Ron wrote:

> D.L. Hughley is a talented, intelligent, humorous performer who just
> needs to find that "sweet spot" combination of format and channel
> before going on to long-term talk show host success.
> 
> I recall during the open auditions that resulted in Craig Ferguson
> deservedly getting the LLS seat that D.L. was unexpectedly good in
> that setting and  I look forward to his next spot.

D.L. has been a great guest on Real Time with Bill Maher.

I didn't catch "Weekends at the D.L." but I did watch the debut of 
"Breaks the News." And it just wasn't good. He seemed too concentrated 
on the preplanned funny in bits that were the Chappelle's Show as staged 
by the writers of Craig Ferguson's "Michael Caine in Space."

It makes me just wish he could be as he is with Maher. And not doing 
things a writing partner or segment producer thinks will totally kill. 
That makes me believe he's doing the equivalent of "Late Show with Jimmy 
Fallon." But at this point, in trying to be The Black Bill Maher and The 
Black Anderson Cooper, I kinda wish he'd be more Tavis Smiley / Charlie 
Rose. Or D.L. Hughley. And maybe that's not on late night TV. Or weekend 
TV. Maybe it's radio. Or the B-list of standup again.

But why give D.L. a third talk show to tank at when Colin Quinn and Zach 
Galifianakis only got one each?


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