Alex Blagg

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Alex Blagg
Born (1980-07-01) July 1, 1980 (age 43)
California, USA
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Comedian
  • Producer
Known for

Alex Blagg (born July 1, 1980) is an American writer, comedian and producer. [1] [2] He is best known as the co-creator and executive producer of Comedy Central's Emmy-winning late-night show, @midnight , and Comedy Central's talk show Problematic with Moshe Kasher . [3] [4] [5] He is also the creator of the satirical blog and video series A Bajillion Hits. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

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Career

As an executive producer, Blagg was the co-founder and head of creative for comedy production company Serious Business. [11] [12] He has also been a writer/producer for Workaholics , Splitting Up Together , Alone Together , 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 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. The @midnight show ended after its 600th episode. [13] [14]

Awards

AwardsCategoryResultRef
2014 Streamy Award Best Television Show @midnight (2013)Won[ citation needed ]
2014–2015 – Primetime Emmy Awards Social TV Experience (@midnight)Won [15]
2015–2016 – Primetime Emmy Awards Social TV Experience (@midnight)Won
2020 – Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Young Adult Series (Trinkets)Won

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