History Awesome / TheNightlyShow

* October 15th: He quickly take down the notion of cops fearing they can't do their jobs because of the "YouTube Effect" or "Ferguson Effect": Fear of being caught on camera doing their job so they stop working. Larry asks the audience which is worse: Cop Embarrassed By Viral Video or Unarmed Black Man Gunned Down By Police.

* April 18: Larry Wilmore calling out the government for pushing Harriet Tubman's appearance on the dollar bill to 2030 when before she would have replaced Alexander Hamilton on the 10 dollar bill by 2017. Harriet Tubman also appears and gets her two cents in, pointing out that most of the men on the dollar bill were responsible for the slave system that she undermined with the Underground Railroad. In addition, she worries that people will forget her and spells out her name: "The H-A-R-R-I-E-T" as a {{Homage}} to ''Theater/{{Hamilton}}''

* January 20nd: During the second episode, Larry literally had the balls to tackle the Bill Cosby rape allegations story, and ''boy'' did he pull no punches, but the highlight has to be…

* April 30th: Larry goes to Baltimore, talking to [[EnemyMine local gang members who have joined together to protest the wrongful death of Freddie Gray]] at the hands of the Baltimore Police Department.
* June 4th: After Colorado teenager Evan Young is barred from delivering his valedictorian speech because he would use it as an opportunity to come out, Larry brings him on the show to deliver an abridged version of his speech on the air. The entire speech is later posted on The Nightly Show website.

* January 20, 2015: During the second episode, Larry literally had the balls to tackle the Bill Cosby rape allegations story, and ''boy'' did he pull no punches, but the highlight has to be…

* March 10, 2015: After an Oklahoma fraternity was shown singing a racist frat song, Larry had this to say to his detractors who said the show focused too much on race.

* April 30, 2015: Larry goes to Baltimore, talking to [[EnemyMine local gang members who have joined together to protest the wrongful death of Freddie Gray]] at the hands of the Baltimore Police Department.
* June 4, 2015: After Colorado teenager Evan Young is barred from delivering his valedictorian speech because he would use it as an opportunity to come out, Larry brings him on the show to deliver an abridged version of his speech on the air. The entire speech is later posted on The Nightly Show website.
* June 18, 2015: After a gunman shot up a black church in South Carolina, killing 9 people including the church's pastor, who was also a state senator, Larry essentially dedicates the entire show to the FoxNewsChannel's insane denial that the gunman was not racially motivated and constant attempts to spin the incident as an attack on Christianity, despite the fact that the attack being based on racism is almost literally impossible to make any more unambiguous than it is. For the record, the gunman not only wore Apartheid badges on his jacket during the incident, but was ranting about how much he hated black people and wanted to rid the country of them '''literally as he was committing the crime'''.
* June 23, 2015: Joe Morton as Rowan Pope, gives an epic speech to those who try to claim the Confederate Flag isn't a symbol of racism.
* June 24, 2015: Larry takes down Bill O'Reilly for trying to say that institutionalized racism doesn't exist in America despite inviting only white commentators to discuss the subject, one of whom does try to rebut the assertion herself [[ArmorPiercingQuestion by asking how many black friends he has]], which he tries to avoid answering.
* July 20, 2015: Once the deposition of Cosby's rape allegations were revealed, [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/p0rv66/the-nightly-show-bill-cosby-fights-back Wilmore "uses a pudding pop to bust the weak points in the defense plan being floated by Bill Cosby's legal team."]]
* September 23, 2015: Larry interviewed Ahmed Mohamed, a high school student wrongfully arrested for making a clock that was confused for a bomb. Ahmed admits that getting arrested was cool because not only was there no bomb, if he went to court, "I knew I would win". Larry presents Ahmed with a joke-clock, then gives him an Apple Watch. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
* October 15, 2015: He quickly take down the notion of cops fearing they can't do their jobs because of the "YouTube Effect" or "Ferguson Effect": Fear of being caught on camera doing their job so they stop working. Larry asks the audience which is worse: Cop Embarrassed By Viral Video or Unarmed Black Man Gunned Down By Police.
* October 20, 2015: After talking about incidents that involved toddlers killed by guns, he asks the NRA before he pokes holes in their "The only to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun" logic with this ArmorPiercingQuestion: "So what's next?"
* November 16, 2015: After the Paris attacks stirred up a debate over the merits of calling Islamic terrorists "radical Muslims", Larry's response is a one-on-one discussion with a "[[SurferDude radical]] [[AffectionateParody Muslim]]" that can be summed up in this pragmatic exchange:

* January 5, 2016: Larry's unabashed ''glee'' over the indictment of Bill Cosby during the show's Christmas break.
* January 27, 2016: After a Twitter battle with rapper B.o.B., who has been claiming that the Earth is flat, UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson makes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHBZkek8OSU an appearance on the show]], explaining not only why he is wrong about the Earth being flat, but [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech also why that kind of scientific ignorance among influential people]] contributes to a spirit of AntiIntellectualism among ordinary people.

* January 27, 2016: After a Twitter battle with rapper B.o.B., who has been claiming that the Earth is flat, UsefulNotes/NeilDegrasseTyson makes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHBZkek8OSU an appearance on the show]], explaining not only why he is wrong about the Earth being flat, but also why that kind of scientific ignorance among influential people contributes to a spirit of anti-intellectualism among ordinary people.

* January 27, 2016: After rapper B.o.B. started insisting the Earth is flat, Larry calls in UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson, [[https://youtu.be/XHBZkek8OSU who delivers an]] ''epic'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speech]] about the dangers of denying science and promoting AntiIntellectualism.

* January 5, 2016: Larry returns in sheer ''delight'' over the conviction of Bill Cosby.

* September 23, 2015: Larry interviewed Ahmed Mohamed, a high school student arrested for making a clock that was confused for a bomb. Ahmed admits that getting arrested was cool because not only was there no bomb, if he went to court, "I knew I would win". Larry presents Ahmed with a joke-clock, then gives him an Apple Watch. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

* July 20, 2015: Once the deposition of Cosby's rape allegations were revealed, [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/p0rv66/the-nightly-show-bill-cosby-fights-back Wilmore TORE HIM UP]].
* September 23, 2015: Larry interviewed Ahmed Mohamed, a high school student arrested for making a clock that was confused for a bomb. Ahmed admits that getting arrested was cool because not only was there no bomb, if he went to court, "I knew I would win". Larry presents Ahmed with a joke-clock, then gives him an Apple Watch. Doubles as a CrowningMomentofHeartwarming. One Internet commenter wrote that Ahmed may have been "the most important guest the show has had" to date.

* July 20, 2015: Once the deposition of Cosby's rape allegations were revealed, Wilmore TORE HIM UP.

* January 20, 2015: During the second episode, Larry literally had the balls to tackle the Bill Cosby rape allegations story, and ''boy'' did he pull no punches. Highlights include:
** "I just have to ask: [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why don't we believe these women?]]"
** But the highlight has to be…

* June 18, 2015: After a gunman shot up a black church in South Carolina, killing 9 people including the church's pastor, Larry essentially dedicates the entire show to the FoxNewsChannel's insane denial that the gunman was not racially motivated and constant attempts to spin the incident as an attack on Christianity, despite the fact that the attack being based on racism is almost literally impossible to make any more unambiguous than it is. For the record, the gunman not only wore Apartheid badges on his jacket during the incident, but was ranting about how much he hated black people and wanted to rid the country of them '''literally as he was committing the crime'''.

* June 18, 2015: After a gunman shot up a black church in South Carolina, Larry essentially dedicates the entire show to the FoxNewsChannel's insane denial that the gunman was not racially motivated and constant attempts to spin the incident as an attack on Christianity, despite the fact that the attack being based on racism is almost literally impossible to make any more unambiguous than it is. For the record, the gunman not only wore Apartheid badges on his jacket during the incident, but was ranting about how much he hated black people and wanted to rid the country of them '''literally as he was committing the crime'''.

* June 4, 2015: After Colorado teenager Evan Young is barred from delivering his valedictorian speech because he would use it as an opportunity to come out, Larry brings him on the show to deliver an abridged version of his speech on the air. The entire speech is later posted on The Nightly Show website.

* April 30, 2015: Larry goes to Baltimore, talking to [[EnemyMine local gang members who have joined together to protest the wrongful death of Freddie Gray]].

* April 30, 2015: Larry takes The Nightly Show straight to Baltimore, interviewing [[EnemyMine local gang members who have joined together to protest the wrongful death of Freddie Gray]].

* Literally his second episode, Wilmore had the balls to tackle the Bill Cosby rape allegations story, and ''boy'' did he pull no punches. Highlights include:
** "I just have to ask: [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why don't we believe these women?]]"
** But the highlight has to be…
--> "By the way, if you're someone who thinks it makes a difference whether Cosby raped 35 people or just 34 people, please fuck off forever."