Jon Stewart To Create History Channel Special

Jon Stewart to Make History Special

'The Naturalized' highlights the network's most ambitious programming slate
By Marisa Guthrie -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/11/2009 12:00:00 AM MT



Jon Stewart, who knows a thing or two about irony, will create a two-hour special on a perfect target—the U.S. naturalization process—for History Channel, to air in the fourth quarter.

Stewart's show, The Naturalized, is among the highlights of History's most substantial programming investment ever. The network's robust slate of specials and series, to be announced May 14 at History's upfront presentation, ranges from a sweeping 12-part series about the creation of America, to a critical examination of holiday traditions (and the anxiety they engender) by comedian Lewis Black.

The projects are among 16 new series and 13 new specials greenlit or in development for the 2009-2010 season.

The Naturalized, to be produced by Busboy, Stewart's company, follows eight individuals through the bureaucratic morass of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The special will also include interviews with undocumented and deported illegal immigrants.

“It's a look at that process that is very much in Jon's tone and manner,” says Nancy Dubuc, History's executive VP and general manager. “The early stuff we're seeing is quite funny but really poignant and relevant.”

Stewart will serve as an executive producer, and there is a possibility he'll appear. “He's been very open,” Dubuc says. “This is a topic that he appreciates.”

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leaving all it biblical programming behind? We can only hope.