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๐ŸŽง Gen X Career Crisis & Colbert Collapse

Peak TV is over. Now what happens to everyone who built it?

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What do Stephen Colbert and an entire generation of Hollywood veterans have in common? Theyโ€™re both facing abrupt career disruption. Elaine Low, Sean McNulty and Natalie Jarvey explore the existential crisis facing Gen X, as careers stall out amid consolidation, AI and a Boomer blockade โ€” and reveal whatโ€™s coming next for millennials. Then, Lesley Goldberg breaks down the shocking cancellation of The Late Show, revealed days after a $16 million Paramount settlement with President Trump. Was the ouster of late nightโ€™s highest-rated star really just a matter of money? And why didnโ€™t his manager tell him about it for weeks? Plus: Sean checks in on summer box office, where The Fantastic Four is about to face the audience.

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