Kevin McCarthy is an American television director. He is best known as the director of the syndicated game show Jeopardy!, and before that, he served as the show's associate director from 1984 until taking his current position in 1992. He also directed Jeopardy!'s spin-off program Rock & Roll Jeopardy! on VH1, and co-directed another Merv Griffin-created game show, Click. He currently directs Jeopardy!'s spin-off program Sports Jeopardy! on Crackle.
McCarthy has been nominated 21 times for Jeopardy! in the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show, and won the award 6 times .