Comedy Central Shelves The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore with Very Short Notice

Sad to hear The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore has been cancelled by Comedy Central.

Comedy Central announced on Monday, August 15th that the show would soon come to an end and then the last show aired Thursday, August 18th.

It seemed like Comedy Central couldn't wait to get Larry Wilmore off the air. While I wasn't a total fan of Mr. Wilmore, I have to admit he oftentimes expressed the sentiments of black America as it pertained to racial injustice and inequality in insightful ways. And he frequently gave voice to positions you'd likely not hear anywhere else.

I think he made a huge mistake calling President Barack Obama "his N word" at the last White House Correspondent's Dinner which he hosted. Comedian and late night talk show host, Stephen Colbert and other former hosts of this highly visible event, used it to catapult their careers. Despite President Obama's press secretary claiming the president understood where Larry Wilmore was coming from when he made that comment, I can't help but think it may have seriously hurt his career prospects.

We'll never know.

Comedy Central claims the move to cancel his show reflected its poor ratings, but I wonder whether they gave it the same amount of time to find its audience as they gave to other shows.

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It wasn't just first-timers who made the trek to Washington DC, many people who witnessed President Obama's 2009 inauguration, like Laura Hendricks from the state of Maine, came back to show their support. Whether attending for the first or second time, the nearly one million people who packed the National Mall went wild, waving their flags and yelling excitedly once the president was sworn in. The day's importance didn't end with the inauguration, it also marked the beginning of the President's second term and another opportunity to see his vision for the country realized.

What's The 411 correspondent, Kizzy Cox, was right there in the midst of the action and asked the revelers what they hoped the president's vision would include over the next 4 years.

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Hill Harper attended Harvard Law School with President Obama.