The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central) - Series Discussion Thread
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Re: The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central) - Series Discussion Thread
Is it just me, or has this show gotten progressively worse? It seems less and less funny each week, and the topics aren't particularly interesting either. I've pretty much stopped watching, and everyone I know who started watching has given up as well. Wilmore seems to care less about his delivery as well, and comes off like he doesn't care and hasn't prepared. It would be interesting to see it's ratings.
It's ratings are significantly worse than Colbert and I think @Midnight is beating it too. RT viewers seem to hate it as well at 39% - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the...y-wilmore/s01/
I hope CC "Keeps it 100" and cancels this piece of crap.
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Yeah, I gave up on it after a couple of weeks. Just not a very good show, and I find Wilmore annoying. The whole keeping it 100 thing is moronic as well.
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Personally, I like Wilmore, and I actually like the opening host segment usually. The panel portion typically seems too light though. With 4 guests and something like 6 minutes, Wilmore barely has time to get around the table for everyone to make an opening statement before the panel segment is usually done.
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Ratings are on a steady decline, but still around 700,000 viewers a night. It's a big step down from Colbert, but may buy him a second season. It's losing about 40% of the Daily Show audience.
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I think the problem is that the panel discussion just doesn't work for me at its current state. You have too many people on there which leads to ideas being cut completely too short to ever get into anything meaty.
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Exactly, the panel is what's wrong with this show. Bill Maher has about 40 minutes to discuss with his panel. Larry has 6.
What makes the Daily Show so good is that they actually do news and special reports with a funny slant. Nightly is just 4 people giving their opinion, with nothing of substance usually getting said.
I'm still watching, but this show needs some tweaking.
What makes the Daily Show so good is that they actually do news and special reports with a funny slant. Nightly is just 4 people giving their opinion, with nothing of substance usually getting said.
I'm still watching, but this show needs some tweaking.
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No, the panel doesn't work, but I think his first segment where he's commenting on current events is just as lifeless. The writing just isn't there, especially following Daily Show.
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I wanted this show to succeed because I think there need to be more minority hosts for stuff of this nature. But, I just stopped looking forward to watching this show. I miss Colbert and when Stewart leaves I'm probably done with Comedy Central.
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I usually wind up sitting through this just because I watch the Daily Show and @midnight, and am too lazy to search for something else in between, but I haven't actively enjoyed this in quite a while. Wilmore's got Fallon Syndrome, where he cracks himself up way more than anyone else. And while I know its a comedy show, the panel questions are quite inane, and the Keep it 100 questions usually fall in the mildly retarded category. I'll 25% watch this in the background until it gets canned, but I'd love something to fill the gap between two shows I do like.
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I finally decided to drop this from my DVR. I like Larry Wilmore, but I just wasn't really enjoying this. It became something I would watch in the background and not really pay attention to while it was on. Not worth it to record it every night. If I ever happen on it while surfing live tv, I might watch, but it's definitely not appointment television.
Just keeping it 100.
Just keeping it 100.
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I usually wind up sitting through this just because I watch the Daily Show and @midnight, and am too lazy to search for something else in between, but I haven't actively enjoyed this in quite a while. Wilmore's got Fallon Syndrome, where he cracks himself up way more than anyone else. And while I know its a comedy show, the panel questions are quite inane, and the Keep it 100 questions usually fall in the mildly retarded category. I'll 25% watch this in the background until it gets canned, but I'd love something to fill the gap between two shows I do like.
I may be ready to give this show the ax. It started out ok, but after those first couple shows, the topics became less and less interesting. I think I've already skipped four or five episodes due to uninteresting topics and a few more I watched halfway through, then shut off. I thought Larry was fine on The Daily Show, but he doesn't seem to have the same enthusiasm Stewart and Colbert had to host his own show. If this show flops, I don't know what Comedy Central will do when Jon Stewart leaves.
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Even when he has a guest I really like, I end up totally unengaged in what's going on with his show. Can't wait for Colbert's CBS show, and I doubt I'll still watch Daily Show after Stewart. I wonder if Comedy Central is worried about this? They should be.
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I half expect The Daily Show with Matthew Stone and Randolph Parker.
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I decided to drop this. The show started out decent, but the topics became less and less interesting and the panels were pretty much just Larry bullshitting with his guests.
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I posted above they are worse than Colberts and @Midnight is beating it too. But I would say yes, CC seems committed to changing the character of its late night shows with Wilmore and Noah, so I think this show stays on for the foreseeable future.
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It seems unlikely this will stick around, CC wants to change the character of its late night, yes, but they don't want to destroy the goodwill it has built.
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Canceled:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...anceled-919407
'Nightly Show' Canceled; Larry Wilmore "Saddened" By "Unblackening" at Comedy Central
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...anceled-919407
'Nightly Show' Canceled; Larry Wilmore "Saddened" By "Unblackening" at Comedy Central
Spoiler:
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Move Trevor Noah to the 11:30 show and get someone better for The Daily Show. In fact, back up the Brinks truck and give John Stewart anything he wants.
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Comedy Central does that. If a show doesn't work, they'll try another. Again and again until something catches on (like Colbert did). Comedy Central is awesome - in that they experiment a lot. They give a lot of shows a chance.
I watched Larry Wilmore for his first year or so. The views weren't as solid and tended to be easy to object to. The bits would come across as crass rather than funny and insightful. The narrative never reached the heights of The Daily Show or The Colbert Report. It wasn't terrible. But the commentary was more like 'the best parts of the comments section', and less like 'the actual article' (the real journalism). Or you could say that it's like the Comedy Central version of "The View". It's entertaining sometimes. But the content never hit those serious notes where you stop and realize you're watching "real journalism" with a comedic spin.
I think that Samantha Bee's show is walking that same line. But it's a different network.
I don't think anyone has properly replaced the Stewart/Colbert combination. We have Colbert-lite on CBS and John Oliver on HBO. Bill Maher offers good insight, but still has the problem with being crass and insulting over letting the commentary speak for itself.
I watched Larry Wilmore for his first year or so. The views weren't as solid and tended to be easy to object to. The bits would come across as crass rather than funny and insightful. The narrative never reached the heights of The Daily Show or The Colbert Report. It wasn't terrible. But the commentary was more like 'the best parts of the comments section', and less like 'the actual article' (the real journalism). Or you could say that it's like the Comedy Central version of "The View". It's entertaining sometimes. But the content never hit those serious notes where you stop and realize you're watching "real journalism" with a comedic spin.
I think that Samantha Bee's show is walking that same line. But it's a different network.
I don't think anyone has properly replaced the Stewart/Colbert combination. We have Colbert-lite on CBS and John Oliver on HBO. Bill Maher offers good insight, but still has the problem with being crass and insulting over letting the commentary speak for itself.
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I feel the Daily Show is doing fine, but the slot after it has always been a problem to fill. The Colbert Report was the only show with any success in that slot.
I liked Wilmore fine, but I just didn't like the roundtable debate format of the show. The only time that worked for me was CC-era Politically Incorrect, when it was focused on making jokes.
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I liked Wilborne and most of his correspondents (or whatever they're called). It was never as good as Colbert, but I looked forward to watching it every night. Sad to see it go, but after over 18 months, you can't say Comedy Central didn't give it a chance to find an audience.
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I liked Wilborne and most of his correspondents (or whatever they're called). It was never as good as Colbert, but I looked forward to watching it every night. Sad to see it go, but after over 18 months, you can't say Comedy Central didn't give it a chance to find an audience.
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I don't think this is true either. A big thing is that they had to differentiate it from the Daily Show, otherwise it'd be too much like "The Daily Show 2nd half hour." The Colbert Report was its own format, being a pundit parody. And they had tried the panel format before with "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn."
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Maybe I am in the minority but I thought he killed at the white house correspondents dinner.
Maybe they should replace him with Brian Williams since he can do comedy and probably wants to get his own talk show.
Maybe they should replace him with Brian Williams since he can do comedy and probably wants to get his own talk show.