Allison Silverman

Hey, all! We told you a while back that the Paley Center for Media would be co-hosting a panel on women in late night television (with the Writers Guild of America, East), and they’ve now posted some video from the event. Allison Silverman and Meredith Scardino should be familiar names to Stephen Colbert fans by now, but the panel also features some brilliantly funny ladies from other shows: Ann Cohen (Best Week Ever), Jill Goodwin (The Late Show with David Letterman), Hallie Haglund (The...Read Full Story

For the fourth year in a row, the ‘Colbert Report’ has been nominated by the Producers Guild of America for” The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment and Competition Television”. The ‘Colbert Report’ has won this award in 2008, 2009, and 2010, and looks posed to have a four-peat for this year’s awards. Congratulations, Team Colbert! Here’s the full list of nominees for the 2011 award. The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment and Competition Television: “The...Read Full Story

Happy, happy news! I know we like to maintain that distinction between the personal and the public here at No Fact Zone, but we’re making an exception to wish all imaginable happiness to Allison Silverman and Adrian Jones, who The New York Times reports were married last month. Allison Silverman and Adrian Jones By DEVAN SIPHER Published: March 7, 2009 COMEDY is serious business for Allison Silverman, an executive producer of “The Colbert Report.” And so is romance. When she introduced...Read Full Story

Thanks to Katt, who found the video of Allison Silverman accepting her MUSE award last week. Allison is such a beautiful, amazing woman, and she is hysterical to boot. Her words about being human being a strength and not a liability ring so very true, and something we all need to hear now and again. So please enjoy the video. The format of this aggregate news report is Copyright © 2009 No Fact Zone. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in...Read Full Story

Allison Silverman, a former iO Theater and Boom Chicago comedy favorite, has been named the executive producer of Stephen Colbert’s “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central, according to a Sept. 26 report by Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times.“Allison is a rare combination of funny, kind and intelligent. Unfortunately, in her new job, two of those have to go,” Colbert jested in his announcement of Silverman’s new gig. In other Zwecker news and for additional coverage of Chicago indie...Read Full Story