Dana Carvey Show

The Dana Carvey Show
Created by	Dana Carvey Robert Smigel
Starring	Dana Carvey Steve Carell Bill Chott Stephen Colbert Elon Gold Heather Morgan Peggy Shay Robert Smigel James Stephens III
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (1 unaired) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Robert Smigel Bernie Brillstein Charles Dalaklis Brad Grey
Running time	30 minutes (with commercials)
Production company(s)	Brillstein-Grey Entertainment TriStar Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	March 12 – April 30, 1996

The Dana Carvey Show was an American sketch comedy television show that aired on ABC during the spring of 1996. Dana Carvey was the host and principal player on the show while Louis C.K. served as head writer.

The show's cast consists heavily of Saturday Night Live and Second City alumni including Carvey, Steve Carell, Bill Chott, Stephen Colbert, Elon Gold, Chris McKinney, Heather Morgan, Peggy Shay, Robert Smigel, and James Stephens III. The writing team also included Charlie Kaufman, Louis C.K., Jon Glaser, Dino Stamatopoulos, Spike Feresten, and Robert Carlock. In addition, Carvey and Smigel's former Saturday Night Live colleague Greg Daniels contributed material for the premiere episode.

The Dana Carvey Show aired only seven of its planned 10 episodes. While the program was short-lived and featured controversial material, it has since been considered ahead of its time. The show is also recognized for providing early exposure to Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert, two comedians who would go on to have critical success many years later. In addition, The Dana Carvey Show served as a launchpad for Smigel's series of TV Funhouse cartoons.

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