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Larry Wilmore, Amber Ruffin anchor weekly late-night shows

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FILE - Larry Wilmore attends the 2019 Writers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 17, 2019. Peacock is launching a pair of weekly late-night comedy series with Wilmore and Amber Ruffin. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

LOS ANGELES ā€“ Peacock is launching a pair of weekly late-night comedy series with Larry Wilmore and Amber Ruffin to focus on current events.

ā€œWe canā€™t wait to write sketches, songs and jokes about this terrible time we call now!ā€" Ruffin said in a statement Monday announcing the ā€œThe Amber Ruffin Show."

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A writer and performer on NBCā€™s ā€œLate Night with Seth Meyers," Ruffin was among the first African American women to write for a late-night show.

Wilmore is a sitcom creator ("The Bernie Mac Show," ā€œgrown-ishā€) who's also known for his on-camera Comedy Central work that included the 2015-16 ā€œThe Nightly Show.ā€ His Peacock show is as-yet untitled.

"Apparently thereā€™s a lot going on in the world right now and a big election happening soon, so Iā€™m happy to have a place in the conversation,ā€ Wilmore said in a statement.

The shows are set to launch in September, with 11 episodes ordered for Wilmore's series and nine for Ruffin's, Peacock said.


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