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''Lights Out with David Spade'' was an American late-night talk show hosted by
David Spade David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, television host, and writer. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' in the 1990s, and he later began an acting career in both film and television. He also s ...
. Premiering on
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on July 29, 2019, the series features discussions on
popular culture Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as, popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a ...
topics between Spade and a rotating panel of guest comedians, as well as other filmed segments.


History

The series was scheduled as a lead-out for ''
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''; since the conclusion of ''
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'', the timeslot had seen several short-lived attempts at ''Daily Show'' spin-offs focusing on other cast members, such as ''
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore'' is a 2015–16 American Late night television, late-night panel discussion, panel Late-night talk show, talk show hosted by Larry Wilmore that aired for two seasons on Comedy Central. The show was a spin-o ...
'' and '' The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'', which both faced low viewership. ''Lights Out'' marked the first Comedy Central program in the 11:30 timeslot to not be a news comedy program or be hosted by an alumnus of ''The Daily Show''; network president Kent Alterman argued that viewers were being fatigued by the extensive focus on politics and the
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on other late night shows, with Spade saying that his show would focus more on "cultural events and some Hollywood stuff, ndweird stories in the news" rather than primarily focus on political humor. In March 2020, production was halted due to the
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. On April 3, 2020, Comedy Central announced that they would not renew ''Lights Out'', but that it was open to selling the show to another network; the program had only been able to retain roughly half of its audience from ''The Daily Show'' (which, as a partial replacement, began producing expanded 45-minute episodes beginning April 27).


Episodes


2019


July/August


September


October


November


December


2020


January


February


March


See also

* '' The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'', predecessor in timeslot * ''
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore'' is a 2015–16 American Late night television, late-night panel discussion, panel Late-night talk show, talk show hosted by Larry Wilmore that aired for two seasons on Comedy Central. The show was a spin-o ...
'', predecessor in timeslot * ''
The Colbert Report ''The Colbert Report'' ( ) is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by Stephen Colbert that aired four days a week on Comedy Central from October 17, 2005, to December 18, 2014, for 1,447 episodes. The show fo ...
'', predecessor in timeslot


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