Well, I really need to get going, start packing, and try to get some decent shut-eye to hopefully beat this cold before heading out of town tomorrow for the extended holiday weekend. I hope all of my readers have a great extended holiday weekend, that you're able to enjoy a lot of good food, good company, good drinks, that you're able to refrain from getting into heated debates with crazy conspiracy theory-oriented uncles, manage to have a great time, and arrive back home safely!
After its first week, I gave The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore a B+ grade. While I didn't think the show appeared to be perfect by any stretch of the imagination, I also liked the Daily Show meets Politically Incorrect vibe I got from it, and thought, with the proper adjustments, the show would indeed provide a great fill-in for The Colbert Report . In the show's succeeding weeks, however, I've been less impressed by it and think that if it doesn't make certain adjustments, it could be in jeopardy of losing many long-time viewers of the show's time slot. One major issue I think the show's had to this point is a lack of direction. It's been unable to decide whether it wants to be a comedy show with serious conversation sprinkled in or a serious show with comedy sprinkled in. It's almost as if the show's writers want to give The Nightly Show a Real Time with Bill Maher feel. The problem with that idea or format is the fact Real Time is an hour lon...
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