With an abundance of direct-to-consumer streaming platforms and the pronounced need for content to go along with those services, the talk show, previously viewed an antique from the linear television days, has seen an unlikely resurrection. David Letterman returned with a looser format and bushier beard and Jerry Seinfeld kept driving around with people who made him laugh, with the format also allowing for exciting new talents like Michelle Wolf and Hasan Minhaj. Even Elmo has a talk show on HBO Max. The pre-established structure of talk shows is now only tangentially followed, with more room for …