That sounded both clever and original to everyone involved, and, of course, it had the ring of familiarity from the 2002 Steven Spielberg-Tom Cruise film. But the ring got a bit too loud in August when the studio that owns the film, Fox, announced it was making a television pilot based on the movie.
It became complicated, Mr. Wilmore explained, because the only way to retain the original title would have been to always use it in the complete form. It would get a bit unwieldy, he said, when discussing the show in interviews or on social media repeatedly to say The Minority Report With Larry Wilmore.
The last thing you want is brand confusion, he said. So on Thursday, he and Comedy Central are unveiling the new title: The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore. That was the simplest choice, Mr. Wilmore said. It also fits nicely, temporally, between the shows that will bracket it four evenings a week: The Daily Show and At Midnight.
The main thrust will be to examine issues from the point of view of the underdog. In that way, the title change is probably a good one, he said.
It was never intended to be a show only about minorities, Mr. Wilmore said. Its a show about underdogs, and that happens in a lot of different forms, whether its race, gender, or whatever.
They were right. How did we get it so wrong? 
