So here's what we know for sure about The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore: It will feature a Real Time With Bill Maher-style panel of guests, and race issues will be front and center.
In fact, its Martin Luther King, Jr. Day debut on Comedy Central was all about just that, start to finish. And if The Nightly Show can sustain the same candor, humor, inclusiveness and commitment to being "100% real" as its debut, then this might be just the show we need right now.
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Jon Stewart threw to Wilmore at the 11:30 slot that Stephen Colbert vacated on Dec. 18 ahead of his move to CBS, where Mashable first reported he'll be taking David Letterman's chair. Read more...
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