Nominees & Winners

Name: 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards
Start: 2020
End: 2020
Location: Los Angeles

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Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series

Nominee

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee

TBS

Samantha Bee

Writer

Pat Cassels

Writer

Kristen Bartlett

Head Writer

Mike Drucker

Head Writer

Melinda Taub

Head Writer

Nicole Silverberg

Writing Supervised By

Joe Grossman

Writing Supervised By

Sean Crespo

Writer

Mathan Erhardt

Writer

Miles Kahn

Writer

Sahar Rizvi

Writer

Alison Zeidman

Writer

Winner

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

HBO

Dan Gurewitch

Senior Writer

Jeff Maurer

Senior Writer

Jill Twiss

Senior Writer

Juli Weiner

Senior Writer

John Oliver

Written by

Tim Carvell

Written by

Daniel O'Brien

Written by

Owen Parsons

Written by

Charlie Redd

Written by

Joanna Rothkopf

Written by

Ben Silva

Written by

Seena Vali

Written by

Nominee

Late Night with Seth Meyers

NBC

Alex Baze

Head Writer

Jermaine Affonso

Written by

Karen Chee

Written by

Bryan Donaldson

Written by

Sal Gentile

Written by

Matt Goldich

Written by

Dina Gusovsky

Written by

Jenny Hagel

Written by

Allison Hord

Written by

Mike Karnell

Written by

John Lutz

Written by

Seth Meyers

Written by

Ian Morgan

Written by

Seth Reiss

Writing Supervised by

Amber Ruffin

Written by

Mike Scollins

Written by

Mike Shoemaker

Written by

Ben Warheit

Written by

Nominee

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

Comedy Central

Dan Amira

Head Writer

Lauren Sarver Means

Senior Writer

Daniel Radosh

Senior Writer

David Angelo

Writer

Devin Delliquanti

Writer

Zach DiLanzo

Writer

Geoff Haggerty

Writer

Josh Johnson

Writer

David Kibuuka

Writer

Matt Koff

Writer

X Mayo

Writer

Christiana Mbakwe

Writer

Dan McCoy

Writer

Trevor Noah

Writer

Joseph Opio

Writer

Randall Otis

Writer

Zhubin Parang

Writer

Kat Radley

Writer

Scott Sherman

Writer

Nominee

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

Ariel Dumas

Head Writer

Jay Katsir

Head Writer

Stephen Colbert

Written by

Michael Brumm

Written by

River Clegg

Written by

Aaron Cohen

Written by

Nicole Conlan

Written by

Paul Dinello

Written by

Glenn Eichler

Written by

Django Gold

Written by

Gabe Gronli

Written by

Barry Julien

Written by

Daniel Kibblesmith

Written by

Eliana Kwartler

Written by

Matt Lappin

Written by

Felipe Torres Medina

Written by

Opus Moreschi

Written by

Asher Perlman

Written by

Tom Purcell

Written by

Kate Sidley

Written by

Brian Stack

Written by

John Thibodeaux

Written by

Steve Waltien

Written by

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Winner

2017 - 69th 2018 - 70th 2019 - 71th 2020 - 72th 2021 - 73th

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