HOWARD STERN TO APPEAR ON "THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART"
ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 AT 11:00 P.M.
Visit Marks Stern's First Appearance
On The Emmy And Peabody Award-Winning Series
NEW YORK, December 12, 2005 -- Howard Stern will appear on tomorrow night's episode of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," marking the first time the soon-to-be Sirius host/programmer has visited the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series. The episode will premiere Tuesday, December 13 at 11:00 p.m. and repeat later that night at 1:30 a.m. and the following day at 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Stern, the self-proclaimed King of All Media, will make the jump from terrestrial radio, where he has spent a career spanning almost 30 years, to Sirius satellite radio in January 2006. His final few "free" shows will be broadcast this week. Stewart, a frequent guest on Stern's radio show over the years, was last on his show in November.
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was launched in the summer of 1996. The nightly news satire takes a reality-based look at news, trends, pop culture, current events, politics, sports, entertainment and the media. In each show, Stewart and a team of correspondents, including Dan Bakkedahl, Rob Corddry, Ed Helms and Samantha Bee, 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.
Jon Stewart and Ben Karlin are the executive producers of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" with Stewart Bailey and Kahane Corn serving as the co-executive producers. The series' head writer is David Javerbaum who is also a supervising producer. Chuck O'Neil is the director.
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