in-chief of MSN's ''Wonderwall at BermanBraun'' and was the head of celebrity programming for
Buzzmedia
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. The ''@midnight'' show ended after its 600th episode.
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1980 births
Writers from California
Television producers from California
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Living people