The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18

Critic Reviews

  1. Las Vegas Weekly
    Reviewed by: Josh Bell
    Feb 2, 2015
    60
    Like Stewart, Wilmore is good at using jokes to cut down overblown public figures, and he isn’t afraid to be self-deprecating. His opening monologue is typically the best part of the show.... The shakiest part of the show during its first week has been the middle panel-discussion segment, which features a mix of comedians and political commentators talking about the episode’s topic.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jeff Jensen
    Jan 20, 2015
    60
    Wilmore had a few bugs in his performance on opening night: He was a little too giggly, and a few times he spokesofast it turned his lines into what-did-he-say? mush. That said, his clear excitement for this opportunity was endearing.
  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Jan 20, 2015
    60
    The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore got off to a promising if uneven start Monday on Comedy Central, with Wilmore's opening segment much stronger than a chaotic panel discussion that followed.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Don Kaplan
    Jan 20, 2015
    60
    While the program as a whole has room to grow, Wilmore's comedy is sharp, solid and filled with keen observations and strong enough to have earned him the distinction of being the only high-profile black voice in late night television.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jan 20, 2015
    60
    Wilmore exhibited a quickness and light touch about sensitive topics, yet struggled to bring much coherence or flow to the overpopulated discussion that took up most of the premiere. The unknowns, at this point, outnumber the knowns, making an unqualified tip of the hat premature.
  7. Newark Star-Ledger
    Jan 20, 2015
    50
    He started off with a strong opening monologue.... But the heart of the show is supposed to be a panel discussion between Wilmore, one of his contributors and a guest panel that Monday night featured U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, hip-hop artist Talib Kweli and comedian Bill Burr, but eight minutes wasn't enough time to get any sort of meaningful (or funny, for that matter) dialogue going.... What did work was the "Keep It 100" segment, in which Wilmore posed a tough question tailored to each of his panelists, which they had to answer as truthfully as possible.

Awards & Rankings

96
#96 Best TV Season of 2015
7
#7 Most Discussed TV Season of 2015
75
#75 Most Shared TV Season of 2015

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User Score
2.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 200 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 200
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 200
  3. Negative: 141 out of 200
  1. jmann
    Mar 11, 2015
    0
    This show s a mess. It's like he's taunting everyone into liking it. "You don't like my show-it's cause you're a racist shallow pig." He ain'tThis show s a mess. It's like he's taunting everyone into liking it. "You don't like my show-it's cause you're a racist shallow pig." He ain't just playing the racist card- he's bloody well playing the whole deck. Listen the guy might be black but he's still got to do his job-it ain't enough to be black.You gotta be smart. You gotta be funny. You have to entertain your audience- not just drip all over them.Get Chris Rock Him I would watch til the cows came home.But this guy Wilmore he's dull, he's vapid and he's just plain boring. The panel??????GIVE ME A BREAK. Let one person say what they mean. Just one person. But this drek- this wishy washy mess. Can it.… Full Review »
  2. anc8907
    Mar 31, 2015
    0
    I wanted to like this, as I'm a big fan of Jon Stewart and thought I'd love everything that followed in his wake, but this just is not up toI wanted to like this, as I'm a big fan of Jon Stewart and thought I'd love everything that followed in his wake, but this just is not up to the task. The format is ridiculous - I really do not care for a bunch of unfunny people making bad points on a condensed panel, the monologue in the beginning is a bit dry and it lacks imagination, and the show clearly decided on an awkward identity for itself. It's quite honestly just about making a punchline out of being black. Wilmore doesn't have the eloquence or the ability to deal with race, so he decides to simplify it to the point of sensationalizing race. For someone masquerading as a person who would care about race issues, he's doing more harm to our collective understanding than providing a reasonable voice. Bottom line, it totally sucks.… Full Review »
  3. UtahRob
    Feb 16, 2015
    0
    This show is totally unwatchable. I thought maybe I was being to hard on it because Colbert was genius so I continued to give it a chance.This show is totally unwatchable. I thought maybe I was being to hard on it because Colbert was genius so I continued to give it a chance. Each show is as bad or worse than the previous. Comedy Central, pull the plug. You can do better than this.… Full Review »
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