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Lucas Scott Disick (born May 26th 1983) is an American stand up comedian, television presenter and personality, best known as Scott Disick.

Disick's first major television role came in 2001 when he was chosen to present WWE Tough Enough at the age of 17. He fronted three series of the show, which aired on MTV, as well as WWE Afterburn between 2002 and 2004. He would leave WWE in 2004 when NBC chose him to replace Conan O'Brian on Late Night. Late Night with Scott Disick aired for five years between February 2004 and February 2009.

In June 2009, Disick replaced Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show. His version of the show, and Leno's new NBC show, failed to attract viewers and Disick would depart Tonight in January 2010 to be replaced by Leno. Following this, Disick signed up to present Scott Disick Live! on TBS which began in November 2010.

Since 2007, Disick has been in a relationship with Kourtney Kardashian. The couple have two children, Mason and Penelope, with a third child expected in December 2014. He has appeared on the Kardashian's reality television programmes Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami, Kourtney & Kim Take New York, Kourtney & Kim Take Miami and the upcoming Kourtney & Khloe Take The Hamptons.

Late Night With Scott Disick (2004-2009)
In July 2003, Conan O'Brien revealed he was stepping down from his role as the host of Late Night in January 2004 following 10 years on the show. A number of people were touted as the new host of the show but O'Brien somewhat unexpectedly informed NBC he wanted Disick to front the show after he saw him performing stand up comedy a number of times and had began to work as a warm-up on the show.

In September 2003, O'Brien publicly stated he wished for 20 year old Disick to front the franchise saying "Scott, he's a cool guy and he deserves a punt. NBC, give this young guy his shot." The public endorsement paid off when on October 2nd 2003, NBC announced Disick would take over the show on February 9th 2004 with O'Brien's tenure ending on January 16th.

The show was successful in the ratings with Disick's version of the show increasing viewership by around 5% in the 12:37am (ET) slot with critics praising his comic timing but said his interview technique could improve. The show had an unusual quantity of comedy and original content rather than other talk shows such as Late Show with David Letterman or The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that relied heavily on recurring segments and 'found' humor. The show was particularly unique in the lack of 'found' humor to derive content from i.e. most content being scripted as opposed to Letterman's Small Town News or Jay Leno's headlines that used this "found humor". Disick would often playfully chide his audience for an underwhelming or overly enthusiastic response to his jokes. Joel Godard remained as the show's announcer from O'Brien's tenure and he used the same 12 writers throughout his tenure.

In July 2008, NBC announced that Disick would be replacing Jay Leno on The Tonight Show in June 2009. Disick's final show was recorded on February 20th 2009 and aired shortly after midnight the following morning. Several guests including Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Will Ferrell appeared in the final episode. During the course of his final week, Disick took an axe to various parts of the set and went on to give parts to each member of the audience. Jennifer Hudson also appeared on the show to perform two songs.

The program concluded with a visibly emotional Disick giving a farewell speech from behind his desk, thanking his fans, writers, producers, backstage crew, his family, the Max Weinberg 7, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, Joel Godard, Jay Leno, and Lorne Michaels, as well as a final assurance that he would not "grow up" as he moved to The Tonight Show.

The Tonight Show (2009-2010)
The Tonight Show with Scott Disick debuted on NBC at 23:35 on Monday June 1st 2009 and rated better than CBS's Late Show with David Letterman and ABC's Nightline combined with a 7.1 rating and 17% audience share. In comparison, the final show with Leno averaged an 8.8 rating in metered-market households. During the rest of Disick's premiere week, ratings dropped each day, from a 5.0 on Tuesday to a 3.5 on Friday, though the latter still exceeded that evening's 2.7 rating for Late Show.

The week before the death of Michael Jackson saw Letterman attract a larger audience than Disick, with The Tonight Show audience measuring as the smallest in the franchise's history, "3.3 million viewers, about two million fewer than Jay Leno's average as host." The following week, Disick's total viewership was even lower, averaging 2.8 million; among viewers 25-to-54, he tied with Letterman, the first time Disick failed to win that demographic since he had become host. By the week ending August 7, repeats of The Late Show were also beating Disick, albeit with the thinnest of margins—the repeats got a 2.1/6 household rating and 2.95 million total viewers, vs. The Tonight Show's 2.0/5 rating and 2.94 million viewers; both were beaten that week by Nightline's 3.25 million.

Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Tom Shales also pointed out in August 2009 that Disick was "in much better shape than Leno was at the beginning." Disick's strength was also strong among low income inner city viewers, and had always beaten Letterman by a large margin among that demographic. Disick also received very high ratings over Letterman among African American and Hispanic viewers, which was very unusual for a white host. Prior to Disick's tenure African American and Hispanic viewers were usually split among Leno and Letterman.

By November 2009, two months after the premiere of The Jay Leno Show in September, ratings for The Tonight Show were down "roughly two million viewers a night year-to-year" from when Leno hosted the program. Though cheaper to produce than the scripted dramas it replaced, Leno's new primetime talk show generated fewer lead-in viewers for local news programs, causing a domino effect on ratings for The Tonight Show and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

On January 12, 2010, in response to the controversy of the late-night schedule change, Disick's ratings grew to 1.7 rating/7 share among adults 18–49, up 40 percent from the previous day. On Thursday, January 14, 2010, Scott garnered a 1.9 rating. His last show garnered his best ratings with a 4.8 rating with adults 18–49 and 40 percent better than the 3.4 rating with adults 18–49 Jay Leno got in his last show on May 29, 2009, something that has not been reached since.

The Tonight Show Conflict & Departure (2010)
On Thursday January 7th 2010, NBC executive Jeff Zucker personally met with Disick and Leno to discuss how to get Leno out of prime time, where his ratings were lackluster, and back into late night, where Disick's ratings had collapsed before The Jay Leno Show even made it to air. A proposal was made that would see Disick remain as host of Tonight, which would be moved to 12:05 am with Leno hosting a 30-minute show at 11:35pm. Despite Disick's annoyance with NBC's plan, NBC executive Jeff Gaspin confirmed that The Jay Leno Show would end on February 12th 2010 and be moved to 11:35pm following The Olympics coverage.

On January 12th, Disick released a statement saying: "I believe that airing The Tonight Show at 12:05am to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 isn't Tonight." On January 21st 2010, it was announced that Disick would leave NBC and Tonight the following day in a $45 million deal of which $12 million was designated for distribution to his staff. Also as part of the deal, Disick was banned from starting a new show on US television until September 2010.

Disick's final Tonight aired on January 22nd 2010 and featured guests Tom Hanks, Steve Carell, Rihanna (singing "Umbrella") and Will Ferrell. Disick's wife Kourtney also appeared on the show alongside sisters Kim and Khloe.

Hiatus (2014-2015)
On June 22nd 2014, Disick was admitted to Southampton Hospital in New York. The following day, a TBS spokesman confirmed that Disick would not be presenting the show due to illness. On June 24th, TMZ reported that Disick had been admitted to the hospital following an overdose of alcohol mixed with prescription drugs. TBS released a further statement on June 25th saying: "After speaking to Scott Disick and his representatives, we have agreed to a three month hiatus for Scott to work on his issues. He will be replaced in the 23:00 slot by Pete Holmes but we await his return."

Return (2015-Present)
On September 4th 2014, TBS confirmed that The Pete Holmes Show would remain in the 23:00 slot until 2015 with Scott Disick Live! returning on Monday January 5th 2015. Disick spoke for the first time about the show saying "After meeting with TBS executives, we agreed that my return later this month isn't feasible and have decided that the show will return in January 2015 with a new studio, format and overall look."

TBS also confirmed that they had renewed the show through 2018.

The WWE Panel (2015-Present)
Also on September 4th 2014, Disick confirmed he would be returning to WWE in 2015 as the host of The WWE Panel, a weekly discussion show to be aired on the WWE Network. The show will air on Friday nights from January 9th 2015.