Late-Night Shows Set To Return Soon After Writers & Studio Strike A Deal

EXCLUSIVE: Late-night is back and it seems viewers missed it.

It’s been a hectic few weeks for Jimmy Fallon, but he and his TV crew are finally back on the airwaves.

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.

Seth Meyers opened his first Late Night show in five months with a long list of thank yous.

Stephen Colbert returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater to a standing ovation.

“We missed so much [during the last five months] that it would take a whole new version of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start The Fire to cover it,” said John Oliver as he returned to the Last Week Tonight desk.

There’s more late-night bookings now that the writers strike is over.

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

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.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” will return to the air on October 16, the latest of TV’s late-night shows to chart a reboot following a shut-down due to the Hollywood writers strike. While wee-hours rivals like “Tonight:” and “Late Show” are coming back on October 2 with their regular hosts, “Daily” will continue to rely on guests, as it has since Trevor Noah left the program last year.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director When Jimmy Fallon returns to the air in Oct. following the end of the WGA strike, it will continue his 14th year as the host of an NBC late night talk show. The “Saturday Night Live” alum got his late night start by taking over for Conan O’Brien as the host of “Late Night,” which Fallon led from March 2, 2009 to Feb.

After the majority of late-night shows revealed that they were returning next week, The Daily Show has set its own plan.

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

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are coming back.

Late-night is back.

Late night TV is coming back!

Not wasting any time, just a couple of minutes after the WGA announced that the strike is ending, Bill Maher revealed that his Real Time will return this week. It will be the first late-night show to come back.

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

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large As late night prepares to return to the airwaves post-WGA strike, that includes NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Like “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” the sketch show also falls under the SAG-AFTRA Network Code contract, which is not a part of the guild’s current strike. That means the show, cast and crew are all in the clear to return to work once the WGA deal is finalized — or, at least, the WGA gives the all-clear for the writers to return to work. “Saturday Night Live” has been dark since April, as the WGA strike began at the start of May.