The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

2015

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5.8| NA| en| More Info
Released: 19 January 2015 Ended
Producted By: Busboy Productions
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.cc.com/shows/the-nightly-show
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The Nightly Show provides viewers with Larry Wilmore's distinct point of view and comedic take on current events and pop culture. Hosted by Wilmore, the series features a diverse panel of voices, providing a perspective largely missing in the late night television landscape.

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Comedy, News, Talk

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The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore Audience Reviews

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.
Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?
Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life
Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
bbeeno44 Larry Wilmore sets JUST the right tone for his show. Next to Bill Mahr, it is easily the SINGLE BEST show on Television. I can't believe they canceled it!!! Everyone involved with the show was top notch!! Everyone who appeared on the show had a relevant point to make. All of the correspondents were intelligent and extremely funny,... while at the same time making important points. I loved all of them,.. brilliant comedians in their own rights. Wilmore drew all of these fabulous talents to the show and then had the good sense to SHOWCASE them. Let them talk. You can't find that anywhere on TV. It was the ONLY show I looked forward to seeing each night! It was truly MUST SEE TV. Now there is nothing worth tuning in for on that network. Daily show is just OK. Nightly show was the best!! I loved Colbert when he was there. But Larry was WAAAAY better than Colbert!! We will miss you Larry and everyone else on the show!!! Thought you were brilliant from day ONE!!!Wish you could find a better home for the show. I'm there with you if you land somewhere else!! Let Comedy channel just show terrible South Park and AWFUL Tosh reruns!!
ethanmcgee-35409 As a young twenty something viewer (the target demographic for this show and network,) I was wary of saying goodbye to the Colbert Report, however I knew that the new host/show would take some time to really find its niche.That being said, its been more than a year since the show first aired-- and sadly its performance has not improved. I have boiled this down to three consistent traits that have lead me to just stop watching altogether.1. Larry Wilmore's critiques on individuals, especially those involved in social justice issues, are particularly brutal. I consider myself to be on the left side of politics, and even still sometimes I find myself (and the studio audience) cringing at the harshness of some of his insults. In one episode, he makes comments about a former GOP candidate having "no soul" to search for now that he was out of the race, followed by a slough of observations on the candidates inhumanity. These are just painfully unfunny, and actually seem to come off with a bit of resentment. I found myself shocked more than I found myself enjoying any sort of perspective or wit.2. The issues discussed on the show CONSTANTLY revolve around the racial divide in America. This is an incredibly important issue, and I understand a big part of his character is built around his former title on the Colbert Report, the "Senior Executive Commander-in-Chief Who Happens To Be Black Correspondent," but to see the same headline over and over again is flat out tiresome. The show rarely delves into any perspective outside that of the black man in America, and the sad thing is that this could be one of its greatest, most refreshing features- but its always the same exact topic: Social Justice. Most segments in the show are often spliced words that have "black" implanted in them. Examples include "the unblackining," "blacklash," and "blacksplaining" just to name a few. Now, to reiterate, racial based injustice is an issue that is not to be downplayed, however they severely limit the scope of their show to this one topic-- and they've done so for over a year now.3. Half of the show is structured around a panel- which could also be quite refreshing-- however the Nightly Show falls short once again by consistently hosting the same, unfamiliar guests over and over again. More often than not these guests have little more to offer than light table talk on politics, and this seems to be improvised-- thus there is a lack in the structured satire I had come to love about Comedy Centrals take on the news.The Nightly Show isn't trying to be the Colbert Report, and to be frank I don't think many people expected them to. However as the show stands now, it is a big miss for both myself and many of my peers.
pipmcskippy Their lead writers hang to the far left, and don't shy away from writing like it. They try to appeal to an American audience that really doesn't understand half of the jokes their are trying to make, and feel angry about being represented poorly. The show constantly lambastes and blames white people for racially charged issues. Their lead writers are from the MTV show decoded, which is no surprise. Though they clearly neglected their own ratings, as their ratings and viewer-ship has been in a free fall since opening up, such to the point that they've tried to insulate the show's failure by filling the opposite sides of the time slot with hit show hosts like Trevor Noah and Chris Hardwick. Which honestly has insulated the show against failure by most people not bothering to switch away to avoid watching the show. The show's humor is a mixture of Larry reacting in outrage to something that he frankly then paints entirely as something else. Such as several incidents he's only given one side of the story, with out looking at the full story. And the second the full story comes to light, drops what ever the subject they had been going on for about weeks and proceeds to move onto the next racially charged issue as quickly as possible. The show is garbage, and is simply seeking to push a very liberal mind-set upon it's viewers that honestly Colbert did better by portraying republicans in a comical fashion, as opposed to... how the nightly show attempts to constantly portray white people. Even going as far to mock bill Nye when he came on. He's running out of guests, because he mocks his guests to their face, and doesn't even listen to what they have to say when they come on. He's losing his own potential fan-bases based on how he treats guests that come on his show. The sheer number of viewers dropped between Trevor Noah's show and the @midnight show clearly display the real ratings of the show, and yet somehow, the first season got all positive reviews on rotten tomatoes? yet while under 30 percent of viewers liked the show? even less in the first season. It's a failed, unlikable show that needs to be canceled.
afmajrrckstar After reading all of these close- minded reviews I felt the need to stick up for Larry. This is not a "blacks only" show. The Nightly Show sheds extra light on issues that are normally swept under the rug or portrayed in the way that victimize the the actual monster in the story. So what if his stories are usually featuring minorities? And yes minorities not ONLY black people. To those who say "Larry said he voted for Obama because he's black." Yes he said that, are you suddenly unaware of sarcasm? Many people of any minority and white people voted for Obama partially for that reason. Do you actually believe a man in the spotlight like Larry Wilmore would seriously make that statement? I truly wish people would open up and think outside the box of an almost "white only can do this" mentality. Look to see what they're trying to inspire on the show. As an African- American or Black person ( whatever is comfortable for you) we weren't raised to see this show as ever being possible. This is a huge accomplishment for us to see this happening. A black man coming in after a well loved and admired white man has and never will be easy. Take any of those comments into perspective before disregarding this show.