PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TO APPEAR AS A GUEST ON "THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART" WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 11:00 P.M.

NEW YORK, October 20, 2010 -- President Barack Obama will make his fifth appearance as a guest on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Wednesday, October 27 at 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT), his first since taking office as President of the United States of America. President Obama's last appearance on "The Daily Show" was on October 29, 2008, just days before he was elected President. He has also appeared on April 21, 2008, August 22, 2007 and November 7, 2005.

"The Daily Show" airs Monday-Thursday at 11:00 p.m. and repeats at 1:30 a.m. the same night and at 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. the following day (all times ET/PT). Full episodes, as well as clips, are posted for viewing the following day at www.thedailyshow.com and www.indecisionforever.com with URL and embed links.

President Obama's appearance will occur during the Emmy(R) and Peabody(R) Award-winning series' week-long trip to Washington, D.C. providing special, "Indecision 2010" coverage of the midterm elections. "When Grizzlies Attack: A 'Daily Show' Midterm Teapartyganza," will air nightly at 11:00 p.m. from Monday, October 25 through Thursday, October 28. "The Daily Show's" coverage of the midterm elections will culminate on Tuesday, November 2 with a live, Election Night special airing from 11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. ET (tape-delayed on the West Coast).

Jon Stewart, Rory Albanese and Josh Lieb are the executive producers of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" with Kahane Cooperman serving as co-executive producer. Supervising producers are Steve Bodow, Jennifer Flanz, Hillary Kun, Adam Lowitt and Jim Margolis. Jill Katz is the executive in charge of production. The series' head writer is Steve Bodow and it is directed by Chuck O'Neil.

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