Larry Wilmore ends his eponymous late night Peacock show tonight and is sticking to his promise to end it after eleven episodes.
The creator of the Bernie Mac Show and the insecure and adult co-creator will air the final episode of Wilmore on the NBCU streaming service tonight, Friday December 4th.
Guests include Little Fires Everywhere star Kerry Washington, who will appear on Netflix ‘The Prom, Gina Yashere, co-creator, co-executive producer, writer, and star of CBS’ Bob ❤ Abishola, and WNBA champion and Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird. Today’s topic is “America”.
Wilmore, who previously hosted Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, kicked off the show to have important conversations about the topics defining 2020. He has covered topics such as protests, voter suppression, police, class, media and disinformation.
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Over the course of 11 episodes, Wilmore had a wide variety of guests on the show. These include actors like Bradley Whitford, Yara Shahidi, Quinta Brunson and Chris Redd, politicians like Michael Steele, Jaime Harrison, Andrew Yang, Katie Porter and Cori Bush, journalists like Zerlina Maxwell, Mehdi Hasan, Kara Swisher and Soledad O’Brien and others Late night stars like Seth Meyers, Amber Ruffin, Desus Nice and The Kid Mero and Ziwe.
The episode ends at 6 p.m. PT – part of Peacock’s idea that late night is not time but a state of mind. The show aired on the streaming platform alongside The Amber Ruffin Show.
Wilmore is unlikely to be his last for the streaming service or the broader NBCU family after the Black-ish Exec producer signed a four-year deal with Universal Television last year.
“Larry has a distinct voice and point of view that we felt was important to be part of the election conversation,” said Dan Shear, EVP Comedy Development, Peacock. “After its conception, we designed Wilmore as a limited late-night special series that runs 10 weeks before the election and is to be completed after all votes have been counted. After the election, we look forward to continuing to work with Larry on more projects to bring Peacock’s perspective on culture, politics and comedy. “
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