A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled honoring Greg Daniels for a television writing and producing career that includes developing “The Office” and co-creating “Parks and Recreation” and “King of the Hill.”
Former “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien and “The Office” star Steve Carell are set to join Daniels in speaking at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony at 6357 Hollywood Blvd., between Ivar Avenue and Cahuenga Boulevard.
Daniels and O’Brien attended Harvard University at the same time, both working on the undergraduate humor publication The Harvard Lampoon. They also wrote together for “Not Necessarily The News” and “Saturday Night Live.”
The ceremony comes one day after the second-season o the Daniels-created mockumentary was released on Peacock.
The star is the 2,856th since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961 with the initial 1,558 stars.
Born June 13, 1963, in New York City, Daniels began his television career in 1985 as a writer on the HBO sketch comedy series “Not Necessarily the News,” but Daniels and O’Brien were soon laid off during budget cuts.
Daniels and O’Brien were hired as writers for “Saturday Night Live” in 1987. Daniels joined the writing staff of “The Simpsons” in 1993, with his first day coinciding with O’Brien’s last.
Daniels won the first of his four Emmys in 1995 as “The Simpsons” won for outstanding animated program. He won his second in 1999 when “King of the Hill” won in the same category.
Daniels won two Emmys for his work on “The Office.” It won for outstanding comedy series in 2006, while Daniels won for outstanding writing for a comedy series in 2007.