Inside Late Night: Eric Ledgin

Emmy Award-winning writer and St. Denis Medical co-creator Eric Ledgin joins Mark Malkoff to talk about his path through late night, from years of writing packets and facing rejection to landing a job at 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.' Ledgin shares what it was like writing monologue jokes under constant pressure, navigating 13-week contract cycles, and learning in Fallon’s fast-paced writers’ room. He also discusses producing pretapes, the realities of joke counts and job security, and how his late-night experience shaped his transition into scripted comedy.