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Bye, Bye! Comedy Central Cancels Larry Wilmore’s ‘The Nightly Show’
NewsBusters ^ | Curtis Houck

Posted on 08/15/2016 8:52:51 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

On Monday morning in The New York Times, Comedy Central announced that it will be canceling almost effective immediately far-left comedian Larry Wilmore’s The Nightly Show after only a year and a half on the air of mocking and smearing conservatives to the delight of television critics and other liberal journalists from coast-to-coast. 

Comedy Central President Kent Alterman revealed that, along with the fact that the contracts of Wilmore and other staffers are set to expire, Wilmore’s show simply “hasn’t resonated” despite “hoping against hope that it would start to click.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: comedycentral; fired; hollywood; larrywilmore; trashtv; wilmore
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To: PJ-Comix
Haven't watched that channel since the late 90's (South Park). Didn't know they were still around.

Ed

41 posted on 08/15/2016 10:07:10 AM PDT by husky ed (FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
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Not enough diversity on that channel. By that I mean content that wouldn’t make a conservative viewer turn the channel in 15 second.


42 posted on 08/15/2016 10:15:44 AM PDT by far sider
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To: PJ-Comix

It’s a liberal show that all 10 people who watch are TV critics who rave about the show. How many people watched “Girls” or “Newsroom?” 50 total?


43 posted on 08/15/2016 10:26:27 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly white woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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To: PJ-Comix

who?........what?.......sniff


44 posted on 08/15/2016 11:07:02 AM PDT by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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45 posted on 08/15/2016 11:17:00 AM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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Comedy Central announced that it will be canceling almost effective immediately

So, is that like only 97.29% effective?

46 posted on 08/15/2016 1:43:14 PM PDT by pa_dweller (Let the baby seal clubbing begin.)
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To: Uversabound

Tosh.0 - Guilty pleasure.


47 posted on 08/15/2016 2:04:37 PM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar -- Yes, I know, she now supports HRC :()
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To: PJ-Comix

Comedy Central must be racist to cancel Larry’s show.


48 posted on 08/15/2016 2:50:06 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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"Shouldn't low-rated Trevor Noah also be cancelled?"

Absolutely, and given his 0.3 to Wilmore's 0.2, N0ah probably will be shown the door next year.

You have to dig Snow White Alterman (left) calling out Wilmore in the article as everything but the obvious...one must presume that (A) Trevor is slightly less uppity; and (B) Larry pissed in the punch bowl...


49 posted on 08/15/2016 3:26:24 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (PS - Vote Trump. Vote Coal.)
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To: Organic Panic
“Newsroom?”

But listen, nothing was more satisfying than Sorkin getting stuffed on not one, not two, but THREE back-to-back series ("Sports Night" 98-00 / "Studio 60" 06-07 / "The Newsroom" 12-14) with NONE making the required third season necessary to trigger the mega-re$iduals.

Unfortunately he also wrote two 4 of 5 star movies in between: "The Social Network" and "Moneyball". The Social Network - no one should be allowed to sign up for Facebook without watching TSN first. Moneyball just great for the sabermetrics v stochastics, plus the character studies.

50 posted on 08/15/2016 3:38:49 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (PS - Vote Trump. Vote Coal.)
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TV Grim Reaper ‏@TVGrimReaper · 3h3 hours ago Social media doesn't make money like TV ads, or syndication sales. Money is all that matters.

TV Grim Reaper ‏@TVGrimReaper · 3h3 hours ago If Wilmore had the ratings and no social media efforts at all, he wouldn't have been cancelled.

51 posted on 08/15/2016 3:46:16 PM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar -- Yes, I know, she now supports HRC :()
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South Park, TripTank and Tosh.0, though the latter has been on a downward slide. Most of the rest is garbage.


52 posted on 08/15/2016 8:38:13 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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