“One of the things that I was kind of holding on to from 'The Daily Show' was there was an exhaustion that I would feel because we just kind of got caught up in the news cycle. You tell a story, and that's an interesting story, and then the next day we have to drop it and talk about something else. That's so unfair to the story and the people.”

American comedian, actor, producer, and writer, born 1976

Wyatt Cenac is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He was born in 1976 and is known for work in television and film, including his time as a correspondent and writer for The Daily Show from 2008 to 2012. He later starred in the TBS series People of Earth and in Barry Jenkins’s first feature, Medicine for Melancholy. He also hosted and produced the HBO series Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas, bringing the same sharp, observational style to comedy and commentary.