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Tag: The Nightly Show

BET re-enters late-night talk sphere in Fall 2017 with Robin Thede’s “The Rundown”
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BET re-enters late-night talk sphere in Fall 2017 with Robin Thede’s “The Rundown”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 27, 2017April 27, 20171

BET hasn’t had a full-fledged late-night talk show since Mo’Nique went nightly back in 2009-2011. The network is diving back in this fall with Robin …

The finale of “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” with special guest Jon Stewart
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The finale of “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” with special guest Jon Stewart

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 19, 2016August 19, 2016

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 …

Larry Wilmore talks about his surprising cancellation by Comedy Central
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Larry Wilmore talks about his surprising cancellation by Comedy Central

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 17, 2016August 17, 2016

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, …

Comedy Central cancels “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore”
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Comedy Central cancels “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 15, 2016August 15, 2016

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 …

Episode #96: Kevin Bartini
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Episode #96: Kevin Bartini

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 9, 2016

Kevin Bartini is a stand-up comedian and writer who audiences see first when they attend tapings of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Comedy …

The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore adds Grace Parra as contributor
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The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore adds Grace Parra as contributor

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 3, 2015

Congrats to Grace Parra for getting back into the late-night TV on the regular, as Comedy Central just announced hiring her as contributor for The …

Jon Stewart: The Godfather of Late-Night TV in 2015
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Jon Stewart: The Godfather of Late-Night TV in 2015

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 9, 2015September 9, 2015

Jon Stewart’s talking head might not appear on our TVs four nights a week any longer, but his name and his influence is perhaps even …

Larry Wilmore on The Nightly Show says all of the bad words and slurs in “Knowledge College”
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Larry Wilmore on The Nightly Show says all of the bad words and slurs in “Knowledge College”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 12, 2015

On Wednesday night’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, the decision by Florida to ban the term “climate change,” which conservatives previously decided to say …

ICYMI: The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore proclaimed Bill Cosby’s guilt
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ICYMI: The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore proclaimed Bill Cosby’s guilt

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 22, 2015January 23, 2015

The second episode of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Comedy Central took off the gloves, “Kept it 100” as Wilmore wants us to …

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