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"THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART" PRESENTS
"INDECISION 2004: MIDWAY TO THE ELECTION SPECTACULAR"
PREMIERING MONDAY, AUGUST 30 AT 11:00 P.M.*
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On The Eve Of The Award-Winning Series' Coverage Of The Republican National Convention,
A Look Back At The 2004 Presidential Campaign To This Point
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Special Will Be Followed By A Re-Airing Of All Four Episodes From The
2004 Democratic National Convention Starting At 11:30 P.M.
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NEW YORK, August 16, 2004 -- With election fever gripping the country (at least the media) and the countdown to Election Day in full force, it's time to take a look not forward, but backward. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" has culled through its' archives to create a half-hour special full of highlights and surprises from this year's political coverage. The resulting special, "Indecision 2004: Midway to the Election Spectacular," will premiere on Monday, August 30 at 11:00 p.m.
"Indecision 2004: Midway to the Election Spectacular" repeats Tuesday, August 31 at 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
In just two weeks the Republicans will meet to stage their four-day product launch at Madison Square Garden and the official "beginning of the end" to the race for the White House will be on. For "The Daily Show," this presents an opportunity to step back from the stump speech slogan tryouts and swing state media buys to take a look back at how the President and the Democratic nominee got to this point in the campaign. "Indecision 2004: Midway to the Election Spectacular" features "Headlines" on the presidential candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry as well as the VP race between Dick Cheney and John Edwards and some memorable reports from "The Daily Show News Team" (Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry and Ed Helms).
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Immediately following the "Indecision 2004: Midway to the Election Spectacular," COMEDY CENTRAL will air all four episodes from "The Daily Show's" coverage of the Democrat's love fest in Boston last month. "Democratic National Convention 2004" features a profile of the history and attractions of the host city, a John Kerry biographical film ("John Kerry: He's Not George W. Bush") and a combination of reports from inside the convention hall and in-studio guests Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) and Senator Joe Biden (D-DE).
"The Daily Show," a nightly news parody launched in the summer of 1996, takes a reality-based look at news, pop culture, politics and the media. In each show, Stewart and a team of correspondents comment on the day’s stories employing actual news footage, taped field pieces, in-studio guests and on-the-spot coverage of important news events. Among its many plaudits, the critically-acclaimed series received the 2002-2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series. It recently received three 2003-2004 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, Outstanding Individual Achievement In Writing In A Variety Or Music Program and Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music or Comedy Program. To date the series has received 11 Emmy nominations and taken home the big prize three times.
"Indecision 2004" marks the second presidential election covered by Stewart and his crack team of correspondents from "The Daily Show." The nightly news parody earned its stripes during the now infamous 2000 election, receiving an Emmy Award and a prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for its yearlong coverage of the race for the White House. Senator Bob Dole served as the series' Guest Political Commentator throughout that campaign.
"Indecision 2004: Midway to the Election Spectacular" is sponsored by AOL and Bass.
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