Michael Shoemaker
Birth Name:
Michael Shoemaker
Profession
Producer, Writer, Actor, Script department
Fast Facts
- Was nominated for two Producers Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" in 2013 and 2014
- Was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for Comedy/Variety, one for "NBC 75th Anniversary Special" in 2003 and one for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" in 2012
- Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety for "Saturday Night Live 25" in 2001
- Started out as a stockroom worker at CBS and later worked as a production assistant for WCBS
- Best known as the producer of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and "Saturday Night Live․"
- First joined "Saturday Night Live" in 1986 and remained there for more than 20 years
- Has occasionally appeared in sketches on the TV series "Saturday Night Live․"
- Worked as a writer for Jimmy Fallon when he was the host of the MTV Video Music Awards in 2001 and the MTV Movie Awards in 2005
Awards
- 2003Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2004Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2005PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Variety Television:Nominated
- 2008Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2009Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2011Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2011Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2012Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety Series:Nominated
- 2012WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series:Nominated
- 2013PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:Nominated
- 2013Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety Series:Nominated
- 2014PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:Nominated
- 2017Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series:Nominated
- 2017WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety Series:Nominated
- 2018Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series:Nominated
- 2018WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety Series:Nominated
- 2019Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series:Nominated
- 2019WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety Talk Series:Nominated
- 2020Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series:Nominated
- 2021WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety Talk Series:Nominated
- 2022Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety Talk Series:Nominated
- 2023Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series:Nominated
- 2023WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety Talk Series:Nominated
- 2024Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Talk Series:Nominated
- 2024WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety Talk Series:Nominated
- 2025WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety Specials:Nominated
- 2026WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety Series – Talk or Sketch:Nominated