"THE DAILY SHOW WITH
JON STEWART"
PRESENTS
"RNC 2012: THE ROAD TO JEB BUSH 2016" WEEK-LONG COVERAGE
FROM THE 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
AIRING TUESDAY, AUGUST
28-FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 AT 11:00 P.M. ET/PT
Taping
at David A.
Straz, Jr. Center for the
Performing Arts in Tampa, FL
NEW YORK, August 22, 2012 -- "
The
Daily
Show
with
Jon
Stewart" and its ongoing political coverage "
Democalypse
2012," is literally heating up as the entire staff heads to Tampa
next week to broadcast a week of shows during the Republican National
Convention titled, "RNC 2012: The Road to Jeb Bush 2016" airing nightly
at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT from Tuesday, August 28 through Friday, August 31.
"RNC 2012: The Road to Jeb Bush 2016" coverage of the 2012 RNC is
taping at the Straz Center (1010 North W.C. MacInnes Place) in Tampa.
The convention episodes will feature news, analysis, and guest
interviews from host Jon Stewart as well as reports from the convention
floor at the Tampa Bay Times Forum from the best F*&#ing News Team
Ever including
Samantha Bee,
Jason Jones,
Al Madrigal,
Aasif
Mandvi,
John
Oliver and
Jessica
Williams. In addition, the show will present a Mitt Romney
biographical film and Tampa native Mandvi gives viewers a look at his
hometown.
This marks the ninth time the series has taken its critically-acclaimed
and award-winning political coverage on the road, having previously
travelled to Philadelphia (2000 RNC), Los Angeles (2000 DNC), Boston
(2004 DNC), Denver (2008 DNC) and St. Paul (2008 RNC) to cover the
national party conventions, and to Washington, D.C. (2002, 2010) and
Columbus, OH (2006) for special, mid-term election coverage. "The Daily
Show" first earned its political stripes during the now-infamous 2000
election, receiving an Emmy® Award and a prestigious George Foster
Peabody® Award for its year-long coverage of the race for the White
House.
"The Daily Show" conventions episodes air Tuesday-Friday at 11:00 p.m.
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the following day (all times ET/PT). Full episodes, as well as clips,
are posted for viewing the following day at
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Jon Stewart and Rory Albanese are the Executive Producers of "The Daily
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Flanz and Adam Lowitt serving as Co-Executive Producers. Supervising
Producers are Tim Carvell, Pam DePace, Tim Greenberg, Hillary Kun and
Stuart Miller. Jill Katz is Producer and Executive in Charge of
Production. The series' Head Writer is Carvell and it is directed by
Chuck O'Neil.
Opening in 1987, the Straz Center consists of five theaters, three
restaurants and the Patel Conservatory. The 335,000 square-foot
facility provides an environment for a wide variety of world-class
events. It boasts one of the nation’s leading Broadway series and is
nationally respected for presenting a wide variety of concerts,
performances and events and for its resident company Opera Tampa. For
more information about the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the
Performing Arts, Opera Tampa, the Patel Conservatory and their upcoming
events, please visit
www.strazcenter.org,
www.operatampa.org and
www.patelconservatory.org.
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"THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART" ANNOUNCES WEEK-LONG COVERAGE FROM THE
2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
TAPING
AT
DAVID
A.
STRAZ,
JR. CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IN TAMPA, FL
TUESDAY,
AUGUST
28-FRIDAY,
AUGUST
31
Free
Tickets to "The Daily Show" Tapings in Tampa May Be Requested at
www.thedailyshow.com
NEW YORK, May 8, 2012 -- "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" continues
its legacy of on the road convention coverage by broadcasting a week of
shows during the Republican National Convention in Tampa. "The Daily
Show's" coverage of the 2012 RNC will be taped at the David A. Straz,
Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in Ferguson Hall and air nightly at
11:00 p.m. ET/PT from Tuesday, August 28 through Friday, August 31. The
show previously announced its coverage of the 2012 DNC which will be
taped at ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center™ in Charlotte and
air nightly at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT from Tuesday, September 4 through
Friday, September 7.
"We are incredibly excited to spend a week in the beautiful city of
Tampa," said Rory Albanese, Executive Producer, 'The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart.' "We look forward to enjoying the beaches and the exciting
nightlife, plus we assume this counts as a visit to our grandparents."
The Straz Center is located at 1010 North W.C. MacInnes Place in Tampa.
Tickets for the tapings are free and will be available only through the
show's Web site, www.thedailyshow.com, not through the venue’s box
office.
The episodes airing during the 2012 RNC will feature news, analysis,
and guest interviews from host Jon Stewart as well as reports from the
convention floor at the Tampa Bay Times Forum from "The Daily Show"
News Team (Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, Al Madrigal, Aasif
Mandvi, John Oliver and Jessica Williams).
This marks the ninth time the series has taken its critically-acclaimed
and award-winning political coverage on the road, having previously
travelled to Philadelphia (2000 RNC), Los Angeles (2000 DNC), Boston
(2004 DNC), Denver (2008 DNC) and St. Paul (2008 RNC) to cover the
national party conventions, and to Washington, D.C. (2002, 2010) and
Columbus, OH (2006) for special, mid-term election coverage.
"The Daily Show" first earned its political stripes during the
now-infamous 2000 election, receiving an Emmy® Award and a
prestigious George Foster Peabody® Award for its year-long
"Indecision 2000" coverage of the race for the White House,
achievements repeated during the series' "Indecision 2004" election
reporting.
"The Daily Show" airs Monday-Thursday at 11:00 p.m. and repeats at 1:00
a.m. the same night and at 9:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. the following day
(all times ET/PT). Full episodes, as well as clips, are posted for
viewing the following day at www.thedailyshow.com with URL and embed
links. Fans can follow @TheDailyShow on Twitter or “like” The Daily
Show on Facebook.
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.
Opening in 1987, the Straz Center consists of five theaters, three
restaurants and the Patel Conservatory. The 335,000 square-foot
facility provides an environment for a wide variety of world-class
events. It boasts one of the nation’s leading Broadway series and is
nationally respected for presenting a wide variety of concerts,
performances and events and for its resident company Opera Tampa. For
more information about the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the
Performing Arts, Opera Tampa, the Patel Conservatory and their upcoming
events, please visit www.strazcenter.org, www.operatampa.org and
www.patelconservatory.org.
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