COMEDY CENTRAL® IS "THE" SOURCE FOR LIVE ELECTION RESULTS AS
"THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART" PRESENTS "ELECTION NIGHT 2012: THIS ENDS NOW"
AND "THE COLBERT REPORT" PRESENTS
“ELECTION 2012: A NATION VOTES, OHIO DECIDES;
THE RE-PRESIDENTING OF AMERICA: WHO WILL REPLACE OBAMA? ‘012!”
BOTH AIRING LIVE ELECTION NIGHT EPISODES
ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 FROM 11:00-11:30 P.M. AND 11:30-MIDNIGHT ET
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Will Also Air LIVE on the West Coast from 8:00-8:30 p.m. and 8:30-9:00 p.m. PT
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Both LIVE Episodes to Simulcast on MTV's 44½ JumboTron Located in the Heart of Times Square
on Broadway Between West 44th Street and West 45th Street
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Live Multiplatform Streaming Experience of "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report"
Election Night Episodes via comedycentral.com, iOS and Android Enabled Devices,
The Daily Show Headlines App and Xbox Live
from 11:00-11:30 p.m. ET; 8:00-8:30 p.m. PT and 11:30-midnight ET; 8:30-9:00 p.m. PT
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COMEDY CENTRAL’s Indecision Will Also Offer Extensive Real-Time Coverage
of Election Day on indecision.cc.com, Social Media Platforms and Election Companion App
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NEW
YORK,
November
1, 2012 – As the votes are tallied, the comedy commences.
COMEDY CENTRAL will broadcast and stream LIVE
Election Night episodes of "The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report"
back-to-back from
11:00-11:30 p.m. ET (8:00-8:30 p.m. PT) and 11:30-mindnight ET
(8:30-9:00 p.m.
PT) respectively. In addition, both LIVE
Election Night episodes will also be simulcast on MTV's 44½
JumboTron in the
heart of Times Square on Broadway between West 44th Street and West
45th Street.
For
the first time, fans will be
able to view the LIVE Election Night episodes through a multi-platform
streaming
experience on comedycentral.com, iOS
and Android
enabled devices and through The
Daily
Show
Headlines App. The LIVE Election
Night programs, along with several clips from “The Daily Show,” “The
Colbert
Report,” “Key
&
Peele,” “30
Seconds
Over
Washington” and more, will also stream on Xbox consoles as a
part of Xbox Live’s Election Coverage.
"The
Daily
Show's"
special political coverage, "Election Night 2012: This
Ends Now" will feature news and results analysis from host Jon Stewart
and
from The Best F#@king News Team Ever, including Samantha Bee,
Wyatt Cenac,
Jason Jones,
Al Madrigal,
Aasif
Mandvi, John
Oliver and Jessica
Williams, with reporting directly from the
show's on-set Obama and Romney headquarters and election center.
"The
Colbert
Report's"
special political coverage for The Nation, “Election 2012:
A Nation Votes, Ohio Decides; The Re-Presidenting of America: Who Will
Replace
Obama? ‘012!” will include host Stephen Colbert's patriotic fervor and
insightful conjecture of the results with a guest appearance by Andrew
Sullivan.
This
marks
the
sixth time, dating back to 1992, that COMEDY CENTRAL's presidential
coverage has gone LIVE on Election Night.
"The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" previously
did a LIVE show together in 2008 with "Indecision 2008: America's
Choice." However, this is the first
time that Stewart and Colbert will be anchoring LIVE Presidential
Election
Night episodes from their own studios.
COMEDY CENTRAL's Indecision
will also cover
Election Day on indecision.cc.com and its social media platforms
including Twitter, Google+
and Facebook.
Postings
will take place all day by the Indecision
team who will report the latest news on the presidential election as
well as
the hot races in the House and Senate. During
Primetime Election coverage, Indecision will engage with voters on its
interactive Election
Companion
App, offering a running stream of commentary throughout the
night. Fans can interact with the team
by commenting or registering their opinions about the election as the
news
unfolds on TV.
Smart,
funny
and
election-inspired merchandise from COMEDY
CENTRAL’s “The Daily Show," “The Colbert Report” and “Indecision 2012,”
such as graphic tees, mugs, tumblers, posters and buttons designed by
the shows
are currently available at Urban Outfitters
stores
nationwide, with the “Indecision 2012” collection as the first
exclusive
product collaboration for Urban Outfitters with a TV network
Jon Stewart and Rory Albanese are the Executive Producers of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" with Steve Bodow, Kahane Cooperman, Jennifer Flanz and Adam Lowitt serving as Co-Executive Producers. Supervising Producers are Pam DePace, Tim Greenberg, Hillary Kun and Stuart Miller. Jill Katz is the Executive in Charge of Production. The series' Head Writer is Tim Carvell and it is directed by Chuck O'Neil.
“The
Colbert
Report”
is produced by Jon Stewart’s Busboy Productions, Inc. in
association with Colbert’s Spartina Productions, Inc. Stewart,
Colbert and Tom Purcell are the
Executive Producers with Meredith Bennett and Richard Dahm as
Co-Executive
Producers. The series’ Head Writer is
Barry Julien and it is directed by Jim Hoskinson. David Bernath
is the Executive in Charge of
Production for COMEDY CENTRAL.
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CONTACTS:
Renata Luczak
Steve Albani
Eve Kenny