# Larry Wilmore Nightly Show - Cancelled **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932 "2016-08-15T16:28:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/41 "2016-08-16T15:48:25Z")
I think this last week may be real interesting. I think by Thursday the gloves are going to be off, and we’ll hear some _real_ “keeping it 100” stuff. Last joke - Trump or Cosby? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/42 "2016-08-16T16:28:52Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > I think this last week may be real interesting. I think by Thursday the gloves are going to be off, and we’ll hear some _real_ “keeping it 100” stuff. Maybe Obama will drop in and, uh, familiarly commend him on his performance. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/43 "2016-08-16T17:09:27Z")
I enjoyed The front of the show a lot, but I couldn’t take the panel of the extremely uninformed. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/44 "2016-08-16T17:59:07Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > And I can’t stand that @midnight show that will take its slot. @Midnight is only taking the slot until they come up with a replacement, just like the period after Colbert left and before TNS started. @Midnight was getting better ratings, which is sad. I do like it, but it is fluff. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/45 "2016-08-16T18:35:57Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > @Midnight is only taking the slot until they come up with a replacement, just like the period after Colbert left and before TNS started. > @Midnight was getting better ratings, which is sad. I do like it, but it is fluff. Yeah, but it’s truly funny fluff. ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/46 "2016-08-16T22:28:52Z")
I’ll miss Soul Daddy. And Cosby, he hasn’t forgotten about you MF! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/47 "2016-08-16T22:43:00Z")
Fo some reason I felt that Soul Daddy was really the most solid part of the show and and Larry - who was good as newsman - was even better as a character. Seemed like the writing and acting was most tight, and most funny, when Soul Daddy was on. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/48 "2016-08-17T07:17:31Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > I think Sam Bee is feeling comfortable. Her ratings are good enough that TBS extended the number of episodes on order. And I’ve definitely seen more clips of her show shared online compared to the Nightly Show. Both her and John Oliver are helped by being on just once a week, with the shorter time to fill they can keep the quality higher and have less need for filler. Now I’m wondering how Larry would do at 11:30pm on Sunday nights on HBO, with a bit of an overhaul. That could be a decent pairing. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/49 "2016-08-17T09:33:35Z")
I can’t say I’m surprised. In my experience, The Nightly Show had a tendency to get preachy and unapologetically take sides on issues, sometimes even to the point of dismissing the other side too cavalierly. I can imagine that rubbed many people the wrong way. As much as some people disliked Jon Stewart’s “I’m just a comedian” defense, it was IMO better to take potshots and retreat (and hopefully point out who _should_ have been taking a stand) than to actually have an explicit position of their own. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/50 "2016-08-17T13:20:49Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Now I’m wondering how Larry would do at 11:30pm on Sunday nights on HBO, with a bit of an overhaul. That could be a decent pairing. I think he could do great stuff with an HBO show. But he was producer or something on Blackish before the Nightly Show started, I’m guessing he might go back to that, or start up another new show as a producer. While there was some great stuff on the Nightly Show, Blackish is seen by a lot more people and can get more people talking and can talk about things in a less direct way. > [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I can’t say I’m surprised. In my experience, The Nightly Show had a tendency to get preachy and unapologetically take sides on issues, sometimes even to the point of dismissing the other side too cavalierly. I can imagine that rubbed many people the wrong way. As much as some people disliked Jon Stewart’s “I’m just a comedian” defense, it was IMO better to take potshots and retreat (and hopefully point out who _should_ have been taking a stand) than to actually have an explicit position of their own. Do you have any examples? I haven’t watched the show in a while, and I can understand getting a preachy tone can be a turnoff, but there are some issues where sides should be taken and one side is just right. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/51 "2016-08-17T18:43:49Z")
They must have had a hell of a farewell party yesterday, since TNS and TDS both pretty much phoned it in. Two interviews? Replaying old and not that great bits? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/52 "2016-08-17T18:49:09Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > They must have had a hell of a farewell party yesterday, since TNS and TDS both pretty much phoned it in. Two interviews? Replaying old and not that great bits? And TDS was horribly edited too. Scenes that were choppy and obviously cut and I don’t recall them saying the fuller version was on the net. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/53 "2016-08-18T00:59:16Z")
I caught the end of the TDS rerun on Comedy Central this morning. Right after, they showed a Saturday Night Live rerun, starting with a skit about cancelled late night talk shows. Well played. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/54 "2016-08-18T01:16:05Z")
Never watched a single ep. I don’t watch any late night types, but I catch youtubes other people post. He never shows up. No one posts him. A couple times I’ve been reminded his show is a thing and looked it up and found that he’s boring as boiled kleenex. I don’t think the internet lies about these things. If he was worth watching, I’d be seeing links to him. The couple times I have watched a clip, it was a snoozer and/or very amatuer. If he has a message he’s failed to deliver it kinda like that local vegan kale salad place failed. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/55 "2016-08-18T02:54:13Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > I think he could do great stuff with an HBO show. But he was producer or something on Blackish before the Nightly Show started, I’m guessing he might go back to that, or start up another new show as a producer. While there was some great stuff on the Nightly Show, Blackish is seen by a lot more people and can get more people talking and can talk about things in a less direct way. He’s also a producer on the upcoming HBO sitcom [Insecure](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5024912/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_1), which is why I was thinking of HBO. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932/56 "2016-08-19T15:31:06Z")
Like several others, I liked the opening and didn’t like the panel. Four people in a panel on the last segment of a 30 minute show was usually a disaster. Everyone trying to get their jokes in before time ran out, Wilmore not really being suited to herd those cats. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-nightly-show-cancelled/762932.md?page=2)