"THE DAILY SHOW WITH
JON STEWART" PRESENTS “DNC 2012: HOPE AND CHANGE 2”
WEEK-LONG COVERAGE FROM THE 2012
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
AIRING TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 4-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 AT 11:00 P.M. ET/PT
Taping
at
ImaginOn:
The Joe & Joan Martin Center™ in Charlotte, NC
NEW YORK, August 30, 2012 -- "
The
Daily
Show
with Jon Stewart" and its ongoing political coverage "
Democalypse
2012," will soon be Charlotte-bound, as the entire staff heads to
Charlotte, NC next week to broadcast a week of shows during the
Democratic National Convention, titled “DNC 2012: Hope and Change 2,”
airing nightly at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT from Tuesday, September 4 through
Friday, September 7.
“DNC 2012: Hope and Change 2” is taping at ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan
Martin Center™ (300 East Seventh St.) in Charlotte. The convention
episodes will feature news, analysis, and guest interviews from host
Jon Stewart as well as reports from the convention floor at the Time
Warner Cable Arena from The Best F#@king News Team Ever, including
Samantha Bee,
Jason Jones,
Al Madrigal,
Aasif
Mandvi,
John
Oliver and
Jessica
Williams. In addition, the show will present a biographical film
about President Obama among other comedic pieces throughout the week.
Guests will include NBC News Special Correspondent and author Tom
Brokaw (September 4), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY; September 5),
and former Council of Economic Advisors Chairman Austan Goolsbee
(September 6).
This marks the tenth 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), St. Paul (2008 RNC) and Tampa (2012 RNC)
to cover the national party conventions, and to Washington, D.C. (2002,
2010) and Columbus, OH (2006) for special, mid-term election coverage.
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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.
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library in the United States. The facility is visited by more than
300,000 people annually and features two state-of-the-art theatres, a
dedicated library space for kids 11 and under, four multi-use
classrooms, a teen-only library and multimedia production studio, and
interactive exhibit space.
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"THE DAILY SHOW WITH
JON STEWART" ANNOUNCES WEEK-LONG COVERAGE FROM THE 2012 DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION
TAPING
AT
IMAGINON:
THE
JOE & JOAN MARTIN CENTER™ IN CHARLOTTE, NC
FROM
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
4-FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 7
NEW YORK, April 2, 2012 – "
The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
is heading to Charlotte with 125+ stalwart staffers to cover its fourth
Democratic National Convention and broadcast a week of shows. "The
Daily Show's" coverage of the 2012 DNC will be taped at ImaginOn: The
Joe & Joan Martin Center™ 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 Charlotte,"
said Rory Albanese, Executive Producer, 'The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart.' "And to the good people of North Carolina, for their southern
hospitality in hosting 125 smart-aleck New Yorkers, we offer in advance
our thanks, but most of all, our apologies. Honestly, we didn’t mean to
break that, and we promise we’ll pay for it."
ImaginOn: The Joe
& Joan Martin Center™, a partnership between the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Library and the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, is located
at 300 East Seventh St. in Charlotte. Tickets for the tapings 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 DNC will feature news, analysis, and
guest interviews from host Jon Stewart as well as reports from the
convention floor at the Time Warner Cable Arena 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, Adam Lowitt and Jim Margolis 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.
ImaginOn:
The Joe & Joan Martin Center™ is a one-of-a-kind youth destination
located in Charlotte, NC in the heart of the cultural arts district.
This collaborative effort between the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte is a 102,000-square-foot facility
recently ranked by Livability.com as the No. 1 children’s library in
the United States. The facility is visited by more than 300,000 people
annually and features two state-of-the-art theatres, a dedicated
library space for kids 11 and under, four multi-use classrooms, a
teen-only library and multimedia production studio, and interactive
exhibit space.
Available in 99 million homes nationwide, COMEDY CENTRAL (
www.comedycentral.com), the
only all-comedy network, is owned by, and is a registered trademark of,
Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned unit of
Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA and VIAB).
For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs
visit
Press Central,
COMEDY CENTRAL's press web site at
www.comedycentral.com/press
and follow us on Twitter
@ComedyCentralPR
for the latest in breaking news updates, behind-the-scenes information
and photos.
Viacom
(NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB) is home to the world's premier entertainment brands
that connect with audiences through compelling content across
television, motion picture, online and mobile platforms in more than
160 countries and territories. With approximately 170 media networks
reaching more than 600 million global subscribers, Viacom's leading
brands include MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Nickelodeon, Nick
Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick at Nite, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV Land, Spike
TV and Tr3s. Paramount Pictures, America's oldest film studio and
creator of many of the most beloved motion pictures, continues today as
a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. Viacom
operates a large portfolio of branded digital media experiences,
including many of the world's most popular properties for
entertainment, community and casual online gaming. For more information
about Viacom and its businesses, visit
www.viacom.com.
WASHINGTON, June
5,
2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Presidential
Candidate Gary Bauer congratulated Governor Scott
Walker for his win in Wisconsin's
recall
election,
calling
it
"another
sign
that
taxpayers
will
award
office
holders
ready
to
do
the
hard
work
of
reigning
in
out-of-control
government
spending."
Bauer, the chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, made
the following statement:
"I congratulate Governor Scott Walker
for his hard-fought victory tonight, and most especially for having the
courage of his convictions to fight the good fight. But the victory in Wisconsin is not Scott
Walker's alone. It is a victory for the hard-working
taxpayers of Wisconsin,
who foot the bill year after year. It is a victory for common
sense
over powerful special interests. It is a victory that taxpayers
in
every state can celebrate. It is a victory, yes, even for some
union
members.
"Since
Gov. Walker's reforms were enacted, tens of thousands of state
employees have opted to keep more of the money they earn rather than
let the public employees union siphon off their hard-earned
dollars.
In other words, once given the choice, more than half of the public
employees union's members decided that they didn't need the
union.
These reforms will pay real dividends for the taxpayers of
Wisconsin.
They are the real winners tonight.
"The recall election is a sign of good things to come. The
power of the Big Labor bosses has finally been checked, not just in Wisconsin,
but also in scores of other states across the country. More
governors,
legislators and taxpayers will be inspired to stand up against the
liberal labor unions and do what is truly in the best interests of
their communities. Wisconsin's
10
Electoral College votes are now in play, and the anti-tax, small
government movement that swept the country in 2010 is about to sweep Barack Obama out of office in 154 days!"
Source: PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1drYR)