Richard Crouse

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Is late night television on life support … or are we just watching it differently now?

This week on Entertainment Is Broken, Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon dig into the future of late night TV, sparked by renewed conversation around Stephen Colbert and the changing economics of the format. From Johnny Carson’s cultural dominance to Letterman’s chaos, Arsenio’s energy, Conan’s weirdness, Colbert’s political edge, and Canada’s own attempts with Strombo, Pop Life, Peter Gzowski, Ralph Benmergui, Mike Bullard, and more …

Richard and Sarah ask whether we still need the late night talk show. They also get into why these shows are so expensive, what gets lost when conversation moves entirely to podcasts and social clips, and why Canada still needs a proper talk/variety show that can actually help build stars.

Plus, Richard and Sarah talk about Obsessed, Indie Navarette’s freaky breakout performance, Keke Palmer, Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters, and why smaller, stranger movies might be exactly what theatres need.

In this episode: Is late night TV dying?

Why Johnny Carson still defines the format

What made David Letterman so different

Why Stephen Colbert’s future matters

How podcasts and clips changed celebrity interviews

Richard’s memories of hosting Pop Life

Why Canada needs a real talk/variety show

The economics and tax-credit problem behind Canadian talk shows

The rise of smaller, weirder theatrical movies Subscribe for more conversations about what’s broken in entertainment … and why we still love it anyway.