Ted Jessup is an American television writer, producer, and performer. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland where his father was serving with the U.S. State Department. He graduated from Hamilton College. He is currently a writer for the Fox

Fox

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 sitcom Family Guy

Family Guy

Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...

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Production

Jessup has been a producer and writer for ABC News

ABC News

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, National Geographic Television, Comedy Central

Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....

, Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

, The Late Late Show

The Late Late Show

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(CBS TV) with Craig Kilborn, Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American animator, writer, comedian, producer, actor, singer, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.A native of Kent,...

, VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

, MTV

MTV

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 and The Al Franken Show

The Al Franken Show

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 among others.
Jessup has written comedy for numerous award shows including The Peoples Choice, Guys Choice and Video Game Awards. He co-created the cult favorites VH1's Rock Candy and Dave and Steve's Video Game Explosion

Dave and Steve's Video Game Explosion

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. He was also an executive producer and head writer for Nickelodeon's Space Cases

Space Cases

Space Cases is a science fiction television series that aired on Nickelodeon for two seasons. Created by Peter David and Bill Mumy, it premiered on March 2, 1996, and was cancelled a year later. It aired for a time on Nickelodeon's Saturday night block of shows known as SNICK, and on Nickelodeon...

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Jessup was the executive producer and head of programming for Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels, CM is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it.-Early life:...

's experimental, youth-targeted Burly Bear Network

Burly Bear Network

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. He also executive produced the critically acclaimed feature film Throwing Down which won best American film at the 1995 Hamptons’ Film Festival. Jessup also won a CableACE Award

CableACE Award

The CableACE Award was an award that was given from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in American cable television programming...

 for directing The Other Europe for the Travel Channel

Travel Channel

The Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,...

 starring Billy Kimball

Billy Kimball

-Personal life:He was born in New York City and graduated from Harvard College where he was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. He is currently married to the former Alexandra Manuela Vargas Hamilton and has two daughters.-Career:...

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Performance

As a performer Jessup appeared as himself in The Real Roseanne Show. He has appeared in numerous sketches on The Late Late Show. He played a talkative “john” opposite porn star Sasha Grey

Sasha Grey

Sasha Grey is an American former pornographic actress, who has since turned to mainstream acting, modeling and music....

 in Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh

Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and the remake of Ocean's Eleven, but he has also directed smaller less...

’s The Girlfriend Experience

The Girlfriend Experience

The Girlfriend Experience is a 2009 experimental drama film shot in New York City. It is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars then-active porn star Sasha Grey. A rough cut was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. The film has also been made available on Amazon Video on Demand...

. He appears regularly as a commentator on TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest... He is a regular contributor and one of the original editors of The Old Yorker, the Internet Humor journal.

Trivia

Jessup is a direct descendant of the puritan John Jessup, a founder of Southampton, Long Island, and also of Henry Harris Jessup

Henry Harris Jessup

Henry Harris Jessup was an American Presbyterian missionary, author, and a founder of the American University of Beirut.-Biography:...

, the Missionary and co-founder of the American University in Beirut. He is also a nephew of Philip Jessup

Philip Jessup

Philip Caryl Jessup was a diplomat, scholar, and jurist from New York City.- Early life and education :Philip C. Jessup, the grandson of Henry Harris Jessup, received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College in 1919. He then went on to earn a law degree from Yale Law School in 1924 and a Ph.D...

the noted diplomat, jurist and scholar. Jessup resides in New York City and Los Angeles.

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