Articles > Reference > News Wires, White Papers, and Books > AP Worldstream news wires > January-March 2006 > Tuesday, March 21

Article: Jon Stewart to host Peabody Awards

Article from:
AP Worldstream
Article date:
March 21, 2006
Copyright

AP Worldstream
03-21-2006
Dateline: ATHENS, Georgia
First the Oscars and now the Peabodys.

Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's award-winning fake news program "The Daily Show" and host of the Academy Awards earlier this month, will host the Peabody Awards ceremony June 5 in New York City.

"Jon Stewart will provide a refreshing combination of journalistic smarts and comic genius to our ceremony," Horace Newcomb, director of the Peabody Awards, said in the statement. "He has an enormous respect for the Peabody culture, so who better to host our landmark 65th anniversary celebration?"

Stewart is a two-time Peabody Award winner for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: Jon Stewart, ' Daily Show' cover ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  October 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ...NEW YORK - Jon Stewart knows the key to democracy ... Some would say "The Daily Show," a fake newscast where ... twisted terms, "The Daily Show" can treat you to rare ... you laugh, too. "The Daily Show" makes a convincing case ...

Article: Jon Stewart at 'Daily Show' Through ...
AP Online;  March 19, 2004 ;     540 words ... ... 19-2004 Dateline: NEW YORK Jon Stewart poses on the set of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" in New York on July 23, 2003 ... president in 2008 will be covered by Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show." The star of the Comedy Central ...

Article: Nothing Wrong With Healthy Skepticism.(Press Room)(study says ...
TelevisionWeek;  July 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... say, proves "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,'' Comedy Central ... published "The Daily Show Effect,'' a paper ... of better. "The Daily Show'' never pretends ... news from watching Jon Stewart at night has far more ...

Article: Jon Stewart, 'The Daily Show' cover ...
Daily Breeze;  October 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ...NEW YORK -- Jon Stewart knows the key to democracy ... Some would say "The Daily Show," a fake newscast where ... twisted terms, "The Daily Show" can treat you to rare ... you laugh, too. "The Daily Show" makes a convincing case ...

Article: COLUMN: Energy, enervation and Jon Stewart's ...
University Wire;  February 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... it big with "The Daily Show" -- a scary number ... me set the tone: Jon Stewart has welcomed his ... in legions of "Daily Show" devotees enervate ... could just enervate Jon Stewart's contract with "The Daily Show." < ...

Article: JON STEWART'S DAILY SHOW WINS 2ND ...
United Press International;  September 21, 2003 ;     294 words ...United Press International 09-21-2003 Jon Stewart's Daily Show wins 2nd Emmy LOS ANGELES, Sep 21, 2003 (United ... International via COMTEX) -- "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was named top Variety, Music or Comedy Series ...

Article: 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart' ...
PR Newswire;  August 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Award-winning "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" will broadcast all week ... appeared on the show. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was launched in the ... executive producers of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" with Rory Albanese ...

Article: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart ...
U.S. Newswire;  August 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Award-winning "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" will broadcast all week ... appeared on the show. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was launched in the ... executive producers of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" with Rory Albanese ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives