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Why Larry Wilmore’s Firing Puts Comedy Central on the Wrong Side of History (Guest Blog)
By Jonathan Demme | August 17, 2016 @ 3:14 PM

In dumping “The Nightly Show,” the cable TV network has made a serious mistake

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Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme is the Academy Award-winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" and three dozen other feature films and documentaries, including "Melvin and Howard," "Philadelphia" and "Stop Making Sense." His latest performance film, "Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids," will screen at the Toronto Film Festival in September.