Yup. Bread and Circuses, a cornerstone of good state craft going back to the first city-states millennia ago.

Also have a shortage of entertainment due to Hollywood executives and shareholders deciding to play hardball with their crews, writers, and actors. Not talked about in mainstream media outlets but there was also a drawn out strike among the editors at some of the Big 5 book publishers which resulted in a shortage of high quality fiction books due to publication dates being pushed back more than a year.