Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's
The Daily Show, is heading to the University of Delaware early next month for a special performance at the school's Bob Carpenter Center.
Stewart, who also works as a co-writer and producer on
The Daily Show, is a Peabody, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning television personality. Among his numerous achievements is hosting the prestigious Academy Awards. In 2008, he is slated to serve as the awards ceremony's host once again.
He began his career as a stand-up comedian, but eventually entered the television industry. He previously hosted
Short Attention Span for Comedy Central and his short-lived eponymous talk show on MTV.
On
The Daily Show, which Jon Stewart inherited from Craig Kilborn in 1998, the 44-year-old actor-comedian criticizes a variety of politicians, especially the Bush administration, and personality-driven media programs like FOX's
The O'Reilly Factor.
Last month, Jon Stewart extended his contract with Viacom, which owns Comedy Central, anchoring him to
The Daily Show until at least 2010.
Stewart's performance at the Bob Carpenter Center will take place on Saturday, December 1 at 8pm. Tickets are available at the university's box offices and at ticketmaster.com.
Meanwhile, fans of
The Daily Show will have to wait a little longer for new episodes of the program, as the WGA Strike continues. Writers, as well as show correspondents, have taken to the streets and joined the picket lines. Among the show's stars who are striking with the writers are Larry Wilmore and John Oliver.
At this time, it is still not clear when exactly the strike will end, but in the event that it spills over to the next year, Comedy Central is planning to revamp
The Daily Show, as well as its spin-off
The Colbert Report, to make it less script-reliant.
That said, the show's writers are hoping that an agreement will be reached soon, allowing them to go back to work and draw up new episodes for viewers.
“We're really hoping and expecting that we'll have a deal sooner rather than later,” writer Tim Carvell told
NewTeeVee. “We're just hoping that pretty soon we're going to have a deal and be able to go back to the office.”
-Lisa Claustro, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: University of Delaware, NewTeeVee
(Image Courtesy of University of Delaware)