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 West 44(th) Street and West 45(th) 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 Mer
Edith 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.
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