Awards & Winners

J. R. Havlan

J. R. Havlan is a writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. where he has won eight Emmy's for Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program. He was previously a stand up comic, including a stint doing crowd warm-up for Politically Incorrect which led to writing jokes for that shows monologue. J.R. was also a writer for the New York Times best selling books "America: The Book", "Earth: The Book", and the 2006 and 2008 Academy Awards. Most recently, J.R. created and hosts his own podcast called Writers' Bloc. on which he interviews other television and film comedy writers about their backgrounds, beginnings and influences with a focus on the process of writing comedy. He graduated from California State University, East Bay in 1987 with a degree in finance which he doesn't use now.

Awards by J. R. Havlan

Check all the awards nominated and won by J. R. Havlan.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television The Daily Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Daily Show

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television The Daily Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Daily Show

2012


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series
Honored for : The Daily Show

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television The Daily Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Daily Show

2011


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
Honored for : The Daily Show

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television The Daily Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety, Music Or Comedy Series The Daily Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Writing The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

2010


WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television
Honored for : The Daily Show

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television The Daily Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety, Music Or Comedy Series The Daily Show
Episode #15040

2009


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
Honored for : The Daily Show

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television The Daily Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety, Music Or Comedy Series The Daily Show

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television The Daily Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Daily Show

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television The Daily Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Daily Show

2006


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series
Honored for : The Daily Show

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Daily Show

2005


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series
Honored for : The Daily Show

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Daily Show
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program

2004


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series
Honored for : The Daily Show

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Daily Show

2003


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series
Honored for : The Daily Show

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Daily Show

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Daily Show
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program

2001


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series
Honored for : The Daily Show

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Daily Show
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program