Jon Stewart's new HBO project will be an animated cable news parody

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    Jon Stewart's new gig at HBO is something you've never seen before from the former 'Daily Show' host -- but it's still going to be a few months before you actually see it.

    New HBO programming president Casey Bloys on Saturday told reporters the hope is to have the still untitled short-form animated digital program "up and running" by September or October. But he emphasized Stewart has taken on "a big endeavor."


    "He's establishing an animation studio because he wants to get material out multiple times a day," Bloys said during a panel at the Television Critics Association press tour. "And the idea is it will be an animated parody of a cable news network, with kind of an Onion-like portal."

    Bloys said Stewart pursued animation because it would allow him to "comment in real-time during the day's news events."

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