I assume in light of the controversy surrounding the Dallas Cowboys' 24-20 win over the Detroit Lions yesterday, where the refs picked up a flag for pass interference at a critical point in the game and later stated that it was because the Dallas defender was face-guarding, which is legal in the NFL, a previous post I made with regard to face-guarding has received more views in the past 24 hours than groupies that have slept with Gene Simmons. Due to that, I'll indeed make a post about the controversial call later in the day. Whether or not the refs want to make the claim that the defender was face-guarding (he wasn't), however, the Detroit Lions got jobbed on the play, which I'll explain later.
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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