Late-Night Shows Return After Writers Strike As Actors Resume Talks That Could End Their Standoff

Meghan McCain Has Entered the Chat.”“Speaking of late-night stuff, I went on ‘Seth Meyers‘ and it was one of the worst experiences of my life, truly,” McCain told her guest, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, during a conversation about the media, which dropped on Thursday.

The Chevy Chase Show” premiered Sept. 7, 1993, on Fox — a week after “The Late Show With David Letterman” dropped on CBS — and was canned six weeks (and 29 episodes) into its run.Chase, whose movie career was on the skids after a string of flops (“Nothing But Trouble,” “Memoirs of Invisible Man”) was not Fox’s first choice to host its first foray into late-night following “The Joan Rivers Show” — which lasted seven months from October 1986 to May 1997 — and “The Wilton-North Report,” a hybrid sketch-comedy/talk show that aired for four weeks.Fox wanted Dolly Parton as its late-night star but her manager, who also represented Chase, recommended him. Chase, who was 18 years past his initial “Saturday Night Live” fame, was reportedly paid $3 million, and Fox spent another $1 million renovating the Aquarius Theater in LA — renaming it The Chevy Chase Theater.

Foo Fighters have been confirmed to perform for Saturday Night Live later this month.Last night (October 17), Saturday Night Live took to social media to confirm its guest host and musical guests for the October 28 episode, marking the Foo Fighters’ first performance on the show since November 2020.The October 28 episode will be hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze.October 28! Nate Bargatze hosts with musical guest Foo Fighters! pic.twitter.com/c9snDzWodj— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) October 17, 2023Foo Fighters’ October 28 performance on Saturday Night Live will mark their first time on the show since November 2020. The band were slated to perform in May, but had their episode cut due to the since-ended WGA Hollywood writers’ strike.Foo Fighters will be the third musical guest to perform on the show since its return post-strike last week.

Gorka Marquez made a much-welcomed return to the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom during the latest results show despite being axed from the competition. The Spanish dancer said a sad farewell last weekend when he and celebrity dance partner Nikita Kanda were the second couple to be eliminated.

The beloved musical Spamalot is returning to Broadway this season and the first photos of the cast have been released!

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Shawn Ryan feels like he’s picked up in mid-sentence. The seasoned showrunner is back in his element, leading a writers room and juggling two series, Netflix’s “The Night Agent” and the final season of CBS’ high-octane police drama “S.W.A.T.” The end of the Writers Guild of America strike late last month unleashed a torrent of work for Ryan and his teams based at Sony Pictures Television. “Night Agent” was a little more than halfway done with writing for the 10 episodes for Season 2 when writers went pencils down on May 2.

The writers strike is over! The problems for Drew Barrymore may just be beginning…

TV’s bevy of late-night talk show hosts took aim at the strikes in their first monologues in 5 months.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Late night was back in full force on Monday night, and the hosts of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” were all expected to have something to say about it in their opening monologues. “It feels good to be back,” Colbert said at the start of his October 2 monologue — his first since May 1, the last evening before the WGA strike commenced the following day. “It feels good to be with all of you again here in the Ed Sullivan Theatre.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” made its return to the air after five months on Sunday following the conclusion of the Hollywood writers’ strike. Oliver had a lot of news to recap his first night back, doing quick riffs on everything from U.S. Rep.

Late-night is coming back and the guest lists are starting to be filled.

Now that the Writers Guild of America strike is officially over, deals that were suspended are in the process of being reinstated.

the end of the Writers Guild of America’s 148 day strike. That set the tone of proceedings at the two-day confab and maybe added a slightly larger sense of forward momentum to the central issue at stake: a State of the Union take on the challenges and opportunities for the U.S and global film industry, from a market and producers’ perspective. Multiple audience members, many from Spain and Europe, commented on their delight at the caliber of panelists and attendees, many at the top of their game.

The official end of the Writers Guild strike on Wednesday brought a slew of news from the world of late-night television, which was the first to go off the air in May when the writers hit the picket lines.

Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon will be flashing their smiles on the small screen in no time.

ended on Tuesday, after a work-stoppage that lasted 148 days, bringing Hollywood grinding to a halt. As writers – who went on strike in May for the first time in 15 years – fought for fair pay, health care, and protection against studios using AI, the work stoppage resulted in suspended late-night talk shows, delayed movies, halted productions on hit shows such as “Abbott Elementary” “Severance,” “Yellowjackets” and the final season of “Stranger Things.”Additionally, broadcast networks like CBS had to fill in their gaps in programming by airing reruns and streaming shows such as “Yellowstone.” On Tuesday, the WGA board members approved a contract agreement with studios.The writers still have to vote to ratify the contract (voting will be between Oct. 2 and Oct.

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are coming back.

Late night TV is coming back!

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are recalling just how they got into the late night hosting game.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have split opinions on how often they want to return back to the UK for visits, an insider has claimed.