How Ken Jeong's Life as an Internist Inspired the Pilot for ABC's 'Dr. Ken'

Plus, his rule for promoting projects on social

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Age 46

Claim to fame Star and co-creator of ABC's family sitcom Dr. Ken (premieres Oct. 2 at 8:30 p.m.); plays Chang on NBC/Yahoo Screen's Community; former internist

Base Los Angeles

Twitter @kenjeong

Adweek: What's the first information you consume in the morning? 

Ken Jeong: I'll run on the treadmill and go back and forth between CNN and ESPN, get my daily dose of info. I keep it very simple. I don't want to exaggerate and say, "Oh yeah, I go on this site and this site."

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