Likewise, I've enjoyed the two episodes to date, but am waiting a few weeks for
the show to find a groove.
With the reliance on contributors and a guest panel, there's a few more working
parts here compared to TCR. I find Wilmore's style relatively low-key, with
his jokes coming in under my radar. I may not laugh as hard as with Stewart or
Colbert, but I enjoy Wilmore all the same.
David
From: M-D November <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 11:15 PM
Subject: [TV orNotTV] Review: The Nightly Show
I'm reserving judgement for a few weeks until Wilmore and his team have a
chance to work out the kinks. But so far I like what I see.
Re: the act 1 "anchorlogue", it wasn't uncommon for Stewart and Colbert to hit
many of the same notes (if not tell outright identical jokes), so I'm not
surprised that there's some overlap between TDS and TNS.
And about Colbert's first few episodes: I remember thinking then that Colbert
hit the ground running (in part because the basic framework for the Report was
established in the mock promos that ran on TDS), but he needed to work out a
way to keep the gimmick going 4 days a week. Similarly, Wilmore's show is
informed by TDS work as "senior black correspondent", but aside from a point of
view, he's coming at this with a clean slate and, from what I've read,
relatively few test shows. But I like the act 2 panel format, and the "Keeping
it 100" thing has potential (although they'd be wise to have a wheel of
different things to do with the panel in act 3) - let's see where they go from
here.
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