'The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore' canceled at Comedy Central

Larry Wilmore's The Nightly Show, which took over The Colbert Report's time-slot on Comedy Central a year and a half ago, is coming to an end.

"Production on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore will cease after its August 18 episode," the network said in a statement to Mashable. "We thank Larry and The Nightly Show staff for their tireless efforts across the past two years and the conversations the show generated by addressing social issues of great importance to the country, always challenging people’s attitudes, perceptions and bias."

The cable network cited nightly ratings but also a lack of traction across online platforms in its decision to cancel.

"Unfortunately, it hasn't connected with our audience in ways that we need it to," Comedy Central president Kent Alterman told The Hollywood Reporter, "both in the linear channel and in terms of multi-platform outlets and with shareable content and on social platforms as well."

The last episode (number 259) of the two-season show is set to run this Thursday. @Midnight will then run at 11:30 ET until a permanent replacement is announced.

"I'm really grateful to Comedy Central, Jon Stewart, and our fans to have had this opportunity," Wilmore said in a statement to THR. "But I'm also saddened and surprised we won't be covering this crazy election or 'The Unblackening' as we've coined it. And keeping it 100, I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well."