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Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming platform, has announced September premieres (no word yet on specific dates and timing) for two new weekly “late-night” comedy showcases, hosted individually by Amber Ruffin and Larry Wilmore. Here are the specifics so far… “The Amber Ruffin Show” Each week will showcase Ruffin’s signature smart and …
After almost a year off the air since Comedy Central abruptly canceled The Nightly Show, Larry Wilmore is Black on the Air. That’s the title of Wilmore’s new podcast, announced today by The Ringer as part of its podcast network. Wilmore will kick off his podcast series with guest Norman …
Everybody loves a comedy festival. And in this year of 2016, it doesn’t just feel as though every city has its own comedy festival, because not only do they, but oftentimes, several cities have recruited all-star comedy lineups to their region on the same weekend. And New York City can …
With less than a month until the 2016 presidential election, SiriusXM will rebrand one of its comedy channels as “F* Politics” for the week to help you cope with the shockingly grotesque turn in our political discourse. Starting Monday (Oct. 17, 2016), Comedy Greats (ch. 94) will become “F* Politics” with a …
“Welcome to The Late Show. I’m your host, Larry Wilmore.” Wait, what? CBS opened cold on Thursday’s episode of The Late Show with Wilmore subbing in for regular host Stephen Colbert, even getting in one monologue joke amid chants of “Larry” before Colbert interceded. “I’m sorry, man. I thought whoever …
After all of the joking by Larry Wilmore’s Nightly Show writers and contributors about how they didn’t expect to still be working on their final day with Comedy Central, Wilmore welcomed an interruption from Jon Stewart. It was Stewart’s idea for Wilmore to break off from The Daily Show to …
Larry Wilmore built his Nightly Show on Comedy Central around the concept of “Keeping it 100,” and in the final week of shows on TV, Wilmore has made that even more evident — not only by ditching the idea of producing new segments Tuesday night (joking that he and his …
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore will be no more after this week. Comedy Central has canceled the late-night satire series after a year and a half. It’s last episode will air Thursday. Wilmore broke the news to his staff this morning. “Even though we’ve given it a year and …
Remember how your parents and grandparents warned you growing up about how to protect yourself in the case of a mass shooting? No. They were more worried about global thermonuclear war killing us all, than they were of a single madman shooting up a church, a movie theater or a …
“Welcome to Negro Night here at the Washington — or as FOX News will report, ‘Two thugs disrupt elegant dinner in D.C.’” And with that, Larry Wilmore was off to the races. So to speak. Wilmore, host of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Comedy Central, creator of The …
