“The Nightly Show Theme”
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“The Nightly Show Theme” is the instrumental opening music used to introduce the late-night satirical news program *The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore*.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Nightly Show Theme | 1 |
| “The Nightly Show Theme” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9280956 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Nightly Show Theme” Context triple: [The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, openingTheme, “The Nightly Show Theme”]
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A.
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Theme”
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Theme” is the signature musical intro piece composed for the American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon.
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B.
“The Jay Leno Show Theme”
“The Jay Leno Show Theme” is the signature musical introduction used to open the American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno.
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C.
"The Office Theme"
"The Office Theme" is the upbeat, piano-driven instrumental title music best known for introducing the American version of the sitcom *The Office*.
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D.
“The Closer Theme”
“The Closer Theme” is the instrumental opening music associated with the crime drama television series *The Closer*.
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E.
“Night”
“Night” is an early, pivotal scene in Goethe’s *Faust: Part One* in which Faust, alone in his study, despairs over the limits of human knowledge and contemplates suicide, setting the stage for his pact with Mephistopheles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Nightly Show Theme” Target entity description: “The Nightly Show Theme” is the instrumental opening music used to introduce the late-night satirical news program *The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore*.
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A.
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Theme”
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Theme” is the signature musical intro piece composed for the American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon.
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B.
“The Jay Leno Show Theme”
“The Jay Leno Show Theme” is the signature musical introduction used to open the American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno.
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C.
"The Office Theme"
"The Office Theme" is the upbeat, piano-driven instrumental title music best known for introducing the American version of the sitcom *The Office*.
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D.
“The Closer Theme”
“The Closer Theme” is the instrumental opening music associated with the crime drama television series *The Closer*.
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E.
“Night”
“Night” is an early, pivotal scene in Goethe’s *Faust: Part One* in which Faust, alone in his study, despairs over the limits of human knowledge and contemplates suicide, setting the stage for his pact with Mephistopheles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
instrumental composition
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opening theme ⓘ television theme song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Comedy Central
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Larry Wilmore ⓘ late-night television ⓘ satirical news ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| firstAppearanceInSeries | The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore ⓘ |
| genre | television music ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | instrumental ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
The Nightly Show Theme
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linked to:
“The Nightly Show Theme”
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| language | instrumental (no lyrics) ⓘ |
| mediaType | television audio ⓘ |
| openingThemeOf | The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore soundtrack
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linked to:
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
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| usedAs | intro music ⓘ |
| usedFor | introducing the television program The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore ⓘ |
| usedInContext | American late-night talk and news satire programming ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “The Nightly Show Theme” Description of subject: “The Nightly Show Theme” is the instrumental opening music used to introduce the late-night satirical news program *The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore*.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
“The Nightly Show Theme”
linked to: “The Nightly Show Theme”