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The already stellar evening lineup wel- comes "Lights Out With David Spade" to its ranks, and you can catch a new episode airing Thursday, Aug. 1. "Lights Out" marks Spade's return to hosting duties on Comedy Central after more than a decade, and represents an experimental format for the network, which has plopped it right into the coveted time-slot immediately following "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah." For the first time in years, Comedy Central has decided to follow "The Daily Show" with a talk show focused on any- thing but political criticism and satire. The last three series to hold the slot were variations on the political humor formula patented by the long-running "Daily Show." From 2005 to 2014, "The Colbert Report" was the yin to "The Daily Show's" yang. Since Colbert departed in 2014, "The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore" and "The Opposition With Jordan Klepper" have each attempted to fill that spot, but neither gained much traction, and nei- ther series lasted longer than a season or two. "Lights Out With David Spade" is a foray into new ter- ritory for this time-slot. It's de- scribed as an "apolitical" nightly talk show, and, like many talk shows before it, Spade's series focuses its dis- cussions on celebrity gossip, Hollywood news and the world of entertainment in general. While that may not seem par- ticularly fresh or exciting, you haven't seen Spade take on those subjects. Spade is probably still best known for his 1990s output. In the first half of that decade, he emerged as one of the more successful "Saturday Night Live" cast members and col- laborated with other legendary "SNL" alumni like Chris Rock ("Everybody Hates Chris"), Norm MacDonald ("Norm") and Adam Sandler ("The Wed- ding Singer," 1998). In 1995, he starred alongside Chris Far- ley in the now-classic "Tommy Boy" (the "little coat" to Far- ley's "fat guy"), and the duo teamed up again in 1996 for "Black Sheep." In his decades-long career, Spade has amassed quite a fol- lowing, and many point to one particular "SNL" performance as their favorite: Spade's val- iant effort to keep a straight face in response to Farley's nutty character Matt Foley (who lives "in a van down by the river") embedded him in the public consciousness early in his career. His "SNL" days were full of big laughs, and his sardonic wit won him millions of fans. Spade hopes to recap- ture some of that magic in his new nightly talk show. Spade left "SNL" in 1996, after six years of writing his own sketches and contributing to hundreds of memorable bits. A year later, he returned to NBC in "Just Shoot Me," a sit- com boasting a sparkling en- semble cast that depicted the work lives of a group of em- ployees at a New York glam- our magazine. "Just Shoot Me" garnered high ratings throughout its seven-season run and proved that Spade was just as capable of helming scripted comedy as he was at headlining a sketch-comedy series. In between "Just Shoot Me" and his subsequent re- turn to the sitcom world in 2007's "Rules of Engage- ment," Spade briefly hosted "The Showbiz Show With Da- vid Spade" on Comedy Cen- tral. "The Showbiz Show" was a parody of celebrity-centric newsmagazines like "Enter- tainment Tonight," and it fea- tured Spade lambasting the celebrities of the era with an edgy, cutting tone. "The Show- biz Show" only survived for three seasons, but Spade's new project on Comedy Cen- tral resurrects some of the highlights of that series. Apolitical humor: David Spade brings a new talk show formula to Comedy Central featurestory Trevor Noah as seen in "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah"

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