Ben Karlin

Producer

Biography

Benjamin Miles Karlin (born c. 1971) is an American television producer and writer. He has won eight Emmy awards and is best known for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report. He is one of three co-creators of The Colbert Report, along with Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. Karlin left Comedy Central in December 2006. He has also been a writer for the TV show Modern Family. Karlin was tapped to serve as writer, producer and showrunner of a new TV series set within the…

Filmography

7.9

Modern Family

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.

6.4

The Daily Show

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

6.9

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.

7.1

Future Man

Josh Futturman, a janitor by day/world-ranked gamer by night, is tasked with preventing the extinction of humanity after mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating the imminent super-race invasion.

6.8

Minx

An earnest young feminist joins forces with a low-rent publisher to make the world's first erotic magazine for women.

6.7

Bait

Shah Latif is a struggling actor on the cusp of landing the role of a lifetime, only to find himself thrust into a full blown existential crisis and trippy conspiracy thriller all at the same time.

6.3

Ghosted

A skeptic is forced to work with a firm believer of the paranormal on unexplained occurrences in Los Angeles.

7.2

50/50

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

5.5

A.C.O.D.

A grown man is still caught in the crossfire of his parents' 15 year divorce. He discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children and is enlisted in a follow-up years later, which wreaks new havoc on his family.

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