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Jon Stewart Producing History Channel Special
posted by: Matt Tobey

Jon Stewart has done such a good job making the present interesting, The History Channel has tapped him to give the past the same treatment with an upcoming special on the history of naturalization in the United States. Hopefully someone will get him to do something about the future next. I'll bet his President George W. Bushdroid XVII impression is hilarious.

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.