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The cast of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" accepts the Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series award onstage during the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 18, 2011, in Los Angeles.

2011 Emmy winners

Executive producter/TV host Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and the rest of the cast and crew pose in the press room after winning the award for outstanding variety, music or comedy series during the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 18, 2011, in Los Angeles.

2011 Emmy winners

Executive producter/TV host Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" poses in the press room during the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 18, 2011, in Los Angeles.

2011 Emmy winners

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President Barack Obama talks with host Jon Stewart during a taping for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" at the Harman Center for the Arts on Oct. 27, 2010, in Washington, D.C.

Comedian Stephen Colbert, left, listens as colleague Jon Stewart speaks during the "Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on the National Mall Oct. 30, 2010, in Washington, DC. Tens of thousands of people streamed into the US capital for the rally hosted by liberal comics Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, billed as an antidote to the ugly political mood dividing the U.S. three days before mid-term elections.

Comedian Jon Steward pauses while speaking during the "Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on the National Mall Oct. 30, 2010, in Washington, D.C.

TV Host Jon Stewart poses in the press room with two Emmys for "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 20, 2009, in Los Angeles.

Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show," speaks to reporters at the awards ceremony for the 11th Annual Mark Twain Prize on Nov. 10, 2008, in Washington, DC. That year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was awarded posthumously to George Carlin.

From left, correspondents and writers for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" John Oliver and Wyatt Cenac and correspondent Rob Riggle arrive at Comedy Central's Emmy Awards party at the STK restaurant Sept. 21, 2008, in Los Angeles.

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Host Jon Stewart, left, of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" talks with co-executive producer Rory Albanese during a taping of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Restoring Honor & Dignity to the White House" at the McNally Smith College of Music Sept. 5, 2008, in St. Paul, Minn. The show was being taped in St. Paul during the week of the Republican National Convention.