“We can’t wait to write sketches, songs and jokes about this terrible time we call now!”" Ruffin said in a statement Monday announcing the “The Amber Ruffin Show."
A writer and performer on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers," Ruffin was among the first African American women to write for a late-night show.
Wilmore is a sitcom creator ("The Bernie Mac Show," “grown-ish”) who's also known for his on-camera Comedy Central work that included the 2015-16 “The Nightly Show.” His Peacock show is as-yet untitled.
"Apparently there’s a lot going on in the world right now and a big election happening soon, so I’m happy to have a place in the conversation,” Wilmore said in a statement.
The shows are set to launch in September, with 11 episodes ordered for Wilmore's series and nine for Ruffin's, Peacock said.