David Spade on his politics-avoiding, "kind of dumb" new late-night show: "The thinking stops here"

Entertainment Weekly

Comedy Central's Lights Out with David Spade premieres tonight in the valuable and challenging post-Daily Show 11:30 p.m. timeslot, airing four nights a week. “I’d like to say the show is different than any you’ve ever seen, but it’ll be about four percent different," he says. "It’s going to be a pop culture show, but I don’t love that term. I would say: current events focused on Hollywood. But no real politics, unless Cardi B runs for mayor. I don’t want my crowd to be arguing when they see the show. My tagline should really be, ‘The thinking stops here,’ because it’s just going to be kind of dumb. I train with Cardi B’s brother — Cardi O —  and he was saying, ‘I like that you have smart jokes.’"

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• Comedy Central has done research showing viewers crave David Spade: “Not just familiarity, but affection and love and a desire to see him,” Comedy Central president Kent Alterman tells the New York Times. “On the one hand it wasn’t surprising, and on the other hand it was like off the charts."
• Spade's debut week guests include Whitney Cummings, Amy Schumer, Kaley Cuoco, Jim Jefferies and Dana Carvey