"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
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Free Tickets to "The Daily
Show" Tapings in Tampa May Be Requested at www.thedailyshow.com
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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
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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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CONTACTS:
Renata
Luczak 212.767.8661 renata.luczak@cc.com
Steve Albani 212.767.8695 steve.albani@cc.com
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