Syl
I was surprised and saddened that Comedy Central would cancel his series. Larry is funny, intelligent and a gentleman. I'm surprised nobody caught on to his show. Larry has had an impressive curriculum vitae. Maybe his humor isn't for everybody. He never talked down to his audience but to them with respect and reverence. His series raised awareness about issues especially police brutality against African Americans. As a white person, I was never offended by Wilmore or his commentators. I would have hoped that white viewers would open their eyes and listen to them. I hope Larry Wilmore finds a home elsewhere on television.
Conor Brown
When Colbert left the Report, Comedy Central was left with a series of big decisions to make. The Report had taken a certain kind of political satire pioneered by The Daily Show and given it a clever twist, in doing so gaining a good following and appealing to a fairly broad demographic for CC. It would have been a mistake for the network and show creators to try for something too similar to either the Daily Show or Colbert. Neither does The Nightly Show veer too far from the style of humor on those shows, but its new format with multiple guest panel members and greater focus on social issues outside of electoral politics is refreshing and entertaining. I'm not a liberal and have found certain positions taken on all three aforementioned shows obnoxious at times, but I don't need to watch my views being echoed on a political satire show to enjoy it. Unsurprisingly, the fact that the Nightly Show has frequently featured multiracial panels and delves into racism on an arguably deeper level than Colbert or Stewart generally did upsets, bores, or just doesn't sit comfortably with Comedy Central's core audience of young white bros. Hopefully given some time for the show to develop a more comfortable dynamic between audience, writes, guests, contributors, and Wilmore and find its audience, ratings and viewership will improve and the Nightly Show will have a long streak on CC.
ethanmcgee-35409
As a young twenty something viewer (the target demographic for this show and network,) I was wary of saying goodbye to the Colbert Report, however I knew that the new host/show would take some time to really find its niche.That being said, its been more than a year since the show first aired-- and sadly its performance has not improved. I have boiled this down to three consistent traits that have lead me to just stop watching altogether.1. Larry Wilmore's critiques on individuals, especially those involved in social justice issues, are particularly brutal. I consider myself to be on the left side of politics, and even still sometimes I find myself (and the studio audience) cringing at the harshness of some of his insults. In one episode, he makes comments about a former GOP candidate having "no soul" to search for now that he was out of the race, followed by a slough of observations on the candidates inhumanity. These are just painfully unfunny, and actually seem to come off with a bit of resentment. I found myself shocked more than I found myself enjoying any sort of perspective or wit.2. The issues discussed on the show CONSTANTLY revolve around the racial divide in America. This is an incredibly important issue, and I understand a big part of his character is built around his former title on the Colbert Report, the "Senior Executive Commander-in-Chief Who Happens To Be Black Correspondent," but to see the same headline over and over again is flat out tiresome. The show rarely delves into any perspective outside that of the black man in America, and the sad thing is that this could be one of its greatest, most refreshing features- but its always the same exact topic: Social Justice. Most segments in the show are often spliced words that have "black" implanted in them. Examples include "the unblackining," "blacklash," and "blacksplaining" just to name a few. Now, to reiterate, racial based injustice is an issue that is not to be downplayed, however they severely limit the scope of their show to this one topic-- and they've done so for over a year now.3. Half of the show is structured around a panel- which could also be quite refreshing-- however the Nightly Show falls short once again by consistently hosting the same, unfamiliar guests over and over again. More often than not these guests have little more to offer than light table talk on politics, and this seems to be improvised-- thus there is a lack in the structured satire I had come to love about Comedy Centrals take on the news.The Nightly Show isn't trying to be the Colbert Report, and to be frank I don't think many people expected them to. However as the show stands now, it is a big miss for both myself and many of my peers.
akaram238
I really liked Larry Wilmore's segments on the Daily Show and was looking forward to seeing him with his own show. All in all the show's not bad, but it's not nearly as good as I'd hoped it would be. In particular, I'm disappointed with the recent spate of "Nightly" reports by Grace Para - they're silly, not at all funny, and pretty much a waste of time. She's an attractive woman and she can be funny - but these segments are simply an annoying distraction from the show itself. Many of the other repeating segments fall into this same category.What I like best about the show is the roundtable discussion - many of these are thoughtful and they cover some interesting and timely topics. I wish there was more of this and less of the silly segments.
