Tim Carvell is an American writer and television producer known for his work on the TV satirical news series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as well as for his print work in publications including Mad,[2] Slate,[3] and The New York Times.

For the first nine years after he graduated from college, Carvell wrote for a number of New York-based publications, including Fortune, Sports Illustrated for Women and Entertainment Weekly.

[4] He also contributed humor pieces to McSweeney's Quarterly Concern[1] and the op-ed page of The New York Times.

He joined the show in March 2004, just as the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign was becoming a common news topic.

Describing the subsequent meeting with Stewart as "surreal", Carvell says, "it felt uncannily like I was suddenly a guest on the show, only without a book or movie to promote.