Josh Gondelman to host the 76th Annual Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony
Presenters include Bridget Everett, Neil Gaiman, Chris Hayes, Sandra Oh, Rosie Perez, Busy Phillips, Karen Pittman, Matt Rogers, Reid Scott, Julio Torres, Beau Willimon, Roy Wood, Jr., Bowen Yang, and more.
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NEW YORK, NY — Josh Gondelman, celebrated comedy writer, stand-up comedian, author and producer, will host the 76th Annual Writers Guild Awards at New York’s Edison Ballroom on Sunday, April 14, 2024.
Josh is a comedy writer and standup comedian who previously served as the head writer and an executive producer for Desus & Mero on Showtime. Before that, he spent five years at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, first as a web producer and then as a staff writer, where he earned two Peabody awards, four Emmy awards, and three WGA awards. He most recently worked as a standup consultant on the final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
In addition to his comedy writing and standup work, Josh is a regular panelist on the NPR news quiz show Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me and the author of the essay collection Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results.
“The Writers Guild of America East and its membership mean so much to me,” Josh Gondelman said. “I was honored to be asked to host the Writers Guild Awards ceremony in New York, and even more honored once I was assured I wasn’t asked because several famous people had already said no.”
Presenters at the 2024 Writers Guild Awards ceremony in New York include Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere), Neil Gaiman (Good Omens, The Sandman), Chris Hayes (All in With Chris Hayes), Sandra Oh (Killing Eve, Quiz Lady), Rosie Perez (The Flight Attendant), Busy Phillips (Girls5eva), Karen Pittman (The Morning Show), Matt Rogers (Fire Island, Las Culturistas), Reid Scott (Veep, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Julio Torres (Problemista, Los Espookys), Beau Willimon (Andor, House of Cards), Roy Wood, Jr. (The Daily Show), Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live, Las Culturistas), and more to be announced.
The Writers Guild Awards New York ceremony is sponsored by Coverfly & Final Draft, Hazmat, and Save the Cat! For information on becoming a sponsor for the 2024 Writers Guild Awards New York ceremony, please contact Dana Weissman at (212) 767-7835 or email: dweissman@wgaeast.org.
The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, new media, news, radio, and promotional categories. The 2024 Writers Guild Awards (76th Annual) will be presented at concurrent ceremonies on Sunday, April 14, 2024, in New York City at the Edison Ballroom and in Los Angeles.
For media inquiries about the 2024 WGA New York show, please contact Jason Gordon in the WGAE Communications Department at (212) 767-7809 or email: jgordon@wgaeast.org.
For media inquiries about the 2024 WGA Los Angeles show, please contact Bob Hopkinson in the WGAW Communications Department at: (310) 801-8563 or email: rhopkinson@wga.org.
The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) are labor unions representing writers in motion pictures, television, cable, digital media, and broadcast news. The Guilds negotiate and administer contracts that protect the creative and economic rights of their members; conduct programs, seminars, and events on issues of interest to writers; and present writers’ views to various bodies of government. For more information on the Writers Guild of America East, visit www.wgaeast.org. For more information on the Writers Guild of America West, visit www.wga.org.
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