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Doug Abeles

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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Doug Abeles is known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002) and Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs (2012).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 wins & 10 nominations total

    Known for

    Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002)
    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs (2012)
    Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs
    6.0
    TV Special
    • Writer
    • 2012
    Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (2008)
    Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Writer

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    Writer

    • The Rundown with Robin Thede (2017)
      The Rundown with Robin Thede
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Phil Keoghan in Explorer (2015)
      Explorer
      7.3
      TV Series
      • head writer
      • 2016
    • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002)
      Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
      6.1
      TV Series
      • head writer
      • 2013
    • Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs (2012)
      Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs
      6.0
      TV Special
      • writer
      • 2012
    • Bunk (2012)
      Bunk
      7.1
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2012
    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • writer
      • written by
      • weekend update head writer
      • 2001–2011
    • 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
      5.4
      TV Special
      • written by
      • 2011
    • Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (2008)
      Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition
      7.2
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2008–2009
    • 3rd & Bird (2008)
      3rd & Bird
      7.8
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2008
    • Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education (2008)
      Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education
      5.6
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 2008
    • Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special (2003)
      Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special
      5.6
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 2003
    • NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
      NBC 75th Anniversary Special
      6.6
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 2002
    • Wordsworth in The Lyricist Lounge Show (2000)
      The Lyricist Lounge Show
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Writer (2000)
      • 2000
    • NBC Saturday Night Movie
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2000–2001
    • Martin Short in The Martin Short Show (1999)
      The Martin Short Show
      5.2
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1999–2000

    Producer

    • Game of Talents (2021)
      Game of Talents
      4.9
      TV Series
      • content producer
      • 2021
    • Duck Quacks Don't Echo (2014)
      Duck Quacks Don't Echo
      6.5
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2014
    • What We Wasted Our Year On
      TV Special
      • senior producer
      • 2013
    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • producer: Weekend Update
      • producer
      • 2008–2011
    • Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (2008)
      Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition
      7.2
      TV Series
      • producer: Weekend Update
      • 2008–2009
    • Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas (2005)
      Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas
      7.1
      TV Special
      • consulting producer
      • 2005
    • Comedy Central Roasts (2003)
      Comedy Central Roasts
      7.5
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2003
    • Wordsworth in The Lyricist Lounge Show (2000)
      The Lyricist Lounge Show
      8.1
      TV Series
      • segment producer (2000)
      • 2000

    Additional Crew

    • Tom Cruise and Amanda Seyfried in 2005 MTV Movie Awards (2005)
      2005 MTV Movie Awards
      5.9
      TV Special
      • consultant
      • 2005
    • Nicky Rothschild and Paris Hilton in 2002 MTV Video Music Awards (2002)
      2002 MTV Video Music Awards
      5.1
      TV Special
      • consultant
      • 2002
    • Britney Spears in 2000 MTV Video Music Awards (2000)
      2000 MTV Video Music Awards
      4.5
      TV Special
      • consultant
      • 2000
    • Inside Edition (1988)
      ESPY Awards
      TV Special
      • consultant
      • 1998

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