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‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’ Announces Live Democratic Presidential Primary Debate Coverage

Jun 18, 2019  •  Post A Comment

Press release from Comedy Central, June 18, 2019:

Next week, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will telecast LIVE providing instant analysis and late-night’s earliest commentary about the Democratic Party’s first 2020 Presidential Primary Debates. As part of their Votegasm 2020 coverage, WORLD WAR D: LET’S GET READY TO RAMBLE – PART I & II will air live, back-to-back nights on Wednesday, June 26 and Thursday, June 27 at 11:00 p.m. ET on Comedy Central.

Guests include Perry Bacon Jr., senior writer for FiveThirtyEight on Wednesday, June 26 and Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont, Democratic presidential candidate, and DNC chair on Thursday, June 27.

This marks the ninth time The Daily Show with Trevor Noah has aired LIVE, having previously done so following the 2019 State of the Union Address, the 2018 Midterm Election night, the 2018 State of the Union address, throughout the 2016 Presidential Election on election night, after the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates, and on the final nights of both the 2016 Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

Trevor Noah, Jen Flanz and Jill Katz are the Executive Producers of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, with Justin Melkmann as Co-Executive Producer. Max Browning, Eric Davies, Pam DePace, Ramin Hedayati, David Kibuuka and Elise Terrell are Supervising Producers, and Jocelyn Conn and Zhubin Parang are producers. Dan Amira is the Head Writer, with Lauren Sarver Means and Daniel Radosh as Senior Writers. The series is directed by Paul Pennolino. Sarah Babineau and Ari Pearce are the Executives in Charge of Production for Comedy Central.

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah airs Mondays-Thursdays at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central and is available to stream the following day exclusively on thedailyshow.com and the Comedy Central App. Viewers can follow The Daily Show on Twitter (7.9M followers) and Instagram (3.3M followers), subscribe to its YouTube channel (4.9M subscribers) and become a fan of The Daily Show on Facebook (8.5M fans). Fans can follow Trevor Noah on Twitter (9.8M followers), Facebook (5.6M fans) and Instagram (4.5M followers). Fans can also receive The Daily Show Flash Briefing on Amazon Alexa devices, subscribe to The Daily Show’s Emmy(R) Award-winning “Between the Scenes” via Facebook’s new Watch tab and listen to highlights and extended interviews on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Ears Edition podcast available across most podcast apps.

Comedy Central gives audiences access to a world of super funny, personally relatable, culturally relevant, and provocative comedy that tells the funny truths of life, every day and everywhere. From award-winning late-night, scripted and animated series to stand-up specials, short-form and sketch, Comedy Central has it all. A subsidiary of Viacom Inc., Comedy Central is available to more than 300 million households in over 150 countries across the globe.

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