Senator Hillary Clinton to Appear on 'The Colbert Report' on Thursday, April 17 at 11:30 P.M. ET/PT

16 Apr 2008 17:12 Africa/Lagos


Senator Hillary Clinton to Appear on 'The Colbert Report' on Thursday, April 17 at 11:30 P.M. ET/PT

Clinton's Appearance Part of 'The Colbert Report's' Week-Long 'Dorito's Spicy Sweet Pennsylvania Primary Coverage From Chili-Delphia - The City of Brotherly Crunch!'

NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ --

Senator Hillary Clinton will appear on "The Colbert Report" on Thursday, April 17 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT as part of the Peabody(R) Award-winning and Emmy(R)-nominated show's week-long, special coverage of the all-important Pennsylvania Democratic Primary. This is the Senator's first appearance on "The Colbert Report."


"The Colbert Report: Dorito's Spicy Sweet Pennsylvania Primary Coverage From Chili-Delphia - The City of Brotherly Crunch!" is taping at the 900-seat Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Zellerbach Theatre on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania and will air nightly at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT through Thursday, April 17. This marks the first time the show has broadcast from a remote location.


The week will include filmed pieces such as a tour of Philadelphia and an installment of the 434-part series "Better Know A District" with Congressman Joe Sestak, representing "The Fightin' 7th" district of Pennsylvania. Others scheduled to appear include Michelle Obama, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell; Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; Representative Patrick Murphy (D-PA), the only sitting Congressman to have served in Iraq; Chris Matthews; musical performances by The Roots and John Legend; and a special appearance by the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders.


"The Colbert Report" airs regularly Monday-Thursday at 11:30 p.m. following "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." Repeat episodes air Monday-Thursday at 1:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and Friday at 8:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. (all times ET/PT).


"The Colbert Report" is produced by Jon Stewart's Busboy Productions, Inc. in association with Spartina Productions, Inc. Stewart, Colbert and Allison Silverman are the executive producers with Meredith Bennett and Richard Dahm as co-executive producers. Jim Hoskinson is the director. Lou Wallach and Dan Powell are the executives in charge of production for COMEDY CENTRAL.


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