Larry Wilmore Caps Big Week for Black TV Stars
"The Minority Report" host becomes the latest black lead on the small screen, joining a rapidly growing roster of talent on newly ordered prime time series. Comedy Central's Friday announcement that Larry Wilmore would take over the time slot previously occupied by Stephen Colbert with his new Minority Report caps a major week for black leads on the small screen. STORY: Early Trends Emerge as Broadcasters Bet on Black Leads, Politics, Terror The Daily Show correspondent, who will launch his new series in the 11:30 p.m. slot starting in January, joins a rapidly growing roster of black leads on newly ordered prime-time broadcast scripted series. The emergence of black leads was one of the earliest trends to emerge from the wave of broadcast network pickups this week. ABC on Thursday ordered Anthony Anderson comedy Black-ish to series. That ...
