I'm going to attempt to add a couple of writings before I leave town this afternoon, but I still have other things to get done in the meantime, so we'll see what happens on that front. In any case, I wanted to wish all of my readers a very safe and joyous Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa and New Year! I'll be back before too long, so I'll be sure to chime in again before the clock strikes midnight at the start of 2016! Have a great end to your year, a great start to 2016, and hopefully, no matter how you fared in 2015, 2016 is an even brighter, better chapter in your lives!
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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