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|  #1 Posted on 9.5.14 1910.43
Reposted on: 9.5.21 1915.16 | He's the Senor Black Correspondent on the Daily Show.
Comedy Central announces this late on a Friday, which usually where you put bad news. I don't think this is bad news. I have no feel for how he'll do for a full half hour, but the five minutes he's on about once a month is usually good.
lemme italicize something
a distinct point of view and comedic take on the day’s news from a perspective largely missing in the current late night landscape. Hosted by Larry Wilmore, the series will feature a diverse panel of voices currently underrepresented in comedy and television
People are going to focus on the "diverse" part, and maybe they should in land of a lot of white guys talking late at night, but "panel" part interests me more. That makes it sound as if it won't be a host sitting behind a desk carrying two comedy segments and an interview, but something else. It's a smart idea to differentiate the new show drastically from what came before, but those type of shows do rely a lot on getting the right panelists. I mostly only know @midnight as a Twitter semi-spam which reminds me I ought to be thinking about sleeping soon, but it always sounds like the quality of that Comedy Central depends on how funny the guests are. This might be the same - or maybe I'm reading too much in to panel.
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| #2 Posted on 9.5.14 2004.45
Reposted on: 9.5.21 2008.17 | Originally posted by thecubsfan
He's the Senor Black Correspondent on the Daily Show.
He's also awesome. If Fox News thinks Colbert was rough...
Originally posted by thecubsfan
I mostly only know @midnight as a Twitter semi-spam.
Chris Hardwick is really great (I actually thought he might end up getting something out of all this talk show... talk), and I wouldn't have given @midnight a thought had it not been for him. Yeah, Twitter goes a little nuts (guilty as charged) with the hashtag wars, but it's still a pretty funny way to spend 30 minutes. | Big Bad
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|  #3 Posted on 9.5.14 2346.19
Reposted on: 9.5.21 2347.43 | | Every time I hear 'panel show,' I keep hoping that we'll someday get a really great American version of QI with someone who's in Stephen Fry's league. While Wilmore's show will almost surely end up being completely different than QI, he is definitely smart and witty enough to host a show like that, which is about the highest praise I can imagine. | It's False
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| #4 Posted on 10.5.14 0403.03
Reposted on: 10.5.21 0404.18 | Originally posted by Big Bad
Every time I hear 'panel show,'...
I keep hoping we finally get...
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| #5 Posted on 10.5.14 1910.57
Reposted on: 10.5.21 1912.24 | If panel show means this is like Tough Crowd but diverse, I'm down.
Even if it's just Tough Crowd, I'm down.
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| #6 Posted on 11.5.14 1431.33
Reposted on: 11.5.21 1437.49 | | Great choice but I agree we will have to see how he handles a whole show. However, Stewart and his team havd plenty of time to get it ready. | | ALL ORIGINAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW AVAILABLE |
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