In June 2019, Thede was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch for 2019. She is one of a few African-American women to host their own late-night show. In October 2017, Thede began hosting her own late-night TV talk show, The Rundown with Robin Thede on BET. She worked as a regular entertainment correspondent for E! News with Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic. Other notable work includes co-hosting on The Voice of Reason on Jamie Foxx's Foxxhole Sirius/XM radio channel. She is also a performer and writer for the all-female sketch group "Elite Delta Force 3", which won the 2009 Audience Award Winner of the Los Angeles Comedy Improv Festival. Thede's comedy work extends from years of professional live sketch comedy (Second City Chicago and LA, Improv Olympic, Acme) to comedic commentary on shows such as 10 Things I Hate About Me for the Style Network. She can also be seen with Elite Delta Force 3 in "The Real Housewives of Civil Rights" (Funny or Die.com/EDF3 YouTube Channel). Thede's other writing credits include BET Awards (2014), BET Honors (2013), UNCF: An Evening of Stars (2013), BET Awards (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), NAACP Image Awards (2011), the BET Hip Hop Awards (2010, 2011, 2012) and more.Īdditionally, Thede has created several successful videos, including "Shit Black Guys Say" (which went viral with 2.5 million views on YouTube), "Every Little Step" with Wayne Brady, Bobby Brown and Mike Tyson (Funny or Die.com), and "For Stuffed Colored Girls" (Funny or Die.com). She was a series regular on the BET original web series Buppies with Tatyana Ali. Thede's recent television appearances include roles on Key & Peele (Comedy Central), Hot In Cleveland (TV Land), Chocolate News (Comedy Central), Kath & Kim (NBC), Worst Week (CBS) and All of Us (UPN). Thede has often worked on TV shows as both a writer and actress, including on the short-lived Fox series In the Flow with Affion Crockett, the Mike Epps sketch comedy series Funny Bidness, and on the comedy series Clunkers (starring Carl Payne, David Faustino and Sherman Hemsley). She also had recurring appearances as "Gail" on Second Generation Wayans on BET in March 2013. In January 2013, she appeared in the Marlon Wayans' comedy A Haunted House opposite comedian JB Smoove. Prior to that, she was head writer on The Queen Latifah Show and staff writer on the first two seasons of Real Husbands of Hollywood on BET. Thede is also the second African-American woman to write for a late-night talk show, as Amber Ruffin was first to join the writing staff for Late Night with Seth Meyers. From 2015–16, she was the head writer for the first season and a half of The Nightly Show, the first African-American woman to hold that position on any late-night talk show. Thede was also head writer and a performer on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. That stage show was picked up online by AOL and HBO for a new show called The Message which ran for a full year, 2007. Members included Thomas Fraser, Wyatt Cenac, Nika Williams and Nefetari Spencer. Robin first started with a sketch comedy group called Cleos Apartment with writers Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin. After college, Thede studied at The Second City theatre group in Chicago. Thede graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, earning a degree in Broadcast Journalism and African-American Studies. She continues to serve in the legislature. Her mother was elected in 2009 as Iowa State Representative for House District 93 and has been repeatedly re-elected. Later her parents moved to Bettendorf, Iowa. Thede and her sisters attended local schools in Davenport. She grew up in Davenport, Iowa, where her father was an educator and her mother also worked in community schools and served with the union for school staff. She stated on Late Night with Seth Meyers this was most likely due to her father's love of Williams' work. Robin Thede was named after stand-up comedian and actor Robin Williams. Her parents are Phyllis Thede, who is African American, and Dave Thede, who is German American.
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