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Behind the Scenes With ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘Late Show’ as They Energize the DNC With Live Episodes
Both "The Daily Show" and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" go live on Thursday night with one more show capturing this week's energy in Chicago.
For “The Daily Show,” the team is gathering each evening to watch the convention in a hotel ballroom over pizza and beer, putting together ideas and jokes that are then fleshed out for the following day’s episode. At the massive venue, “Late Show” merch was being sold ($40 for a t-shirt) and audience members were patiently standing in long concession line queues for a drink to pass the time while the broadcast was pushed back due to DNC overruns. J.B. Pritzker, as well as a “InDogCision 2024: Rescuing Democracy” event around Wrigley Field in Chicago, where fans met the “The Daily Show” news team while registering to vote and adopting dogs.
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