🎧 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? They’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 — and reveal what’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 night’s highest-rated star really just a matter of money? And why didn’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.
a geração Gen X, aquela que ergueu o império do entretenimento, agora está encarando demissões avisadas pelos algoritmos e leves toques de irrelevância cultural. Enquanto isso, Colbert, o cavaleiro da ironia late‑night, cai por causa de um acordo judicial e entoube de gerente — drama digno de série finalizada no streaming.
É como se estivessem dizendo: “Fazer carreira hoje virou tarefa de hacker existencial — a camada antiga não escala.”Se o fim do Late Show em 2025 é sinal de que canais tradicionais não resistem a pandemias culturais e judiciais, quem está construindo a narrativa alternativa? E, mais importante: essa nova narrativa tem espaço real pra Gen X liderar ou só pra millennial e Gen Z com timing viral?
Ansiosa para o próximo episódio — o plot twist promete.
HIS MANAGER KNEW FOR TWO WEEKS????? He better fire that manager. I haven't listened yet, so maybe you answer this but ... HOLY FUCK.