Dennis Miller Live | |
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Presented by | Dennis Miller |
Opening theme | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 215 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | April 22, 1994 August 30, 2002 | –
Related | |
TV: The Dennis Miller Show (1992), Radio: The Dennis Miller Show (2007-2015) | |
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Dennis Miller Live was an American weekly late night talk show on HBO, hosted by comedian Dennis Miller. The show ran 215 episodes from 1994[1] to 2002,[2] and received five Emmy awards and 11 Emmy nominations.[3] It was also nominated six times for the Writers Guild of America Award for "Best Writing For A Comedy/Variety Series", and won three of those six times.
The show was idea of HBO executive producer Michael Fuchs, who told Miller he could use any forum he wanted as long as he brought in the numbers. It was directed by Debbie Palacio for most of its run, and head writers were first Jeff Cesario and then Eddie Feldmann. Other writers included José Arroyo, Rich Dahm, Ed Driscoll, David Feldman, Mike Gandolfi, Jim Hanna, Tom Hertz, Leah Krinsky, Rob Kutner, Rick Overton, Jacob Sager Weinstein, and David S. Weiss.