Goodness gracious, am I excited for Larry Wilmore and Amber Ruffin to topline their own Peacock late-night-styled weekly comedy shows. Wilmore is an absolute comedy legend, helping bring iconic shows like The Bernie Mac Show to the screen, while also hosting his own Comedy Central late night show The Nightly Show. Ruffin is a powerhouse of a writer/performer who demolishes every Late Night with Seth Meyers appearance she makes. Now, the two will be holding down Peacock's late night (er, "stream whenever you want") block of topical comedy. Wilmore comes to Peacock on Friday, September 18, …
Larry Wilmore is one of our best comedy voices we've got. The acclaimed writer/producer/performer has been an integral voice to influential works like The Bernie Mac Show, The Daily Show, Insecure, Black-ish, and of course, The Office. I'm excited Wilmore will be heading back in front of TV cameras on a regular basis (RIP The Nightly Show) in an upcoming topical Peacock comedy show, and I'm excited that, during a TCA panel about the upcoming show, he dropped some gems about one of his most iconic Office moments. "Diversity Day," episode two (two!) of …