COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Honored With Eight Primetime Emmy(R) Nominations and Comedycentral.com Picks Up First-Ever Broadband Nomination

COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Honored With Eight Primetime Emmy(R) Nominations and Comedycentral.com Picks Up First-Ever Broadband Nomination

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Ten-Time Emmy-Winner "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" Cited Again For Program, Writing, and Directing, Totaling Three Nominations

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

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Two-Time Emmy-Winning Animated Favorite "South Park" Receives Eighth Nomination

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Comedycentral.com Walks Away With Network's First Broadband Nomination

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NEW YORK, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- COMEDY CENTRAL earned eight nominations in the 2007-2008 Primetime Emmy Awards competition, it was announced today by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS).

Nine-time Emmy-winner (five times each for program and writing) "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" the network's unique news parody series, is nominated this year in three categories: Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series, 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. This brings the grand total of Primetime Emmy nominations for the "Daily Show" to 27. 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 has been nominated in each of these categories for two years in-a-row, bringing its total number of nominations to 12. This year, the show won a prestigious Peabody(R) Award for Excellence in Broadcasting.

Two-time Emmy-winner "South Park," the adult animation phenomenon, home to Kyle, Stan, Kenny and Cartman, received its eighth nomination for the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program. Nominated for the "Imaginationland" trilogy, the show in its 12th season remains COMEDY CENTRAL's highest rated show.

Comedycentral.com has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy for its "Sarah Silverman Program" Nugget "On the Set with Steve." The Academy singled out the digital entry in its new Special Class - Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs area.

The Emmy Awards will be presented in two ceremonies. The first, primarily for creative arts categories, will take place on Saturday, September 13, while the balance of the Emmys, primarily for the performing arts, will be announced before a black-tie audience during a primetime telecast on Sunday, September 21. Both ceremonies will take place at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, CA.

   The following is a complete list of COMEDY CENTRAL's nominations.    OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES     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; Rory Albanese, Rachel Axler, Kevin Bleyer,     Rich Blomquist, Tim Carvell, J.R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, David     Javerbaum, Rob Kutner, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, John Oliver, 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 VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES     The Colbert Report    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     Tom Purcell, Head Writer; Stephen Colbert, Allison Silverman, Richard     Dahm, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir,     Laura Krafft, Frank Lesser, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Bryan Adams,     Barry Julien, Writers    OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM     Jim Hoskinson, The Colbert Report    OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (For Programming One Hour or More)     South Park, "Imaginationland"     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, Producer     Bruce Howell, Producer     Adrien Beard, Producer     Vernon Chatman, Producer     Erica Rivinoja, Producer     Pam Brady, Producer     Ryan Quincy, Director of Animation   

OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS - SHORT-FORMAT LIVE-ACTION ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS

     Sarah Silverman Program Nugget, "On the Set with Steve"     Comedycentral.com     Sarah Silverman, Executive Producer     Dan Sterling, Executive Producer     Heidi Herzon, Executive Producer     Rob Schrab, Executive Producer     Vatche Panos, Producer  

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