Listen "S5E35 | Late-Night Talk Show History"
Episode Synopsis
"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🚩Adel Aalihost & producer☑️Where to find my program:Home:https://historybehindnews.com Spotify:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify Apple:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple YouTube:▶️https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub Adel on Facebook and X.com🚩Support My Program: 🚩Click here and join our other supporters of the History Behind News podcast. Thank you. 🎵 attribution, links and license for thetheme music in this podcast: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Scholars in Your Inbox? 178 scholars and counting! So don't miss HbN guest scholars’ weekly takes on the history behind our news.
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