COMEDY CENTRAL® HONORED WITH EIGHT PRIMETIME EMMY® NOMINATIONS
INCLUDING OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES, OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES,
OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE PROGRAM AND OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY SERIES

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Earns Two Nominations Including its Second Consecutive for Outstanding Variety Talk Series and Outstanding Interactive Program
• Drunk History Receives Three Nominations Including Its Fifth Consecutive Nomination for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series and Series Creator and Host Derek Waters Earns His Second Nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
• Hack Into Broad City Scores Three Nominations Including Series Creators and Stars Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer Both Receiving Nominations in the Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Category

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NEW YORK, July 16, 2019 – Comedy Central secured eight nominations today in the 2018-2019 Primetime Emmy^® Awards competition with three series receiving Outstanding Series/Program nominations: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Drunk History and Hack Into Broad City. The Emmy^® Award winning The Daily Show with Trevor Noah scored its second consecutive nominations in the Outstanding Variety Talk Series and Outstanding Interactive Program categories.

In addition, to The Daily Show’s two nominations, the Emmy^® Award-winning Drunk History secured its fifth consecutive nomination for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series, fourth consecutive nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming and series creator and host Derek Waters was honored with his second nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series. Hack Into Broad City received its second nomination for Outstanding Short Form Comedy Series and the series creators, writers and stars Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer both scored nominations in the Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy category.

A complete list of Comedy Central’s 2018-2019 Primetime Emmy^® Awards nominations follows.

COMEDY CENTRAL 2018-2019 PRIMETIME EMMY^® AWARD NOMINATIONS

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

• Drunk History

Outstanding Interactive Program

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

• Hack into Broad City

Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

• Abbi Jacobson as Abbi Abrams – Hack into Broad City
• Ilana Glazer as Ilana Wexler – Hack into Broad City

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

• Derek Waters – Drunk History

Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming

• Drunk History