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Amber Ruffin and Larry Wilmore Are Getting Their Own Weekly Late Night Shows on Peacock

August 11, 2020
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As part of Peacock’s programming announcement yesterday, Peacock will expand on NBC’s late night offerings of Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with another duo, exclusively for their streaming service, Peacock.

Amber Ruffin, one of the Internet’s favorite parts of Late Night with Seth Meyers, is getting her very own weekly late night show, giving her take on the news with The Amber Ruffin Show. Also, Larry Wilmore will get to take top billing as a host once again (after his tenure at The Nightly Show at Comedy Central ended in 2016) and have his yet-to-be-titled show focus more on conversation about pressing topics with high profile guests (i.e. the most intriguing part of The Nightly Show). This move by Peacock does make late night a little more diverse with two less slots occupied by cis-straight-white-men.

The pairing of Wilmore and Ruffin for the late night offerings at Peacock might be a good call. Both late night series are set to premiere in September and will undoubtedly be thrown immediately into late night’s mandatory coverage of the 2020 Election. We can’t wait to see what they’ll be bringing to the late night table that will set them apart.

Insecure Just Renewed for Season 3 on HBO

August 8, 2017
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Insecure Just Renewed for Season 3 on HBO

Larry Wilmore Goes on Desus & Mero and Reveals the Inner Workings of Being a Black Host in Late Night

May 26, 2017
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From one former black late night host to two current black ones, Larry Wilmore went in-depth on coming up to being a black host of a late night show and all the highs and lows of it on Viceland’s late night show, Desus & Mero.   

Larry specifically talks about his WHCD speech, how having some haters is good, and paints a clear picture of how being black on TV has progressed in recent years. 

Also, there’s something kind of heartening about seeing Wilmore and Desus & Mero all together.

Watch it here.

Larry Wilmore Will Get Continue the Work He Started with “The Nightly Show” with a New Podcast “Black on the Air”

May 9, 2017
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It might seem eons ago that The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore was yanked off the air, but it was only less than a year ago, in the election year of all election years no less, that Wilmore’s run in replacing The Colbert Report came to an end.

Yet, Wilmore impression on the media landscape was too good to fade away for good. Bill Simmons’ Ringer podcast network has thus given Larry Wilmore a podcast where he’ll get to talk politics, entertainment, culture, sports, and beyond as well interview folks like Norman Lear, Bernie Sanders, and Neil deGrasse Tyson (i.e. kind of what he was doing at The Nightly Show).

Called “Black on the Air”, it gets released this Thursday, May 11th. Here’s Bill and Larry giving the official announcement.

April 2, 2017
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This week, you can get a double dose of Dr. Bassem Youssef, often referred to as the Jon Stewart of Egypt, here in LA.

On Wednesday, April 5th 7:30PM at The Vista, Cinefamily will be presenting an off-site screening of the documentary Tickling Giants by Sara Taksler that follows Youssef’s time as a popular satirist in a turbulent Egypt. Taksler, Youssef, and Larry Wilmore will be in person doing a Q&A following the screening.

On Thursday, April 6th at 8PM at the Freud Playhouse will be having an Evening with Bassem Youssef, brought to you by Book Soup, that will discuss his book Revolution For Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring. 

Tickets for the screening of Tickling Giants are $14 and $15-$38 for the ‘Evening with’ and you can (and really should) get them here and here respectively.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Larry Wilmore Signs Overall Deal With ABC Studios

November 28, 2016
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Larry Wilmore Signs Overall Deal With ABC Studios

Since the cancellation of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, Larry Wilmore has been busy work building his own TV empire and, thankfully, succeeding.

Wilmore already had his hand in both Black-ish and helping bring Issa Rae’s Insecure to HBO before his own show got the ax. Though he’s not at the center of a show behind a desk, it would seem with a new overall deal with ABC that he’s got more on his plate than ever. 

If we’re reading the tea leaves right, diversity will be more important than ever on television and Wilmore being where he is right now is a good thing.

Larry Wilmore and Stephen Colbert Talk About the Surprising Cancellation of The Nightly Show and Hosting WHC Dinner

September 2, 2016
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These two Daily Show with Jon Stewart alums once had their own late night shows on the air at the same time. 

Then, Comedy Central, seemingly out-of-nowhere, brought down the axe on The Nightly Show.

A few weeks later/last night, Stephen Colbert brought Larry Wilmore on The Late Show and commiserated the loss of his show as well as the strange experience of hosting the White House Correspondents Dinner.

At this point, we’d be surprised if several months go by without Larry hosting another show.

Larry Wilmore and Jon Stewart Lay Out Why The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore Will Be Missed

August 19, 2016
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Last night was the final episode of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. Unfortunately, that marks far too short of a run for the series, especially in the heat of an election year. 

In their final half hour of air time, Jon Stewart paid a visit and offer some beautiful, sincere words of encouragement (including a mention of what David Letterman told him when he faced cancellation). After that, Larry Wilmore explained why the map on their set looks like it’s upside down and detailed the mission statement of The Nightly Show, which should be a goal for the rest of late night going forward. 

Jon Stewart to Be Final Guest on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

August 18, 2016
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Jon Stewart to Be Final Guest on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

You’ll be watching at 11:30PM on Comedy Central tonight, right?

Lewis Black Rants About Trump, Giving The Nightly Show a Nice Send Off

August 18, 2016
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Last night was the second to last night of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore and they’re making sure that leave in a memorable fashion.

In that vein, they got Lewis Black to go on a tirade, which you can always count on being memorable, on Donald Trump, his presidential campaign, and the GOP. 

If you’re tired of shouting yourself right now, enjoy one of the masters of unfiltered, screaming rage do what he does best.

‘The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore’ Canceled By Comedy Central

August 15, 2016
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‘The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore’ Canceled By Comedy Central

The post-Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert era for Comedy Central’s late night line-up has proven beguiling. Aside from @midnight​ with Chris Hardwick, reception for Trevor Noah as the host of The Daily Show has been mixed and, apparently, ratings for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore have not been what Comedy Central brass was hoping for.

Thus, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore is no more and Comedy Central is on the hunt for a new 11:30PM show. There is no indication as what that show might be or who they might be going after, but, like it was when Colbert left for The Late Show, Comedy Central has another chance to break even more new ground here if they choose wisely.

With the election looming in November, we’d be curious to see if something might get fast tracked just to not miss out debates, election day, etc.

Larry Wilmore on the Killing of Alton Sterling

July 7, 2016
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Most of late night is off this week, which is unfortunate as the insanity in this country and around the world has not taken a break. 

Alton Sterling is sadly another name in the increasing tension between black people and cops as his killing appears to be one of the most horrific yet. 

The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore was one of the few late night shows that didn’t take this week off and definitely said their piece about it as only comedy can.

You should watch it here.

June 24, 2016
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To be featured at Politicon this weekend:

-Pres. Vicente Fox in conversation with Al Madrigal and Alejandra Campoverdi
-Larry Wilmore from The Nightly Show interviewed by James Carville
-Darrell Hammond and Jay Pharoah from Saturday Night Live
-Greg Proops from “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”
-Al Madrigal from The Daily Show
-Comedians Grace Parra, Robin Thede, and Jordan Carlos from The Nightly Show
-Lizz Winstead, creator of the Daily Show and founder of Lady Parts Justice
-Upright Citizens Brigade
-The BIG Debate with “Trump vs Bernie” with Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian

Tickets are $15/$25 (for weekend) for students/$30, $50 (for weekend) for general admission/$150, $275 (for weekend) for VIP.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Here’s a Teaser for Issa Rae’s HBO Comedy Series “Insecure”

June 24, 2016
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To pair with Divorce, HBO’s got another comedy series, Insecure, making its debut this fall. 

Issa Rae, of Awkward Black Girl fame, stars and co-created this show with The Nightly Show’s Larry Wilmore. Looks like it’ll fall in line nicely in the dramedy slot left vacant by Togetherness. 

See for yourself in the teaser.

Watch Obama and Larry Wilmore from Last Night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner

May 1, 2016
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As it was President Barack Obama’s last White House Correspondents’ Dinner, he made sure that people were going to remember, among several things, that he was the funniest Commander-in-Chief in recent memory.

A mic drop, and several sharply written and delivered barbs, just the right amount of Trump jokes made for about a solid half hour of stand-up for Obama.

Larry Wilmore, at the start of his set, mentioned the notable task at hand of following President Obama (which has been the case for pretty much every WHCD during Obama’s administration by the way), and worked his way up to a solid finish (that included dropping the N-word, which has to be a C-SPAN first).

However, the current field of presidential hopefuls, when it comes to slinging roast jokes at the WHCD, will probably have a much harder time than Larry trying to follow Obama.

President Obama’s Last White House Correspondents’ Dinner Is Tonight

April 30, 2016
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Also, Larry Wilmore is hosting, which should make for one hell of a night.

President Barack Obama might be the funniest president that has ever taken the podium at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. This particularly insane election year should also make this an extra special WHCD  and certainly provides plenty of material for President Obama and Wilmore (who is more than ready for this with his time at The Daily Show and his own The Nightly Show).

That being said, his final appearance/address/set/roast is tonight that will be broadcast live on C-SPAN. According to this handy guide from Washington Post, coverage starts at 3PM PST/6PM EST with a dinner at 4:30PM PST/7:30PM EST, the the POTUS and Wilmore will start somewhere between 6:45PM-7:15PM PST/9:45PM-10:15PM EST.

For those of you who don’t want to find what channel C-SPAN is on, you can livestream the whole thing at C-SPAN.org, MSNBC.com, and washingtonpost.com. CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC will also be providing coverage.

We’re sure they’ll note the absence of presidential candidate Donald Trump plenty. 

Larry Wilmore to Host 2016 White House Correspondents Dinner

December 16, 2015
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I’m beyond excited for this!
Larry Wilmore to host White House Correspondents’ dinner https://t.co/d0YB7VkUEH

It’s exciting to see Larry Wilmore get to fire off jokes in the biggest political comedy arena as the host of next year’s White House Correspondents Dinner with some of D.C.’s most powerful in attendance, especially because he delves into political comedy on a nightly basis at The Nightly Show as opposed to last year’s host, Joel McHale.

This will also be President Obama’s last year doing The White House Correspondents Dinner, which makes us believe that arguably one of the funniest U.S. Presidents ever has one of his best performances saved for last.

Larry Wilmore Has Ahmed Mohamed on “The Nightly Show”

September 24, 2015
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Ahmed Mohamed, who was a student that was wrongfully arrested for suspected of building a bomb when he was building a clock, was a guest of Larry Wilmore’s on last night’s Nightly Show.

Throughout the interview, it’s fun to see all the tricks Larry has up his sleeve to get a great interview from a kid’s first time on TV following national controversy. 

Watch it here.

Larry Wilmore and Bernie Sanders Hang Out While Chowing Down on Soul Food on “The Nightly Show”

September 22, 2015
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Last night, Bernie Sanders got to show more of his fun side while hanging out with Nightly Show host Larry Wilmore. They dug into some real good looking soul food and Sanders took every one of Larry’s jokes in stride and played along really well like a president should be able to. 

Watch the interview/hang session here.

“The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” Renewed Through 2016

September 15, 2015
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Sorry, Cosby. https://t.co/XXgFRaeZPr

Comedy Central has just announced that they’re re-upping the replacement for The Colbert Report, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, for another whole year as things have sailed seemingly quite well for Wilmore. 

2016 being an election year should prove a good time for both The Nightly Show as well as The Daily Show with its new host, Trevor Noah. 

May Wilmore get to keep on keepin’ It 100 for many more years to come.

Larry Wilmore Goes Head-To-Head in a Trivia Showdown with Neil deGrasse Tyson

April 20, 2015
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The host of StarTalk vs. the host of The Nightly Show? Who would win in a trivia contest? 

We guess it would depend who is a guest on which show.

While Neil deGrasse Tyson is the face of space exploration and often corrects pop culture in misrepresentation of outer space, Larry Wilmore is wildly clever as the host of The Nightly Show.

See who gets the edge in here (hint: this is a segment for The Nightly Show).

Showtime To Offer Stand Alone Streaming Service

March 12, 2015
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(via Vulture)

Online streaming definitely seems to be the future of TV. Netflix gets bigger everyday and more broadcast and cable networks seem to be migrating their content online. HBO Now is set to launch next month and Showtime will be following suit with their own standalone service soon. We hope they include access to their comedy specials and series with that.

“The Green Room with Paul Provenza”, “Episodes”, “Inside Comedy”, “Knock, Knock It’s Tig Notaro”, “The Big C”, “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” and comedy specials from Dana Gould, Larry Wilmore, and more are some of things we could potentially have to look forward to with a Showtime streaming service.

Sounds kind of nice, right?

Lisa Kudrow To Host Writers Guild Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles

January 24, 2015
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(via Deadline)

So, both Larry Wilmore and Lisa Kudrow will be hosting the WGA Awards on the East and West coasts respectively.

Both ceremonies in LA and NY will happen simultaneously on Feb. 14th and should be a good alternative to observing Valentine’s Day. Hopefully, Wilmore and Kudrow will pull off a bit technically co-hosting, but doing so across the country.

“The Nightly Show” Dedicates Entire 2nd Episode To Addressing Bill Cosby Allegations

January 21, 2015
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Up until now, late night has only joked here and there about the rape and sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby.

Determined to hit the ground running, Larry Wilmore takes Cosby to task on The Nightly Show, only having premiered just last night, and Wilmore and company stick it to the comedy legend pretty damn well.

Watch the whole episode here.

Also, take note how The Nightly Show is shaping up with a bit of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Real Time with Bill Maher mixed, but also distinctly its own unique show. 

And Here’s The First Episode of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

January 20, 2015
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Larry Wilmore has now casted off into the waters 11:30PM at Comedy Central with The Nightly Show. The show’s debut definitely set itself apart from The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight, and The Colbert Report by having a big panel that has potential to get into the spirited back-and-forth that Tough Crowd got into, especially with the “Keep It 100” portion.

Wilmore’s opening segment was pretty sharply written bringing The Nightly Show to a solid start.

Give the first episode a watch here then make sure to tune into tonight as Kathleen Madigan, Keith Robinson, Baratunde Thurston, and Jamilah Lemieux discuss Bill Cosby.

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