In this episode, I reference two graphs that I made, and here they are:
Let’s Not Tell the "Death of Late Night TV" Story Without Mentioning Our Weird Obsession With Race and Gender
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The end of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has led to a flurry of stories about the possible end of late night TV as we know it. It looks like a genre that’s older than velcro and the polio vaccine might be on its last legs. Most Americans can’t remember a time when we weren’t lulled to sleep by an affable guy in suit making pleasant japes, getting peed on by wildlife, and somehow persuading movie stars to gab about their latest film. Unless that time is “right now”, because nobody watches late night TV anymore.
China Makes Things Less Funny
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This week, there was a watershed moment: Hollywood stood up to the Chinese government just a little bit. Here’s the headline:
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