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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turned pro</th><td class="infobox-data">2002</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">2004</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Plays</th><td class="infobox-data">Right-handed (two-handed backhand)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:lavender;">Singles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Career record</th><td class="infobox-data">14-16</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Career titles</th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest ranking</th><td class="infobox-data">864</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:lavender;">Doubles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Career record</th><td class="infobox-data">12-13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest ranking</th><td class="infobox-data">501</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://michaelkosta.com">michaelkosta<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael Kosta</b> (born September 27, 1979) is an American <a href="/wiki/Stand-up_comedy" title="Stand-up comedy">stand-up comedian</a>. In July 2017, he joined <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a></i> as a correspondent and is now a senior correspondent.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also hosted <i><a href="/wiki/The_Comment_Section" title="The Comment Section">The Comment Section</a></i> for the <a href="/wiki/E!_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="E! Network">E! Network</a> with producer <a href="/wiki/Joel_McHale" title="Joel McHale">Joel McHale</a> as well as co-hosting <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_1" title="Fox Sports 1">Fox Sports 1</a>’s <i>Crowd Goes Wild</i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Kosta&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kosta was born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor, Michigan</a>, and went to <a href="/wiki/Huron_High_School_(Ann_Arbor,_Michigan)" title="Huron High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan)">Huron High School</a> before attending the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign">University of Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is of Greek descent.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After earning a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> in Speech Communications in 2002, Kosta played tennis on the ITF and ATP tour <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for two years before being hired as the Assistant Men's Tennis Coach<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>. While he was the assistant coach, he began to explore his interest in stand-up comedy and performed at local comedy clubs on the side. In 2005, Kosta began a full-time job as a stand-up comic based in Los Angeles.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Kosta&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stand-up_comedy">Stand-up comedy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Kosta&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Stand-up comedy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Kosta_-_Stand_up_comedy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Michael_Kosta_-_Stand_up_comedy.jpg/220px-Michael_Kosta_-_Stand_up_comedy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Michael_Kosta_-_Stand_up_comedy.jpg/330px-Michael_Kosta_-_Stand_up_comedy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Michael_Kosta_-_Stand_up_comedy.jpg/440px-Michael_Kosta_-_Stand_up_comedy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="685" /></a><figcaption>Kosta in 2016</figcaption></figure><p>Kosta has had major appearances on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno" title="The Tonight Show with Jay Leno">The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Conan_(talk_show)" title="Conan (talk show)">Conan</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Lately" title="Chelsea Lately">Chelsea Lately</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Late_Night_with_Seth_Meyers" title="Late Night with Seth Meyers">Late Night with Seth Meyers</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as a half-hour <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> special called <i><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_Presents" title="Comedy Central Presents">Comedy Central Presents</a>: Michael Kosta</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in January 2011. He has also made appearances on <a href="/wiki/TruTV" title="TruTV">TruTV</a>'s <i>World's Dumbest</i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><i>,</i> performed at the <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> Comedy Festival in <a href="/wiki/Aspen" title="Aspen">Aspen</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at the <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> <a href="/wiki/Just_for_Laughs_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Just for Laughs Festival">Just for Laughs Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kosta also shot a <a href="/wiki/Television_pilot" title="Television pilot">pilot</a> with Comedy Central called <i>Overloaded with Michael Kosta</i> in fall 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but as of October 2012, it has not been broadcast. In 2013, Kosta filmed his own mini-sitcom for network TV under the auspices of FOX's Shortcom Comedy Hour with fellow comedians <a href="/wiki/Neal_Brennan" title="Neal Brennan">Neal Brennan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dov_Davidoff" title="Dov Davidoff">Dov Davidoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Smith" title="Kevin Smith">Kevin Smith</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ali_Wong" title="Ali Wong">Ali Wong</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Kosta released his first comedy album on Comedy Dynamics Records, <i>Comedy For Attractive People</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kosta released his one-hour Comedy Central Stand-up Special, <i>Michael Kosta: Detroit. NY. LA.</i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2022. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="On_TV">On TV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Kosta&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: On TV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kosta has hosted several TV shows: </p> <ul><li>Correspondent on the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Show_with_Trevor_Noah" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Show with Trevor Noah">Daily Show with Trevor Noah</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Detroit" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Sports Detroit">Fox Sports Detroit</a> show, "CCHA: All Access" won two Michigan Emmys for Outstanding Host in a TV Series<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2011)</li> <li>Backstage host of the 63rd Primetime <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Awards</a> “Backstage Live,”<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.emmy.com">Emmy.com</a>’s (2011)</li> <li>Co-host of <i><a href="/wiki/Attack_of_the_Show!" title="Attack of the Show!">Attack of the Show!</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Next Day <a href="/wiki/T.J._Miller" title="T.J. Miller">T.J. Miller</a> (T.J. Miller on Hosting Comedy Central's "Mash Up")<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Featured comedian on E!’s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Soup_Investigates" title="The Soup Investigates">The Soup Investigates</a></i>, where he led the segment "Spoilers in the Streets"</li> <li>Catch on NBC<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2014)</li> <li>Co-host of <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_1" title="Fox Sports 1">Fox Sports 1</a> daytime talk show <i><a href="/wiki/Crowd_Goes_Wild" class="mw-redirect" title="Crowd Goes Wild">Crowd Goes Wild</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Co-producer and host of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Comment_Section" title="The Comment Section">The Comment Section</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on The E! Network.</li> <li>Host of seasons one and two of <i>Warm & Fuzzy</i> on the Tennis Channel.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Guest on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Joe_Rogan_Experience" title="The Joe Rogan Experience">The Joe Rogan Experience</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Guest host on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a></i> (week of October 16, 2023 & February 26, 2024).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Host as well as Co-host of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a></i> in 2024</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tennis">Tennis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Kosta&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tennis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kosta played tennis on the ITF and ATP tour<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for two years before being hired as the Assistant Men's Tennis Coach for the University of Michigan.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He formerly ranked #864 in the world tennis ranking.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He currently hosts his own podcast, <i>Tennis Anyone</i>, dedicated to all things tennis.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Kosta&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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