1. Craig Lawrence Kilborn was born on August 24,1962 and is an American television host, actor, comedian, and sports commentator.
21 Facts About Craig Kilborn
1. 2.
Craig Kilborn was later the first host of The Daily Show, which he hosted from 1996 to 1998, and succeeded Tom Snyder on CBS' The Late Late Show from 1999 to 2004.
3.
Craig Kilborn was born on August 24,1962, in Kansas City, Missouri.
4.
Craig Kilborn's father, Hiram Kilborn, was an insurance executive, and his mother, Shirley, was a schoolteacher.
5.
When Craig Kilborn was four years old, he and his family moved to Hastings, Minnesota, where he was raised.
6.
Craig Kilborn excelled with the Magicians and with the Hastings High School basketball team, ultimately earning three letters and multiple all-conference and all-state honors.
7.
Craig Kilborn began in radio, as the CBA Savannah Spirits's play-by-play radio commentator in 1986 and 1987.
8.
Craig Kilborn later began his television career in California as the sports anchor for Monterey County's Fox affiliate KCBA in Salinas.
9.
Craig Kilborn was primarily the anchor of the late broadcast of SportsCenter which he coined "The Feel Good Edition".
10.
Craig Kilborn made a return appearance to SportsCenter on August 8,2004, when he co-hosted SportsCenter with Dan Patrick during ESPN's 25th Anniversary Celebration.
11.
In 1996, Craig Kilborn became host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central.
12.
Craig Kilborn was nominated for a CableACE Award for Outstanding Entertainment Host.
13.
In 1998, CBS and David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, selected Craig Kilborn to replace Tom Snyder as host of The Late Late Show to run after Late Show with David Letterman.
14.
On Jon Stewart's last Daily Show episode August 6,2015, Craig Kilborn made a cameo appearance as "Host Emeritus".
15.
Craig Kilborn hosted The Late Late Show for five years, changing the format to appeal to a younger audience.
16.
Craig Kilborn created several characters, including Sebastian, the Asexual Icon.
17.
Craig Kilborn narrated his own introduction and would enter to the sound of the song "Play That Funky Music" at the beginning of his show.
18.
The Scottish comedian Craig Kilborn Ferguson took over the show on January 3,2005.
19.
Craig Kilborn returned to television on June 28,2010 after six years off the air, when his new half-hour show The Kilborn File debuted on select Fox stations.
20.
In 2011, Craig Kilborn played the villain in an episode of Chuck during its final season.
21.
Since 2022, Craig Kilborn has hosted a podcast entitled The Life Gorgeous.