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DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH Set for 2-Week Road Trip to Cover National Conventions (Broadway World)
April 14, 2016
By TV News Desk
For BROADWAY WORLD
"THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH" is primed
and ready to hit the road to cover the 2016 Republican and Democratic
National Conventions, producing a special week of shows in each city.
"The Daily Show's" coverage of the 2016 RNC will be telecast from The
Breen Center for the Performing Arts in Cleveland from Tuesday, July 19
through Friday, July 22 with coverage of the 2016 DNC telecast from the
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from Tuesday, July 26 through Friday, July
29. The two-week special convention coverage is scheduled to premiere
nightly at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.
"As someone who knows almost nothing about how American politics works, I
look forward to spending two weeks with people just like me," said
Trevor Noah.
Tickets for the tapings are free and only available through dedicated
"Daily Show" convention ticket websites and not through the host venues.
Tapings in Cleveland will take place from July 19-22 at The Breen
Center for the Performing Arts located at 2008 West 30th Street and can
be requested via dailyshow.com/RNCtickets. Tapings in Philadelphia will
take place from July 26-29 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing
Arts on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania which is located at
3680 Walnut Street and can be requested via dailyshow.com/DNCtickets.
This marks the 5th time the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series has
gone on the road to cover the National Conventions and the 12th time the
series has taken its critically-acclaimed election coverage on the road
for a special week of episodes, having previously travelled to
Philadelphia (2000 RNC), Los Angeles (2000 DNC), Boston (2004 DNC),
Denver (2008 DNC), Minneapolis (2008 RNC), Tampa (2012 RNC) and
Charlotte (2012 DNC) and to Washington, D.C. (2002), Columbus, OH
(2006), Washington, D.C. (2010) and Austin, TX (2014) for special
midterm election coverage.
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