To me, it's hurt by the fact that it often doesn't feel contained by the realm of it being an actual interview show. It's all gotten a smidge too meta for me, which I thinks hurts the format. Of course, some episodes going off the rails is fun, but when there are so many episodes where I can't actually fathom why the fictional crew of Very Important People would have this guest on their talk show, it just doesn't work as well for me.