SENATOR RAND PAUL TO MAKE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE ON COMEDY CENTRAL'S "THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH" TOMORROW, JANUARY 13 AT 11:00 P.M. ET/PT

NEW YORK, January 12, 2016 - "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" welcomes Presidential Candidate Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) who will make his first appearance on the late night franchise this Wednesday, January 13 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.

Previous Presidential candidates who have appeared on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" include Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) and former Governor Martin O'Malley (D-MD).

Also making his first visit and sitting down with Trevor Noah on Wednesday night, January 13 will be talk show host and author Tavis Smiley who is promoting his new book The Covenant with Black America - Ten Years Later.

"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" airs Mondays-Thursdays at 11:00 p.m. on Comedy Central and is available to stream the following day on thedailyshow.com and the Comedy Central App. Viewers can follow "The Daily Show" on Twitter (4 million followers) and become a fan of "The Daily Show" on Facebook (5 million fans) and Instagram (215K followers). Fans can follow Trevor Noah on Twitter (2.9 million followers), Facebook (2.8 million fans) and Instagram (660K followers).

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