The premiere of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore is now less than week away, and at TCA Wilmore revealed some more details on the show’s format, calling it a hybrid of The Daily Show and Politically Incorrect. Each episode will be split up into two parts – an overview of daily news followed by a roundtable discussion Wilmore said will go “without a net,†using contributors for “comedic bits and perspective†much like The Daily Show correspondents.
“I’m not interested in doing a show where I give my opinion and people react to my opinion,†Wilmore said. “Our show is more about the discovery of things. I want people who will teach me something. We’ll have people on who maybe get their minds changed†after covering certain issues. Wilmore also commented on the January 19th premiere date for The Nightly Show, which also happens to be Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: “I had a dream that a brother needed to work on that day.â€