"First Responders" of entertainment TV. Why American citizens will miss late-night talk shows.
🚩In this interview:
►What defines a late-night talk show?
►Obsolescence that's in the name!
►Was Carson really the King of Late Night?
►Who is Faye Emerson?
►The Letterman revolution.
►Entertaining in 20th century vs. importance in 21st century.
►The internet effect.
►Are late-night talk show hosts partisan?
►Same format. Different personalities.
►What is different about Colbert?
►Why late-night talk shows are so important for our Republic?
🚩About My 179th Guest Scholar:
Dr. Robert Thompson is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
🚩Related Interviews:
►S3E29: TV & Magic of Hollywood: Dr. Thomas Doherty (Brandeis University)
►S4E2: Women of Hollywood: Dr. Doherty & Dr. Maggie Hennefeld (University of Minnesota)
🚩Image Attribution:
Stephen Colbert at the 2024 New York Comic Con, held at the Javits Center in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. By PhilipRomanoPhoto - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=154208372
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