COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Honored With Network Record 12 Primetime Emmy(R) Nominations

COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Honored With Network Record 12 Primetime Emmy(R) Nominations

Nine-Time Emmy-Winner 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart' Cited Again For Program, Performance, Writing, Directing As Well As Sound Mixing And Editing, Totaling Six Nominations

Smash Hit 'The Colbert Report' Scores Four Nominations For Show, Performance, Writing And Directing

Emmy-Winning Animated Favorite 'South Park' Receives Seventh Nomination

'The COMEDY CENTRAL Roast of William Shatner' Walks Away With Network's First Specials Nomination

NEW YORK, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Beating its own personal best of eight, COMEDY CENTRAL earned 12 nominations in the 2006-2007 Primetime Emmy Awards competition, it was announced today by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS).

Nine-time Emmy-winner (four times for program, five times for writing) "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" the network's unique news parody series, is nominated this year in six categories: Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series, Stewart's performance for his Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program, Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program and Chuck O'Neil, singled out for the fifth year-in-a-row for Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program. Receiving their first Emmy nominations this year are the "Daily Show" editing team for Outstanding Multi-camera Picture Editing For A Series and audio engineer Tim Lester for Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Or Music Series Or Special. This brings the grand total of Primetime Emmy nominations for the "Daily Show" to 24. The program is also a two-time winner of the prestigious Peabody(R) Award for Excellence in Broadcasting.

"The Colbert Report," with Stephen Colbert assuming a dismissive, Bill O'Reilly-like persona while commenting on the issues of the day, received four Emmy Award nominations: Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series, Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program for Colbert's performance and Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program. Director Jim Hoskinson was cited for Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program. The show was nominated in each of these categories last year, bringing its total number of nominations to eight.

"South Park," the adult animation phenomenon, home to Kyle, Stan, Kenny and Cartman, received its seventh nomination for the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour), the category in which it won in 2005. Nominated for the "Make Love, Not Warcraft" episode, the show in its 11th season remains COMEDY CENTRAL's highest rated show.

"The COMEDY CENTRAL Roast of William Shatner," a no-holds-barred raucous ribbing of the popular actor, was nominated in the Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special category, earning the network's first nomination in the television specials arena.

The Emmy Awards will be presented in two ceremonies. The first, primarily for creative arts categories, will take place on Saturday, September 8, while the balance of the Emmys, primarily for the performing arts, will be announced before a black-tie audience during a primetime telecast (FOX) on Sunday, September 16. Both ceremonies will take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA.

The following is a complete list of COMEDY CENTRAL's nominations, along with all credited individuals:

   OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES       The Daily Show with Jon Stewart       Jon Stewart, Executive Producer       Ben Karlin, Executive Producer       David Javerbaum, Executive Producer       Kahane Corn, Co-Executive Producer       Josh Lieb, Co-Executive Producer       Rory Albanese, Supervising Producer       Jim Margolis, Supervising Producer    OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM       Jon Stewart, Host, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart    OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM       The Daily Show with Jon Stewart       Steve Bodow, Head Writer; Rachel Axler, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist,       Tim Carvell, J.R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, David Javerbaum, Ben Karlin,       Rob Kutner, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, Jason Reich, Jason Ross,       Jon Stewart, Writers    OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM       Chuck O'Neil, Director, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart    OUTSTANDING MULTI-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A SERIES       The Daily Show with Jon Stewart       Tonya Dreher, Graham Frazier, Mark Paone, Daric Schlesselman,       Einar Westerlund, Editors; Rob York, Videotape Editor    OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY OR MUSIC SERIES OR SPECIAL       The Daily Show with Jon Stewart       Tim Lester, Audio Engineer    OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES       The Colbert Report       Jon Stewart, Executive Producer       Stephen Colbert, Executive Producer       Ben Karlin, Executive Producer       Meredith Bennett, Co-Executive Producer       Allison Silverman, Co-Executive Producer       Richard Dahm, Co-Executive Producer    OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM       Stephen Colbert, Host, The Colbert Report    OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM       The Colbert Report       Stephen Colbert, Allison Silverman, Richard Dahm, Michael Brumm,       Rob Dubbin, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Laura Krafft,       Frank Lesser, Writers    OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM       Jim Hoskinson, The Colbert Report    OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (For Programming Less Than One Hour)       South Park, "Make Love, Not Warcraft"       Trey Parker, Executive Producer, Writer, Director       Matt Stone, Executive Producer       Anne Garefino, Executive Producer       Frank C. Agnone II, Supervising Producer       Kyle McCulloch, Producer       Eric Stough, Director of Animation    OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL       The COMEDY CENTRAL Roast of William Shatner       Joel Gallen, Executive Producer       Rick Austin, Producer  

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