Comedy Central retitles Larry Wilmore's show, slots it for January start

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Comedy Central retitles Larry Wilmore's show, slots it for January start
Larry Wilmore, host of newly retitled 'The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore.' Credit: Comedy Central

LOS ANGELES -- The Minority Report With Larry Wilmore was a laudably clever title, but it won't be affixed to the Daily Show correspondent's Jan. 19 debut in place of Stephen Colbert, who's departing for CBS as David Letterman's replacement on Late Show.

Comedy Central announced on Thursday that instead, it will be called The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, along with that premiere date.

Wilmore's show, announced in May, will take Colbert's old 11:30 p.m. weeknight slot after The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Besides dovetailing better with the title of Stewart's show, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore also steers clear of a TV adaptation of the movie Minority Report that CBS -- a sister company to Comedy Central -- is developing.

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