Sam Reich

Samuel Dalton Reich (/raɪʃ/ RYSHE; born July 22, 1984) is an American writer, producer, comedian, actor and media executive. He is best known for his work with Dropout (formerly CollegeHumor), of which he is now the CEO, including hosting the web series Game Changer and its spin-off Make Some Noise, as well as his work on TruTV's Adam Ruins Everything.[1]
== Career[edit] ==
In 2000, Reich dropped out of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School as a result of clinical depression and in order to pursue acting.[2] Shortly thereafter, he moved to New York and founded the comedy group Dutch West, which focused on making comedy videos for the Internet.[3][4] After being discovered by CollegeHumor in 2006, he was hired as Director of Original Content.[5] He was then promoted to President of Original Content along with the premiere of The CollegeHumor Show on MTV in 2009.[6]
In 2014, Reich founded Big Breakfast, CollegeHumor's offshoot production company, and moved CollegeHumor's video team to Los Angeles.[7] The company has since produced Adam Ruins Everything on TruTV;[8] Middle of the Night Show on MTV;[9] Time Traveling Bong on Comedy Central;[10] The Britishes on DirecTV;[11] I Want My Phone Back on Comcast's Watchable;[12] and Bad Internet[13] and Rhett and Link's Buddy System on YouTube Red.[4]
With CollegeHumor, he collaborated on music videos with "Weird Al" Yankovic[14] and former United States First Lady Michelle Obama.[15]
On January 8, 2020, it was announced that Reich was acquiring CollegeHumor from IAC which was transformed to the entity of CHMedia. This included the streaming service Dropout.[16][17] At the time that IAC sold CollegeHumor, Reich asked fans to support the company by purchasing subscriptions to the streaming service.[18] In 2020, Kate Knibbs of Wired commented that "Reich is beloved within the CollegeHumor community—WIRED spoke with more than a dozen former employees, and the praise was unanimously effusive, rare for someone who just laid a bunch of people off".[19] Reich oversees the content created in Dropout and hosts some of the shows including Game Changer and Make Some Noise.
In 2023, Reich announced that the CollegeHumor brand name would be retired and rebranded to Dropout.[20]
== Personal life[edit] ==
Sam Reich is the son of Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, and Clare Dalton, a retired law professor at Northeastern University.[1] His brother, Adam Reich, is a sociology professor at Columbia University.[21] He is of Jewish descent on his father's side.[22]
Reich is married to actress and writer Elaine Carroll,[23] whom he met during summer camp in 2000.[24] Together, they have collaborated on the web series Very Mary-Kate.[25]
== Filmography[edit] ==
Year 	Title 	Role 	Network 	Notes
2006–present	CollegeHumor Originals 	Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Actor	CollegeHumor 	Digital Series
2006–2008 	Street Fighter: The Later Years	Executive Producer, Director, Writer 	CollegeHumor 	Digital series, 9 episodes
2007–2015 	Jake and Amir 	Executive Producer, Director, Actor 	CollegeHumor 	Digital Series
2006–2009 	Prank War 	Executive Producer 	CollegeHumor 	Digital series, 8 episodes
2009 	The CollegeHumor Show 	Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Actor	MTV 	Television series, 6 episodes
2011–2012 	Troopers 	Executive Producer, Director, Actor 	CollegeHumor 	Digital series, 13 episodes
2010–2013 	Very Mary-Kate 	Executive Producer, Director, Writer 	CollegeHumor 	Digital series
2013 	Precious Plum 	Executive Producer, Director, Writer 	CollegeHumor 	Digital series, 13 episodes
2014 	The Britishes 	Executive Producer, Director, Writer 	DirecTV 	Television series, 8 episodes
2015 	Middle of the Night Show 	Executive Producer 	MTV 	TV series, 9 episodes
2016 	I Want My Phone Back 	Executive Producer 	Watchable 	Digital series, 10 episodes
2016 	Time Traveling Bong 	Executive Producer 	Comedy Central	Television series, 3 episodes
2016 	Bad Internet 	Executive Producer 	YouTube Red 	Digital series, 10 episodes
2016 	Rhett and Link's Buddy System 	Executive Producer 	YouTube Red 	Digital series, 9 episodes
2014–2019 	Adam Ruins Everything 	Executive Producer, Actor 	TruTV 	Television series, 27 episodes
2018–present	Dimension 20 	Executive Producer, Player 	Dropout 	Digital series
2019–present	Game Changer 	Executive Producer, Director, Host 	Dropout 	Digital series, 60 episodes
2022–present	Make Some Noise 	Executive Producer, Director, Host 	Dropout 	Digital series, 26 episodes
2022 	Dirty Laundry 	Himself 	Dropout 	Season 1: "Who Shot a Softcore Porn?"
== Awards[edit] ==
* Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media Category.[26]
* Named a multi-channel network 40 Under 40.[27]
Year	Award 	Work
2008	Aspen Rooftop Comedy Award for Best Series 	The Michael Showalter Showalter
2008	ECNY for Best Short 	"Minesweeper: The Movie"
2010	People's Voice Webby for Best Series 	Jake and Amir
2010	Webby for Best Animation 	"Pixar Intro Parody"
2010	People's Voice Webby for Best Short 	"Web Site Story"
2011	People's Voice Webby for Best Humor Website	CollegeHumor
2012	People's Voice Webby for Best Short 	"Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's Star Wars"
2012	Webby for Best Short 	"Siri Argument"
2013	Telly Bronze Award 	"Mitt Romney Style," "Dora the Explorer Trailer," "Save Greendale"
2013	Telly Silver Award 	"Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends"
2013	Webby for Best Short 	"Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends"
2014	Telly Bronze Award 	"GPS Prank," "HBO Should Show Dongs"
2014	Webby for Best Remix 	"Music Videos Without Music"
2014	Webby for Best Short 	"Batman vs. the Penguin"
2015	Ursa Major Award for Best Short 	"Furry Force"
2015	Telly Bronze Award 	"Music Videos without Music"
2015	Telly Silver Award 	"Why Engagement Rings Are a Scam," "If Google Was a Guy"
2015	People's Voice Webby for Best Writing 	"If Google Was a Guy"
2015	People's Voice Webby for Best Short 	"If Google Was a Guy"
2015	Webby for Best Writing 	"If Google Was a Guy"
2015	Webby for Best Short 	"If Google Was a Guy"
2015	Telly Bronze Award 	"FOIL"
2015	Streamy for Best Cover Music Video 	"FOIL"
2015	Webby for Best Music Video 	"FOIL"
2016	Telly Silver Award 	"Go to College Rap"
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