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[11/01/12 - 07:01 AM]
Comedy Central(R) Is "The" Source for Live Election Results
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" will air live across the country on Tuesday, November 6 beginning at 11:00/10:00c.

[via press release from Comedy Central]

COMEDY CENTRAL(R) 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

Will Also Air LIVE on the West Coast from 8:00-8:30 p.m. and 8:30-9:00 p.m. PT

Both LIVE Episodes to Simulcast on MTV's 44 1/2 JumboTron Located in the Heart of Times Square on Broadway Between West 44th Street and West 45th Street

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

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 ---------

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 44 1/2 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.

Available on-air, online and on-the-go, COMEDY CENTRAL (www.cc.com) is the #1 brand in comedy and is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA and VIAB).





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