"Larry Wilmore to replace Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central (swipe)" Fri May-09-14 07:08 PM by ZooTown74
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>Larry Wilmore To Succeed Stephen Colbert With Jon Stewart-Produced Show To Launch In January
By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 9, 2014 @ 4:47pm PDT
Just like it did with Stephen Colbert nine years ago, Comedy Central and Jon Stewart have gone to the bench of correspondents on The Daily Show to find a host for the post-Daily Show 11:30 PM slot. Senior Black correspondent Larry Wilmore will host a new nightly program, The Minority Report, which will launch in January 2015, following the end of The Colbert Report. (Colbert will be departing Comedy Central at the end of his contract in December to prepare for taking over CBS’ Late Show from David Letterman.) Like with The Colbert Report, The Minority Report was created by Jon Stewart and will be produced by his Busboy Prods., with Stewart and Wilmore serving as executive producers.
The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore will feature a comedic take on the day’s news. It will feature a panel of voices, which Comedy Central say “are currently underrepresented in comedy and television.”The move, with Stewart continuing to produce both The Daily Show and its companion program, will likely help keep the comedian in the Comedy Central fold when his contract comes up next year. “We are thrilled to be expanding our relationship with Jon Stewart and Busboy Productions, and are looking forward to the world getting to know Larry Wilmore even better,” said Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless Said Stewart: “While Larry Wilmore is a brilliant comic and showrunner, this is all just a complicated ruse to get him to move to New York and turn him into a Knicks fan.” Responded Wilmore, “I love the city of New York and promise to only wear my Laker t-shirts when I’m layering.”
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9. "maybe he'll join larry" In response to Reply # 2
if you ever watch the paley center special on the writers for TDS (its on netflix) it was interesting to see wyatt with all those white writers. He seemed almost uncomfortable. I can see why he left. If wilmore has more minority voices maybe he'll join up.
hopefully. just hope they have good minority writers. *paging angieee*
23. "Wait, black people don't watch Comedy Central or TDS?" In response to Reply # 22
That's news to me.
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28. "Anybody else watch?" In response to Reply # 0
I thought the show was good. It’s only the first episode so they need to work out the kinks and Larry needs to get some of the jitters out. The first half is obviously cut in the vein of “The Daily Showâ€, “The Colbert Reportâ€, and “Last Week Tonightâ€.
But I do like the roundtable panel that marked the second half of the show. It definitely has the most potential but having funny, smart, opinionated and engaging guests will be key for this segment. My favorite part was when Larry asked Bill Burr (who has a Black wife) during the “Keep it 100†portion of the panel discussion if he had to choose whether his kids be white or black (He couldn’t choose bi-racial. It had to be one or the other.) what would he choose. Bill definitely “kept it 100†by choosing white. “After hearing these statistics, white. Are you kidding me?â€
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40. "I think you can do it with the right kind of comedians" In response to Reply # 36
Not just any old comedian. A comedian that is insightful would do well. A Chris Rock or Louis CK type would be perfect. The problem is finding enough comedians that could fill that role.
52. "This line killed me!" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Jan-22-15 12:02 AM by nipsey
"There are so many middle aged Black women in Congress, I thought I was watching an Earth, Wind and Fire concert."
I don't know why, but I died when he put the pictures up of all the Black women in Congress and I thought, "Man, it does look like an Earth, Wind and Fire (or Frankie Beverly and Maze) concert!"
54. "oh crap the secret wink was given and i missed it!" In response to Reply # 52
~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
55. "RE: oh crap the secret wink was given and i missed it!" In response to Reply # 54
LOL!!!! Yeah, I said the same thing. My hubby and I were dying. I now have to dvr him and the daily show. Jon Stewart went off on the Teapublicans last night.
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56. "the revolution was televised!" In response to Reply # 55
and i missed it =( damn my old age lol! ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
57. "I wasn't checking for this, but I'm already hooked. Dude is gold. " In response to Reply # 0
"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts..." -The Bard
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I now have to dvr him and the daily show. Jon Stewart went off on the Teapublicans last night.
