I am disappointed to hear this, but I guess not surprised. I thought Wilmore's show has progressively improved since its debut and had hit its stride. Even so, while I DVR the hour of TDS/TNS, I probably only watch TNS half the time. But frankly, a lot of that is because I often do not really enjoy the 30 minutes with Noah, and either fall asleep or do something else.
The NYT has more info on the ratings (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/ 08/16/business/media/comedy-central-cancels-larry- wilmores-late-night-show.html?_r=0), which do seem to support the cancellation. Colbert was getting about 80% of TDS ratings, while Wilmore is getting only 60% (down from 71% the first few months of the show). I also would have thought they would give him through November to see if the elections could help him catch a spark (even though the contracts expired this month, it seems like they could have quietly done something like a 3 month extension, unless union rules prohibit that), but the Times reports that Wilmore got no bump during the Conventions either. There is a lot of mumbo jumbo in the release that I assume decodes into Wilmore was not getting as many youtube and Facebook hits as they want, which I guess is another way of saying that The Nightly Show was too much of a grown-up show for CC (Wilmore will turn 55 in a few months). I like the maturity of the show, but I guess TV does not turn on what people in their 50s like. While CC seems to spend a lot of time protesting how much more they are liking Noah's TDS (apparently the kids are tweeting him more than Wilmore), I suspect that show is more problematic. CC can not really afford to cancel it now, but that show needs to get better PDQ. On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > The final episode will air Thursday. The interim replacement will be > @midnight. The reason Comedy Central gave for the timing was that Wilmore > and about 15 staffers were coming to the end of their contracts and CC did > not feel the show was going to build the numbers to justify new ones. > > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/larry-wilmore-nig > htly-show-canceled-919407 > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
