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Dear colleagues, For a tongue-in-cheek look at the "evolution vs. creationism/intelligent design" debate, see The Daily Show with Jon Stewart this week (September 12-15) on Comedy Central. The press release is below. Enjoy! Cary R. Easterday Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago ceaste2@uic.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW YORK, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Science vs. Religion. Evolution vs. Creation. It is an age-old battle whose time has come. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" will gather together all the experts (or at least those who will talk to them), travel to the places that matter in the debate (basic cable budget permitting) and ultimately settle the controversy once and for all. "Evolution Schmevolution: A Daily Show Special Report" will premiere on Monday, September 12 and air nightly at 11:00 p.m. through September 15. For one full week, "The Daily Show" goes in-depth, around, through and quite possibly under, one of the hottest hot-button issues facing our nation: evolution. It's the accepted theory on the origin of life by an overwhelming majority of the world's biologists, but maybe they're all wrong. What's so great about the scientific method anyway? "Evolution Schmevolution" will explore: * What other theories are out there? * Who's on the frontlines of this debate? * Should your child's curriculum really be decided by experts in their respective fields? The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was launched in the summer of 1996. The nightly news satire takes a reality-based look at news, trends, pop culture, current events, politics, sports, entertainment and the media. In each show, Stewart and a team of correspondents, including Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, Ed Helms and Samantha Bee, comment on the day's stories employing actual news footage, taped field pieces, in-studio guests and on-the-spot coverage of important news events. Jon Stewart and Ben Karlin are the executive producers of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" with Stewart Bailey and Kahane Corn serving as the co- executive producers. The series' head writer is David Javerbaum who is also a supervising producer. Chuck O'Neill is the director. COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 87 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL is a registered trademark of Comedy Partners. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is http://www.comedycentral.com. P.S. -- You're next, gravity. * All times ET/PT. SOURCE COMEDY CENTRAL Web Site: http://www.comedycentral.com
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