Allison Silverman is New Colbert Report Executive Producer
Emmy-winning Chicagoan Allison Silverman has been named executive producer of "The Colbert Report," where she's been from day one, since leaving her previous gig at "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." She is moving up the Colbert ladder, from supervising producer and co-head writer.
Colbert commented on Silverman's appointment, saying, "Allison is a rare combination of funny, kind and intelligent. Unfortunately, in her new job, two of those have to go."
Silverman has worked at iO Chicago and Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, and was a staff writer on "The Daily Show." Here is her online Slate diary, where she explains what kind of jokes don't make it on the show, and why. Banned joke types include the hack, the "writers' joke," the overly obscure, and those expected to draw more claps than laughs. She also popped in on our friend Jesse Thorn's "The Sound of Young America" podcast last year.
