'The Daily Show' will broadcast live from the two major political conventions this summer, with Jon Stewart hosting. The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal that Comedy Central's late night show will go live on the final night of each convention - that's July 18th for the Republicans in Milwaukee and August 22nd for the Democrats in Chicago.
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00:00The Daily Show will broadcast live from the two major political conventions this summer,
00:04with Jon Stewart hosting.
00:07The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal that Comedy Central's late-night show will go
00:11live on the final night of each convention. That's July 18th for the Republicans in Milwaukee,
00:16and August 22nd for the Democrats in Chicago.
00:19The Daily Show has enjoyed a sizable upswing in ratings since Stewart's return in February.
00:24Since he's hosting the live episodes, he'll move from his usual Monday night spot in the
00:28anchor's chair to the end of the week for the special broadcasts.
00:31The show's news team will host the Monday through Wednesday shows on location during
00:34the convention weeks. They'll be taped a few hours ahead of airing.
00:38Ticket requests to attend the shows in both Milwaukee and Chicago are open on 1iota.com.
00:43The 2024 conventions will resume a Daily Show tradition of traveling for the National Party
00:48Conventions and presidential election years. The show didn't travel in 2020 when it was in
00:52remote production during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the conventions
00:57were scaled back considerably. Prior to that, the Daily Show went on the road to at least one
01:02of the convention cities every four years, dating back to 2000. For much more on this story and all
01:07the latest news, head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.