Comedy Central has canceled the half-hour series that replaced "The Colbert Report" on Jan. 19, 2015, making "Nightly" the first of the recent wave of late-night newcomers to shutter.
Wilmore informed his staff of the cabler's decision Monday afternoon.
In the near term, Comedy Central will slide Chris Hardwick's pop culture quiz show "@Midnight" to the 11:30 p.m. slot that follows "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah."
Comedy Central president Kent Alterman said the decision was made because "Nightly" had failed to gain ratings traction with the cabler's core demo of young adults, nor were there positive signs for the show in key social media metrics. Alterman made a point of praising Wilmore and the distinctive approach he brought to commenting on the day's news.
"We hold Larry in the highest esteem, personally and professionally. He brought a strong voice and point of view to the late-night landscape," Alterman told Variety. "Unfortunately it hasn't resonated with our audience."
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He wasnt funny. His delivery was robotic.
ReplyDeleteIt either catches on or it doesn't. This didn't.
ReplyDeleteThis guy was terrible.
ReplyDeleteNever heard of the man.
ReplyDeleteNo talent ,riding on stewarts coat tail Thug.byeeeeeeeee
ReplyDeleteI was a big nap.
ReplyDeleteNow it's Noah's turn! Complete racists!
ReplyDeleteSend him to Graceland to calm the natives!
ReplyDeleteThank God these un american comidians are done ..he was nothing not even close to being funny. He was Anti trump anti republican anti anerican bye bye fool
ReplyDeleteThe riding on stewarts coat fails are over.
ReplyDeleteI very much enjoyed Jon and Steven. I don't care much for Trevor and couldn't stand Larry. Apparently when he started he claimed that he was a black host who "wouldn't make everything about race". Now I don't shy away from race issues and I know why these black kids are pissed and I would be in their situation too, but Larry Gilmore made EVERYTHING about race and took EVERYTHING as racist. I'm glad he's gone.
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