Late Night Talk Shows Could Return As Soon As Next Month Following WGA Strike End

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is back at the top.

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

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.

Jimmy Fallon kicked off his first Tonight Show back and he’s excited.

Jimmy Kimmel is back with a little help from Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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.

Now that the WGA strike is over, talk shows that have been dark since May will be returning with new episodes next week.

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.

NBC didn’t want Jimmy Fallon to host Late Night at first.

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.

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.

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 is back.

Late night TV is coming back!