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COMEDY CENTRAL® Wins Three Primetime Emmy® Awards For " with " And ""

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" Scores Again for Outstanding Variety Series Making the Show's Tenth Consecutive Win, The Longest Streak in Emmy History "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" Also Cited for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series Bringing the Series' Total to 18 "Futurama's" Maurice LaMarche Wins Outstanding Voice-Over Performance For Second Consecutive Year

NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CENTRAL received three awards in the 2011-2012 Primetime Emmy Awards competition, as awarded by the Academy of Arts and Sciences (ATAS).

Multiple Emmy-winner "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," the network's unique series, received its tenth consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Variety Series, the longest streak in Emmy history, and its eighth Emmy for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series. This brings the grand total of Primetime Emmys for "The Daily Show" to 18. The program is also a two-time winner of the prestigious Peabody® Award for Excellence in Broadcasting.

Also honored was "Futurama's" Maurice LaMarche, who earned his second consecutive Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice- Over Performance for "The Silence of the Clamps" episode.

The Emmy Awards were presented in two ceremonies. The first, primarily for creative arts categories, took place on Saturday, September 15, while the balance of the Emmys, primarily for the performing arts, and were announced before a black-tie audience during a primetime telecast (ABC) on Sunday, September 23. Both ceremonies took place at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in , CA.

The following is a complete list of 's wins with all credited individuals.

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SERIES The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES The Daily Show with Jon Stewart , Head Writer, , , , , , , JR Havlan, , Dan McCoy, , , Zhubin Parang, , , Jon Stewart, Writers

OUTSTANDING VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE Maurice LaMarche as Clamps, Donbot, Hyperchicken, Calculon, Hedonismbot & Morbo, Futurama - The Silence of the Clamps

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