Eric Stangel is an American radio and television showrunner, writer and producer.
Biography
Born and raised in Chappaqua, New York, Stangel attended Syracuse University, where he graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism in 1993. Upon graduation, Stangel and his brother Justin Stangel created a stage show in Manhattan, titled Big City Comedy. The success of the show led to writing work for Norm MacDonald's Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live, the cartoon show "The Tick" on Fox Television, and the USA Network. The comedy shorts they created to air between shows for the USA Network helped land the Stangel brothers staff writing jobs with Late Show with David Letterman, in 1997. In 1998, Stangel and his brother become the head writers of the Late Show, positions they held until 2013. As co-head writer for The Late Show, Stangel was part of a team that has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, received twenty-one total Emmy nominations, and was nominated for Writers Guild of America awards four times. In December 2009 Stangel and his brother Justin were promoted to executive producers for The Late Show. The Stangel brothers are the longest-serving head writers in the history of Letterman's late night shows. Stangel was a winner of one of SI.com's 2010 Sports Media Awards, receiving a top pick in the Sports Media Tweets of The Year category. In March 2011, Stangel was named to Time.com's Twitter 140, a list of the world's most influential Tweeters. Eric and Justin in 2012 published their first book "Goodnight Husband, Goodnight Wife" which won an Independent Publishing award in the category of Humor In 2012 he wrote additional material for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal which was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special. In 2015, Justin and Eric Stangel were added to the staff of Opie with Jim Norton on Sirius XM. On March 15, 2016 Opie announced that the Stangel Brothers officially resigned from their role with the show to be Executive Producers on the daytime television show they co-created, "Harry" starring Harry Connick Jr. In two seasons, "Harry" was honored with 11 Daytime Emmy nominations and a Critics Choice Award nomination.
