JON STEWART RETURNS TO "THE DAILY SHOW" ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 AT 11:00 P.M. ET/PT

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NEW YORK, August 27, 2013 -- Jon Stewart will be back hosting "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Tuesday, September 3 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT following the debut of "Tosh.0" at 10:00 p.m. and the second season premiere of "Brickleberry" at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.

The intrepid host took a sabbatical in June from the series in order to direct his first feature film, entitled "Rosewater," produced by Stewart's production company, Busboy Productions, along with Scott Rudin Productions and Odd Lot Entertainment. Longtime correspondent and writer John Oliver hosted the Emmy(R) and Peabody(R) Award-winning series during Stewart's hiatus.

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Jon Stewart and Rory Albanese are the Executive Producers of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" with Steve Bodow, Jennifer Flanz and Adam Lowitt serving as Co-Executive Producers. Supervising Producers are Tim Carvell, Pam DePace, Tim Greenberg, Hillary Kun and Stuart Miller. Jill Katz is Producer and Executive in Charge of Production. Kahane Cooperman serves as Production Executive. The series' Head Writer is Carvell and it is directed by Chuck O'Neil.

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