COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Honored With Two Primetime Emmy Awards

COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Honored With Two Primetime Emmy Awards

COMEDY CENTRAL earned two more awards in the 2006-2007 Primetime Emmy Awards competition, it was announced last night by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS).

Nine-time Emmy-winner (four times for program, five times for writing) “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” the network’s unique news parody series, won one more Emmy, bringing its overall Emmy total into the double digits, including the fifth year in a row for Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series.

The Emmy Awards were presented during two ceremonies. The first, primarily for creative arts categories, took place on Saturday, September 8 with COMEDY CENTRAL’s hit animated show “South Park” winning the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (less than an hour). The balance of the Emmys, primarily for the performing arts, were announced before a black-tie audience during a primetime telecast (FOX) on Sunday, September 16. Both ceremonies took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA.

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