Nightly Show Set for Debut

Monday night will mark the first episode of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Comedy Central. The program will be in the 11:30 p.m. Eastern slot previously held by The Colbert Report, before Stephen Colbert left the channel in December to prepare for his new role as the late show host on CBS. Like Colbert, Wilmore’s program will be a spin-off of the popular Daily Show, which he was previously a contributor on. In fact, Wilmore is now the third person to have his own late-night show after success collaborating with Jon Stewart, after Colbert and John Oliver. Earlier this month, the Los Angeles native spoke with Jimmy Kimmel about the process of creating the show.

As is the normal for any new show, ratings will likely be high for the first few weeks. But will it maintain the success that Colbert had, or that Oliver is enjoying right now on HBO? This is probably not the final time that Comedy Central will give a Daily Show correspondent a talk show, either, but who would be a potential host in several years will be an intriguing question.

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