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NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- She took over her time slot, so the question is - can she beat Oprah's record 8 times as America's Favorite TV personality? Ellen DeGeneres could definitely do it, and with this year's rise from number 2 to number 1, this is the second time she's held the top spot on the list. NCIS's head agent, Mark Harmon, drops a spot to number 2, and after an intense political year where The Daily Show was required viewing for many, Jon Stewart remains at...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of Election Day, Madame Tussauds Washington D.C. -- home of the Presidents Gallery -- today announced that host of Comedy Central's Emmy(®) and Peabody(®) Award-winning series "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert, will be immortalized in wax. Colbert will help unveil his figure at the attraction (1001 F Street, NW, corner of 10(th )& F Streets) on Friday, November 16, 2012. Providing a preview of the figure's...
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) and the New York Comedy Festival are proud to announce that John Mayer and Roger Waters will perform at the 6th annual Stand Up for Heroes event on Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Beacon Theatre, in addition to previously announced performers Mike Birbiglia, Ricky Gervais, Patton Oswalt, Jon Stewart, Bruce Springsteen and Robin Williams. Roger Waters will be performing with a band comprised of military veterans....
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 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-midnight 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...
VENICE, Calif., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Laffster, a new startup that helps optimize discovery and personalization around everything funny online, including videos, articles and more, today announced "Mock the Vote," a free iPhone mobile app that delivers humorous up-to-the-minute takes on political news, including content and curation from partners like the POLIPOP! Network at Maker Studios--studio for Bad Lip Reading and others--and The New Yorker's Cartoon Editor as well as...
NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- President Barack Obama will make his sixth appearance as a guest on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Thursday, October 18 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT, his second since taking office as President of the United States of America. President Obama's last appearance on "The Daily Show" was on October 27, 2010 when the Emmy(®) and Peabody(®) Award-winning series taped a week of shows in Washington, D.C. He has also appeared on October 29, 2008, April...
NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- COMEDY CENTRAL received three awards in the 2011-2012 Primetime Emmy( )Awards competition, as awarded by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS). Multiple Emmy-winner "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," the network's unique news parody series, received its tenth consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Variety Series, the longest streak in Emmy history, and its eighth Emmy for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series. This...
NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the sixth consecutive year, the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) and the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) are proud to present Stand Up for Heroes, an evening of comedy and music benefiting our injured service members, veterans and their families, taking place at the Beacon Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 8 p.m. Stand Up for Heroes honors the sacrifice of our returning service members, veterans and their families by...
NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- COMEDY CENTRAL and Jon Stewart's Busboy Productions announced today the first group of comic all-stars booked for its biennial autism benefit, "Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs." Taping on Saturday, October 13 from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, the benefit for Autism programs, schools, and services will feature Stewart hosting an evening filled with live performances, sketches and short films from...
NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "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 &...
