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TV writer Marc Wilmore who is known for his work on F Is For Family and In Living Color died on January 30 after complications with Covid. He was 57.

Larry Wilmore is bringing his eponymous late-night Peacock show to an end tonight – sticking with his promise to finish it after 11 episodes.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: The media is coming into focus for this week’s episode of Wilmore. The Peacock late-night comedy, fronted by Larry Wilmore, will look at the media with The West Wing star Bradley Whitford, journalist Soledad O’Brien and Saturday Night Live’s Chris Redd.Whitford, who also stars in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, is coming off the back of A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote, which aired last week on HBO Max.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Larry Wilmore is closing in on the U.S.

Also Read: Peacock Drops Trailers for Larry Wilmore and Amber Ruffin's Late-Night Shows (Video)“Are you upset because you saw Mary J. Blige on TV the other day and it reminded you that you desperately need for her to find love?” she asked, to which he nodded.”Aw, you know what pal? Couples grow apart and her being single means she’s ready to fall back in love.

LOS ANGELES -- Larry Wilmore has been down the road as a talk show host before, with a Comedy Central show that was here and gone in two seasons — taking with it his droll and incisive brand of satire.“Wilmore,” his new weekly series for the recently launched Peacock streaming service, came together on the fly but, as he describes it, promises to be a better fit for the writer, performer and producer of shows like "black-ish" and “The Mayor.”The half-hour show debuts Friday with soccer great

election happening soon, so I’m happy to have a place in the conversation,” Wilmore said in a statement. The shows are set to launch in September, with 11 episodes ordered for Wilmore's series and nine for Ruffin's, Peacock said.

, where she became the first Black woman to write for a late-night network talk show, Ruffin will host  as she takes on what’s happening in the world with her signature style.

Peter White Television EditorLarry Wilmore is heading back to late-night with a new show on Peacock.The streamer has ordered the Untitled Larry Wilmore Show (w/t) and will pair it with The Amber Ruffin Show to launch a weekly topical late-night block.It marks the Black-ish exec producer’s return to late-night television following his stint as a correspondent on The Daily Show between 2006 and 2014 and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, which ran for two seasons on Comedy Central, ending in

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal broadcasts some of the best-known and longest-running programs in late-night TV. Now the company hopes to add two new shows to its wee-hours roster.The company behind “The Tonight Show,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Late Night” and “A Little Late” will launch two weekly programs on its Peacock streaming-video outlet, one led by “Late Night” writer and personality Amber Ruffin and the other hosted by former “Comedy Central” host Larry Wilmore.

Larry Wilmore and Amber Ruffin leading their line up, the new NBCUniveral streaming service announced on Monday. Amber Ruffin, formerly a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers who is well known for her appearances in a recurring segment called "Jokes Seth Can't Tell," will anchor The Amber Ruffin Show, which was picked up for nine episodes airing weekly starting in September.

James McClain Veteran television writer, comedic actress, and talk show host Robin Thede has upgraded to a new home in Los Angeles, public records reveal.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBill Maher isn’t a spokesman for TV’s late-night programs, but on one recent Friday night, he expressed a sentiment other members of that club would have been happy to adopt. Wrapping a taped exchange between himself and two panelists, Maher cited a desire to break free of his home, which for weeks has been the center stage of HBO’s “Real Time.”“I hope I get to go out very soon,” he told his guests, Larry Wilmore and Matt Welch.

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