Behind the Scenes With ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘Late Show’ as They Energize the DNC With Live Episodes
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large By Thursday morning, it’s adrenaline (and perhaps lots of caffeine) that’s fueling “The Daily Show” team in Chicago.
And yet, tonight is perhaps their biggest episode of their entire week in town for the Democratic National Convention: A live episode, with host Jon Stewart, set to air at 11:30 p.m.
ET. Hopefully that means the show will go live around that time just after Kamala Harris finishes her acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination at the United Center.
But as their colleagues at CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” experienced this week, the DNC makes no promises of sticking to a set timetable. “The Late Show” went with live episodes throughout the week, which means it often wasn’t going off the air — and clearing out Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre — until close to 1 a.m.
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