# The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356 "2015-01-20T04:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356/41 "2015-02-08T16:12:09Z")
I agree with \*\*Boogly \*\*- too many people and too short a time for good discussion. And too often, the comedians on the panel seem to be more interested in doing a “bit” than making a real contribution to the conversation. I’d shorten or eliminate the opening monologue and put that time to the group. And I like Keeping It 100, as long as the questions aren’t too convoluted or contrived. I’m also glad he’s stopped the nervous lip-licking of the first episode. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356/42 "2015-02-10T22:50:54Z")
After I posted before, I saw the episode about black fatherhood, where the panel started right after the opener. Nope. This does _not_ help at all. One nice thing Larry does is trying to discourage the “Larry, Larry” chant from the audience. This isn’t Colbert folks. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356/43 "2015-02-11T00:25:22Z")
Interesting format. I like Larry Wilmore. I wonder how long his show will last and whether or not he’ll have a “nation” the way Stephen Colbert did. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356/44 "2015-02-11T00:30:50Z")
Pretty much agree that on most nights it trends downwards, with a reasonably good monologue, mediocre panel, bad keeping it 100, and awful Larry keeping it 100. is that the best Twitter question they can come up with? I thought the double time black fatherhood panel was one of their best myself. If they dumped the Keeping it 100 segments and made the panel longer it would be an improvement. I sense a bit of desperation in an attempt to get something to go viral, the way Truthiness did. I like Wilmore, but he is no Colbert - who is brilliant and fearless. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356/45 "2015-02-11T01:12:39Z")
Will Larry Wilmore replace John Stewart now? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356/46 "2015-02-11T01:38:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Will Larry Wilmore replace John Stewart now? Larry Wilmore as Green Lantern? That’s just crazy enough to work! ---
**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:** [February 11, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356/47 "2015-02-11T01:58:59Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > If they dumped the Keeping it 100 segments and made the panel longer it would be an improvement. True. But the panel isn’t that really funny. It’s more like a bad weekend morning panel. I think he’s trying to hit some serious subjects, but hasn’t found a hook to make it work with late night Comedy Central. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356/48 "2015-02-11T02:34:26Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Larry Wilmore as Green Lantern? That’s just crazy enough to work! Actually…that would work…in a really odd way. Ahem. Jon. Jon Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356/49 "2015-02-11T02:43:57Z")
As much as I wanted to like it, I’ve found that I don’t bother pulling it up on the DVR regularly. Since the blurb for each episode is the same, I can’t tell if I’ve watched them, so as they accumulate I just delete them. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356/50 "2015-02-11T16:15:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [I also thought it was only OK at the beginning. I posted about it almost 10 years ago.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=341573) > > By the way, it is fun to read our thoughts from nearly 10 years ago. Good God, that’s unbelievable. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356/51 "2015-02-13T02:22:38Z")
Ok. I’ve given up for a bit. The show isn’t getting any better yet. I recognize it’s still new, and I’ll check it out every once in a while, but I don’t see myself sitting through episodes at night. Someone let me know if it hits it’s stride 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore/710356.md?page=2)