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Credits
Cast Credits
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (2026)
Guest starring as Brett Mann
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 18, 2026)
CBS Mornings Plus (2024)
Guest starring as Michael Kosta
- Episode 2024-10-21: Michael Kosta, Jamila Robinson (Oct 21, 2024)
The Daily Show (2023)
Starring as Host
(56 episodes)
- Episode 4x19: Jon Shenk & Marcus Capone (Feb 5, 2026)
- Episode 4x18: Ms. Pat (Feb 4, 2026)
- Episode 4x17: Paul Rosolie (Feb 3, 2026)
- Episode 3x142: Lonnie Thompson (Dec 11, 2025)
- Episode 3x118: Jeff Tweedy (Oct 23, 2025)
- Episode 3x117: Ryan Holiday (Oct 22, 2025)
- Episode 3x116: Catherine Bracy (Oct 21, 2025)
- Episode 3x99: Rainn Wilson (Sep 11, 2025)
- Episode 3x98: Michael Grunwald (Sep 10, 2025)
- Episode 3x97: Patrick McEnroe (Sep 9, 2025)
- Episode 3x72: Jonathan D. Cohen (Jun 5, 2025)
- Episode 3x71: Leah Litman (Jun 4, 2025)
- Episode 3x70: Candace Parker (Jun 3, 2025)
- Episode 3x56: Elissa Slotkin (May 1, 2025)
- Episode 3x44: Scott Glenn (Apr 3, 2025)
- Episode 3x43: Melissa Arnot Reid (Apr 2, 2025)
- Episode 3x42: Gianna Toboni (Apr 1, 2025)
- Episode 3x32: Antoni Porowski (Mar 6, 2025)
- Episode 3x31: Julien Baker & Torres (Mar 5, 2025)
- Episode 3x30: Mae Martin (Mar 4, 2025)
- Episode 3x16: Vince Beiser (Jan 30, 2025)
- Episode 3x15: Rachel Mason (Jan 29, 2025)
- Episode 3x14: Lil Rel Howery (Jan 28, 2025)
- Episode 2x139: Peter Sarsgaard (Dec 12, 2024)
- Episode 2x138: T.J. English (Dec 11, 2024)
- Episode 2x137: Deb Haaland (Dec 10, 2024)
- Episode 2x115: Fat Joe (Oct 24, 2024)
- Episode 2x114: David Hogg (Oct 23, 2024)
- Episode 2x113: Jennifer Granholm (Oct 22, 2024)
- Episode 2x104: JJ Johnson (Oct 3, 2024)
- Episode 2x103: Jelani Cobb (Oct 2, 2024)
- Episode 2x102: Paola Ramos (Oct 1, 2024)
- Episode 2x86: Gretchen Whitmer (Aug 19, 2024)
- Episode 2x81: Hannah Berner (Aug 8, 2024)
- Episode 2x80: Barbara McQuade (Aug 7, 2024)
- Episode 2x79: Ed Helms (Aug 6, 2024)
- Episode 2x78: Roxane Gay (Aug 5, 2024)
- Episode 2x66: Sharon Lerner (Jun 26, 2024)
- Episode 2x65: Peter S. Goodman (Jun 25, 2024)
- Episode 2x64: Paul W. Downs (Jun 24, 2024)
- Episode 2x52: John Legend (May 23, 2024)
- Episode 2x51: JB Smoove (May 22, 2024)
- Episode 2x50: Sebastian Junger (May 21, 2024)
- Episode 2x32: Hanif Abdurraqib (Apr 11, 2024)
- Episode 2x31: Vampire Weekend (Apr 10, 2024)
- Episode 2x30: Alex Garland (Apr 9, 2024)
- Episode 2x20: Renée Elise Goldsberry (Mar 14, 2024)
- Episode 2x19: David Alan Grier (Mar 13, 2024)
- Episode 2x18: Jane Marie (Mar 12, 2024)
- Episode 2x12: Rex Chapman (Feb 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x11: Sloane Crosley (Feb 28, 2024)
- Episode 2x10: Kwame Alexander (Feb 27, 2024)
- Episode 1x56: Jordan Jonas (Oct 19, 2023)
- Episode 1x55: Rhiannon Giddens (Oct 18, 2023)
- Episode 1x54: Emily Oster (Oct 17, 2023)
- Episode 1x53: Ian Bremmer (Oct 16, 2023)
Guest starring as Senior Correspondent
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Maite Alberdi (Feb 21, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: Melissa Murray & Kate Shaw (Feb 19, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Zanny Minton Beddoes (Feb 12, 2024)
Guest starring as Michael Kosta
(99 episodes)
- Episode 4x23: Jacob Frey (Feb 12, 2026)
- Episode 4x16: Heather Ann Thompson (Feb 2, 2026)
- Episode 4x15: Katherine LaNasa (Jan 29, 2026)
- Episode 4x13: Michael Urie (Jan 27, 2026)
- Episode 4x09: Artis Stevens (Jan 20, 2026)
- Episode 4x04: Lucy Liu (Jan 8, 2026)
- Episode 4x03: Stephen J. Dubner (Jan 7, 2026)
- Episode 4x02: Park Chan-wook (Jan 6, 2026)
- Episode 3x141: Annie Leibovitz (Dec 10, 2025)
- Episode 3x140: Cory Doctorow (Dec 9, 2025)
- Episode 3x136: Nikki DeLoach (Dec 2, 2025)
- Episode 3x134: Sebastian Maniscalco (Nov 20, 2025)
- Episode 3x123: Joe Manchin (Nov 3, 2025)
- Episode 3x121: Aubrey Plaza & Dan Murphy (Oct 29, 2025)
- Episode 3x115: Bernie Sanders (Oct 20, 2025)
- Episode 3x112: Wawa Gatheru (Oct 7, 2025)
- Episode 3x110: Kevin Nguyen (Oct 2, 2025)
- Episode 3x109: Benny Safdie (Oct 1, 2025)
- Episode 3x104: John Fugelsang (Sep 23, 2025)
- Episode 3x102: Maria Ressa (Sep 18, 2025)
- Episode 3x100: Jay Duplass & Michael Strassner (Sep 16, 2025)
- Episode 3x96: Spike Lee (Sep 8, 2025)
- Episode 3x93: Jenny Slate (Jul 29, 2025)
- Episode 3x90: Samara Cyn (Jul 23, 2025)
- Episode 3x86: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Jul 16, 2025)
- Episode 3x85: Thomas Chatterton Williams (Jul 15, 2025)
- Episode 3x82: Lauren Greenfield (Jul 9, 2025)
- Episode 3x81: Michael Luo (Jul 8, 2025)
- Episode 3x78: Bill Clinton & James Patterson (Jun 17, 2025)
- Episode 3x76: Jeff Hiller (Jun 12, 2025)
- Episode 3x69: Carole Cadwalladr (Jun 2, 2025)
- Episode 3x66: Prabal Gurung (May 20, 2025)
- Episode 3x62: Matt Wolf (May 13, 2025)
- Episode 3x60: Michelle Buteau (May 8, 2025)
- Episode 3x59: John Green (May 7, 2025)
- Episode 3x52: Nancy Kwan (Apr 17, 2025)
- Episode 3x51: Tammy Duckworth (Apr 16, 2025)
- Episode 3x48: Bowen Yang (Apr 10, 2025)
- Episode 3x46: Mallory McMorrow (Apr 8, 2025)
- Episode 3x41: Oren Cass (Mar 31, 2025)
- Episode 3x39: Steve Coogan (Mar 26, 2025)
- Episode 3x36: Peter Wolf (Mar 20, 2025)
- Episode 3x35: Anthony Carrigan (Mar 19, 2025)
- Episode 3x29: Matthew Desmond (Mar 3, 2025)
- Episode 3x26: Wendi McLendon-Covey (Feb 25, 2025)
- Episode 3x22: Jesse Eisenberg (Feb 11, 2025)
- Episode 3x19: Julia Stiles (Feb 5, 2025)
- Episode 3x17: Mo Amer (Feb 3, 2025)
- Episode 3x13: Royal Ramey (Jan 27, 2025)
- Episode 3x09: Brooke Harrington (Jan 20, 2025)
- Episode 3x08: Tom Suozzi (Jan 16, 2025)
- Episode 3x07: ALOK (Jan 15, 2025)
- Episode 3x06: Boyd Holbrook (Jan 14, 2025)
- Episode 3x04: Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Jan 9, 2025)
- Episode 2x136: Ben Wikler (Dec 9, 2024)
- Episode 2x135: Charles Yu (Dec 5, 2024)
- Episode 2x131: Brittany Howard (Nov 21, 2024)
- Episode 2x129: Ronan Farrow (Nov 19, 2024)
- Episode 2x125: Robert Putnam (Nov 12, 2024)
- Episode 2x122: Tressie McMillan Cottom (Nov 6, 2024)
- Episode 2x121: A Live Election Night Special With Jon Stewart (Nov 5, 2024)
- Episode 2x120: Adam Serwer (Nov 4, 2024)
- Episode 2x119: Connie Chung (Oct 31, 2024)
- Episode 2x118: The Linda Lindas (Oct 30, 2024)
- Episode 2x112: Tim Walz (Oct 21, 2024)
- Episode 2x109: Stacey Abrams (Oct 15, 2024)
- Episode 2x106: Jason Reynolds (Oct 8, 2024)
- Episode 2x101: Ta-Nehisi Coates (Sep 30, 2024)
- Episode 2x100: Susanna Fogel (Sep 26, 2024)
- Episode 2x95: Daniel Dae Kim (Sep 18, 2024)
- Episode 2x93: Sasheer Zamata (Sep 12, 2024)
- Episode 2x92: John Heilemann (Sep 11, 2024)
- Episode 2x89: The Daily Show Live: DNC (Aug 22, 2024)
- Episode 2x84: Mark Duplass (Aug 14, 2024)
- Episode 2x83: Gabby Thomas (Aug 13, 2024)
- Episode 2x76: Black Pumas (Jul 31, 2024)
- Episode 2x73: Indecision 2024: The Republican National Convention (Jul 18, 2024)
- Episode 2x72: Scott Galloway (Jul 17, 2024)
- Episode 2x69: Aasif Mandvi (Jul 9, 2024)
- Episode 2x68: A.J. Jacobs (Jul 8, 2024)
- Episode 2x63: Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Jun 20, 2024)
- Episode 2x58: Kevin Bacon (Jun 11, 2024)
- Episode 2x57: Monica McNutt (Jun 10, 2024)
- Episode 2x54: Marlon Wayans (Jun 4, 2024)
- Episode 2x49: Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. (May 20, 2024)
- Episode 2x48: Nick Offerman & Helen Rebanks (May 16, 2024)
- Episode 2x47: Amy Ryan (May 15, 2024)
- Episode 2x44: John Della Volpe (May 9, 2024)
- Episode 2x41: Jonathan Haidt (May 6, 2024)
- Episode 2x40: Kyle Chayka (Apr 25, 2024)
- Episode 2x39: Rep. Andy Kim (Apr 24, 2024)
- Episode 2x29: Christiane Amanpour (Apr 8, 2024)
- Episode 2x27: Alison Brie (Apr 3, 2024)
- Episode 2x26: Colin Allred (Apr 2, 2024)
- Episode 2x23: Byron Tau (Mar 27, 2024)
- Episode 2x17: Steven Levitsky (Mar 11, 2024)
- Episode 2x16: Awkwafina (Mar 7, 2024)
- Episode 2x15: Chelsea Peretti (Mar 6, 2024)
- Episode 2x09: Murtaza Hussain & Yair Rosenberg (Feb 26, 2024)
Name That Tune (2021)
Guest starring as Michael Kosta
- Episode 3x11: Look Who's Roasted Now! (Nov 7, 2023)
Today 3rd Hour (2018)
Guest starring as Michael Kosta
- Episode 2025-03-20: Michael Kosta (Mar 20, 2025)
The $100,000 Pyramid (2016)
Guest starring as Michael Kosta
- Episode 5x01: Rosie O'Donnell vs Nate Berkus and Michael Kosta vs Roy Wood Jr. (May 26, 2021)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Michael Kosta
(104 episodes)
- Episode 2020-05-07: Jason Isbell (May 7, 2020)
- Episode 2020-04-30: Danny Meyer (Apr 30, 2020)
- Episode 2020-04-28: Tammy Duckworth (Apr 28, 2020)
- Episode 2020-04-14: Christina Koch (Apr 14, 2020)
- Episode 2020-04-07: Gita Gopinath (Apr 7, 2020)
- Episode 2020-04-06: Jennifer Garner (Apr 6, 2020)
- Episode 2020-03-31: Kevin Love (Mar 31, 2020)
- Episode 2020-03-30: California Governor Gavin Newsom (Mar 30, 2020)
- Episode 2020-03-24: DJ D-Nice (Mar 24, 2020)
- Episode 2020-03-23: The Daily Social Distancing Show (Mar 23, 2020)
- Episode 2020-02-11: Wale (Feb 11, 2020)
- Episode 2020-01-30: Matthew A. Cherry (Jan 30, 2020)
- Episode 2020-01-21: BD Wong (Jan 21, 2020)
- Episode 2020-01-20: Mary Frances Berry (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 2020-01-16: Susie Essman (Jan 16, 2020)
- Episode 2020-01-08: Mo Rocca (Jan 8, 2020)
- Episode 2020-01-06: Karen Bass (Jan 6, 2020)
- Episode 2019-12-18: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Dec 18, 2019)
- Episode 2019-12-16: Dan Soder (Dec 16, 2019)
- Episode 2019-12-09: Kelly Marie Tran (Dec 9, 2019)
- Episode 2019-12-03: Ta-Nehisi Coates (Dec 3, 2019)
- Episode 2019-12-02: Mark Ruffalo (Dec 2, 2019)
- Episode 2019-11-19: Lin-Manuel Miranda (Nov 19, 2019)
- Episode 2019-11-18: Tom Steyer (Nov 18, 2019)
- Episode 2019-11-07: Jenny Slate (Nov 7, 2019)
- Episode 2019-11-06: Julián Castro (Nov 6, 2019)
- Episode 2019-10-07: Chanel Miller (Oct 7, 2019)
- Episode 2019-10-01: Anand Giridharadas (Oct 1, 2019)
- Episode 2019-09-18: Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey (Sep 18, 2019)
- Episode 2019-09-17: Bashir Salahuddin & Diallo Riddle (Sep 17, 2019)
- Episode 2019-09-09: Antoni Porowski (Sep 9, 2019)
- Episode 2019-07-31: July Democratic Debate Special, Night Two (Jul 31, 2019)
- Episode 2019-07-24: Gina Torres (Jul 24, 2019)
- Episode 2019-07-23: David Spade (Jul 23, 2019)
- Episode 2019-07-17: Nelson Makamo (Jul 17, 2019)
- Episode 2019-07-16: Nas (Jul 16, 2019)
- Episode 2019-06-26: Democratic Primary Debate Special, Night One (Jun 26, 2019)
- Episode 2019-06-03: Eric Swalwell (Jun 3, 2019)
- Episode 2019-05-21: Ava DuVernay (May 21, 2019)
- Episode 2019-05-20: Kirsten Gillibrand (May 20, 2019)
- Episode 2019-05-01: Chelsea Handler (May 1, 2019)
- Episode 2019-04-23: Anna Palmer & Jake Sherman (Apr 23, 2019)
- Episode 2019-04-11: Lizzo (Apr 11, 2019)
- Episode 2019-04-10: Oprah Winfrey (Apr 10, 2019)
- Episode 2019-03-28: Lupita Nyong'o (Mar 28, 2019)
- Episode 2019-03-27: Jennifer L. Eberhardt (Mar 27, 2019)
- Episode 2019-03-21: Leana Wen (Mar 21, 2019)
- Episode 2019-03-19: Will Packer (Mar 19, 2019)
- Episode 2019-03-13: Karamo Brown (Mar 13, 2019)
- Episode 2019-02-06: Danai Gurira (Feb 6, 2019)
- Episode 2019-01-31: Ilhan Omar (Jan 31, 2019)
- Episode 2019-01-24: Chuck Todd (Jan 24, 2019)
- Episode 2019-01-17: Don Cheadle (Jan 17, 2019)
- Episode 2019-01-10: John David Washington (Jan 10, 2019)
- Episode 2019-01-08: Marc Mauer (Jan 8, 2019)
- Episode 2019-01-07: Malala Yousafzai (Jan 7, 2019)
- Episode 2018-12-19: The Yearly Show: 2018 (Dec 19, 2018)
- Episode 2018-12-10: Tatiana Maslany (Dec 10, 2018)
- Episode 2018-12-06: Jay Rosen (Dec 6, 2018)
- Episode 2018-12-05: Jeremy Scott (Dec 5, 2018)
- Episode 2018-12-04: Anderson .Paak (Dec 4, 2018)
- Episode 2018-11-26: will.i.am (Nov 26, 2018)
- Episode 2018-11-14: Maurice Ashley (Nov 14, 2018)
- Episode 2018-11-13: Jenifer Lewis (Nov 13, 2018)
- Episode 2018-11-07: Rebecca Traister (Nov 7, 2018)
- Episode 2018-11-06: Democalypse 2018: Let's Try This Again, America (Nov 6, 2018)
- Episode 2018-10-30: Derek Jeter (Oct 30, 2018)
- Episode 2018-10-16: Melissa McCarthy (Oct 16, 2018)
- Episode 2018-10-02: Lester Holt (Oct 2, 2018)
- Episode 2018-10-01: Carol Anderson (Oct 1, 2018)
- Episode 2018-09-27: America Ferrera (Sep 27, 2018)
- Episode 2018-09-24: Jenny Han (Sep 24, 2018)
- Episode 2018-09-20: Tracey Ullman (Sep 20, 2018)
- Episode 2018-08-16: D.L. Hughley (Aug 16, 2018)
- Episode 2018-07-31: Skylar Grey (Jul 31, 2018)
- Episode 2018-07-19: Daveed Diggs & Rafael Casal (Jul 19, 2018)
- Episode 2018-06-27: Janet Mock (Jun 27, 2018)
- Episode 2018-06-26: Bill Clinton & James Patterson (Jun 26, 2018)
- Episode 2018-06-20: Dan Reynolds (Jun 20, 2018)
- Episode 2018-06-18: Rep. Karen Bass (Jun 18, 2018)
- Episode 2018-06-07: Regina King (Jun 7, 2018)
- Episode 2018-05-07: Ronan Farrow (May 7, 2018)
- Episode 2018-05-01: Antoinette Robertson (May 1, 2018)
- Episode 2018-04-24: Jonah Goldberg (Apr 24, 2018)
- Episode 2018-04-16: Alex Wagner (Apr 16, 2018)
- Episode 2018-04-10: Mariska Hargitay (Apr 10, 2018)
- Episode 2018-03-28: Chloe x Halle (Mar 28, 2018)
- Episode 2018-03-27: Sean Penn (Mar 27, 2018)
- Episode 2018-03-20: Drew Barrymore (Mar 20, 2018)
- Episode 2018-03-15: Christiane Amanpour (Mar 15, 2018)
- Episode 2018-03-14: Krysten Ritter (Mar 14, 2018)
- Episode 2018-03-12: Junot Diaz (Mar 12, 2018)
- Episode 2018-02-26: Wayne Brady (Feb 26, 2018)
- Episode 2017-11-07: Jeff Ross (Nov 7, 2017)
- Episode 2017-10-31: Gretchen Carlson (Oct 31, 2017)
- Episode 2017-10-25: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Oct 25, 2017)
- Episode 2019 Special: Leading Ladies (Aug 20, 2019)
- Episode 2019 Special: Your Moment of Them: The Best of Michael Kosta Vol. 2 (Jul 10, 2019)
- Episode 2019 Special: A Total Shutshow (Mar 4, 2019)
- Episode 2018 Special: Filling the Swamp (Oct 25, 2018)
- Episode 2018 Special: So Much Winning (Aug 23, 2018)
- Episode 2018 Special: Separation Anxiety (Aug 21, 2018)
- Episode 2018 Special: Your Moment of Them: The Best of Michael Kosta (May 24, 2018)
- Episode 2018 Special: A 100% Trump Free Show (Feb 15, 2018)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Michael Kosta
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2025-03-12: Parker Posey, Michael Kosta (Mar 12, 2025)
- Episode 2015-07-30: Christine Baranski, Colin Jost, Michael Kosta (Jul 30, 2015)
@midnight (2013)
Guest starring as Michael Kosta
- Episode 2014-09-25: Nikki Glaser, Julian McCullough & Michael Kosta (Sep 25, 2014)
truTV Presents: World's Dumbest... AKA The Smoking Gun Presents: The World's Dumbest (2008)
Starring as Michael Kosta
- Episode 6x07: World's Dumbest Drivers 14 (Dec 17, 2009)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Guest starring as Michael Kosta
- Episode 2012-11-09: Meredith Vieira & Richard Cohen, Christina Perri (Nov 9, 2012)



