Is an American comedian sports and political commentator actor and television host Kilborn began a career in sports broadcasting in the late 1980s leading to an anchoring position at ESPNs SportsCenter from 1993 to 1996 He was later the first host of The Daily Show which he hosted from 1996 to 1998 and succeeded Tom Snyder on CBS The Late Late Show from 1999 to 2004 In 2010 he launched The Kilborn File after a sixyear absence from television which aired on some Fox stations for a sixweek trial run In comedy Kilborn is known for his deadpan delivery