--- description: Larry Wilmore starts his show Jan. 19. title: Meet the Cast of the 'The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38786c3f836551de/6987792fa988ca2e0a6abd0d/larry_wilmore_2_photo_by_peter_yang.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Meet the Cast of the _The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore_ by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2015 9:22 PM CUT  Larry Wilmore Larry WilmorePeter Yang—Comedy Central by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2015 9:22 PM CUT _The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore_ has [unveiled the identities of correspondents who will appear alongside Larry Wilmore](http://insidetv.ew.com/2015/01/09/nightly-show-larry-wilmore-panelists/ "undefined") when the comedy series premieres in less than two weeks. The correspondents have a wide range of backgrounds, and include Shenaz Treasury, a Bollywood actress and culture reporter, as well as New York City-based comedians Ricky Velez and Mike Yard, Entertainment Weekly reports. [_The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore_](http://www.cc.com/video-clips/rkhvv4/the-nightly-show-the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore---looking-for-something-different- "undefined")will debut on Monday, Jan. 19 at 11:30 p.m. E.T. on Comedy Central, taking the place of _The Colbert Report,_ which ended late last year after a nine-year-run [Read more at Entertainment Weekly](http://insidetv.ew.com/2015/01/09/nightly-show-larry-wilmore-panelists/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3662289/nightly-show-larry-wilmore-cast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3662289/nightly-show-larry-wilmore-cast/"},"headline":"Meet the Cast of the The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore","datePublished":"2015-01-09T21:22:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:27:21.481Z","description":"Wilmore starts his show Jan. 19","url":"https://time.com/3662289/nightly-show-larry-wilmore-cast/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38786c3f836551de/6987792fa988ca2e0a6abd0d/larry_wilmore_2_photo_by_peter_yang.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38786c3f836551de/6987792fa988ca2e0a6abd0d/larry_wilmore_2_photo_by_peter_yang.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Larry_Wilmore_2_photo_by_Peter_Yang","caption":"Larry Wilmore","creditText":"Peter Yang—Comedy Central","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3662289/nightly-show-larry-wilmore-cast/","name":"Meet the Cast of the The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore"}}]}] ```