Jason Reich (born March 11, 1976, in

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) is an American television writer who has won four

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s (out of five nominations) for his work on ''

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'', for which he wrote from 2002 to 2007. He was also one of the writers of ''

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''. An established sketch comedy actor, he is occasionally seen in the background of skits on the show. Reich has been a member of numerous comedy troupes, including the Skits-O-Phrenics of

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

(from which he graduated in 1998 with a degree in Communications), Three Jews And A Persian, and Plants Need Water. He was also a one-time contributor to ''

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''. He was a 1997 IRTS (International Radio and Television Society) fellow. He is a brother of the Beta Chapter of the ''

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'' fraternity. He left ''

'' in 2007 to work on a start up comedy internet site owned by The Huffington Post, 236.com. Reich also wrote for The Faster Times about video games. In 2016, Reich was one of the writers of ''

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''. Beginning in summer of 2017, he is one of the executive producers and the head writer of Jim Jefferies' new weekly late night series on Comedy Central.Comedy Central Orders Jim Jefferies’ Late Night TV Series
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Cornell Daily Sun interview
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* 1976 births American television writers Cornell University alumni Living people American male television writers People from Wantagh, New York Screenwriters from New York (state) 21st-century American comedians 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American male writers Comedians from New York (state) {{US-comedian-stub