No reviews of “The Nightly Show.” Isn’t anyone watching it? It looks okay coming out of the gate. I’m willing to give him a few months to get his bearings. Right now it’s a “The Daily Show” opening followed by a kind of “Politically Incorrect” second and third segments. I wonder if having the opening desk sequence being like “The Daily Show” is deliberate or if they just don’t know how to do any differently because they all came over from “The Daily Show.” The jokes seem identical to what Jon Stewart would say. I think they need to get something that gives Larry Wilmore a distinctive voice. Too much of a copycat right now. The panel discussion has mixed results. For me most of the discussion the first night was muddled. Bill Burr stumbled trying to give an elaborate answer to the first question sent his went, but then just went straight for jokes and seemed to do the best. The woman on the first night was terrible. The other two guests didn’t seem to hit their strides. The second night focused on Bill Cosby and the discussion was much better. I have problems with Wilmore pronouncing Cosby’s guilt and with only qualifying the allegations as allegations a few times. Generally he pronounced Cosby guilty. People had some good things to say about Cosby, although the magazine editor took a little too long to make her point about how Cosby influenced her. Speaking of which, it’s obvious they edit the show. Some of the cuts are clumsier than others. That may improve with time. I wonder how much they cut it down. What’s the time between it is taped and it airs? It hasn’t hit its stride yet. Comedy Central made the first four episodes of “The Colbert Report” available on the Comedy Central app and Colbert struggled early on too. If Wilmore can find his own voice in the opening desk talk – or should I say a voice different from Stewart’s – I think the material is there for a good show.
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