I'll chime in on being disappointed. The report on Vulture
(http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore-canceled.html)
notes that back in late 2015 CC had renewed the show through January 2017
(http://www.vulture.com/2015/09/nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore-renewed.html).
As for the viral bits, there are several 'exclusive' bits on the CC app for The
Nightly Show, mostly "Keepin' It 100" segments. But they do not seem to be
available (or at least easy to find) on the YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7nPL1U-R5r4rnyxaVvZyPRUecK_vWgV
As for the timing, it looks like all the CC shows are scheduled to start a
pre-Labor Day 2 week hiatus.
David
From: Jon Delfin <[email protected]>
To: tvornottv <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore has been canceled
Another vote for "disappointed." Lately, thanks to the DVR, I've been watching
TNS before TDS. Still, looking at the bright side, it's more time to do other
things.
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 12:27 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
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/2016/0
8/16/business/media/comedy-cen tral-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.c om/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.
