Larry Wilmore to replace Colbert on Comedy Central
FILE - This Sept. 23, 2012 file photo shows TV personality Stephen Colbert at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball in Los Angeles. CBS announced Thursday, April 10, 2014, Colbert, the host of The Colbert Report, will succeed David Letterman as the host of The Late Show. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK — Comic Larry Wilmore of the “Daily Show” has earned Stephen Colbert’s coveted Comedy Central timeslot following Jon Stewart each night.
Comedy Central said Friday that Wilmore will host “The Minority Report” at 11:30 each week night. An African-American, Wilmore will add a different perspective to a late-night landscape dominated by white males.
Colbert is ending his Comedy Central show at the end of this year and will take over for David Letterman at CBS’ “Late Show” next year.
Wilmore has written for three shows, “The Bernie Mac Show,” ”In Living Color” and “The Jamie Foxx Show.”
