It's a bit too left for me, to be honest. I consider myself a liberal, but when your topics are almost all the SJW "soup de jouir", I start to lose interest. The whole Bill Maher panel format also doesn't work on something that's only 22 min long.
Yup. I really liked Wilmore on TDS. His narrow focus worked well as part of a broader theme. Sadly he can't carry a show on his own and his panels (the ones I've seen at least) aren't very good either. He doesn't have the clout to book top guests I suppose.
I totally agree with this. I Want to like the nightly show, i really do. But damn that panel style, and the topics/writing just don't do it for me.
I watched his stand up special on Netflix African American, it was okay. It was mostly interesting because he is a foreigner looking at American Culture with a foreign point of view. I do not think the Daily Show would do very well with him at the helm, but I hope I am proven wrong. I mean Yakov Smirnoff was funny (kinda) with his foreign viewpoint but I don't want him hosting the Daily Show either.
It works for Bill Mahr because he's a very strong host. Even though I hate him, he is very good at his job. When a host is really good the panel discussion works very well but hosting is one of those things that you don't notice when it's being done really well but the whole thing falls apart if the host can't pull it off.
I enjoy it, but it's only once a week and they took a several month break. It's not really in the same category at this point.
A strong host and more often than not at least 2 out of the 3 panelists are strong as well. That makes Mahr easier to stomach most weeks.
