Some famous faces are returning to the late night TV show next week!
Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert announced their collective Strike Group Five social media podcast on Wednesday that their shows are returning next week after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted to end the writers’ strike effective at 12:01 a.m. PT on Wednesday morning.
The talk show hosts said in a joint statement that the “founding members” will return to their network’s telecasts on Monday – nearly five months after they halted production on May 2 due to the WGA strike.
Meanwhile, the fifth member Strike Group Five, John Oliver is about to return to Last week tonight on Sunday.
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The five hosts — who teamed up in August to launch a limited-run podcast to raise funds for their employees who lost their jobs during the strike — thanked their Strike Group Five team, their wives, special guests and listeners in a hilarious message announcing the end of the podcast.
“Striking power is an idea. The idea that five men could talk over each other for 12 episodes and maybe someone would listen,” they wrote. “As we say goodbye, we would like to thank all these people. Truly, you were heroes.”
“Goodbye for now. And hello to later, because we’ve got a few more episodes, unless Ryan Reynolds cuts the money,” they joked. “This is Impact power 5 signing out and back in for Late Night 5…”
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and guest John Oliver during the Monday February 13, 2023 show.
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Production of daily late night shows including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers and Daily show closed with online reruns after the WGA called a strike in May.
During the strike, several late-night hosts expressed support for their writers on the show, including Fallon who told NBC News on the 2023 Met Gala red carpet that he “supports” his writers. “We have a lot of staff and crew that will be affected by this, but, you know, they need to get a fair deal,” he said.
Meyers also stood by his writers, saying, “I love writing. I love writing for TV. I love writing this show. I love that we come in with an idea of what we want to do every day and what we work on all afternoon, and then I have the pleasure of coming here . No one has the right to work in show business.”
He added: “But those people who have jobs are entitled to fair compensation. They have the right to earn a living. I think that’s a very reasonable request for the guild to make. And I support those demands”.
Daily show also returns on Oct. 16 with an all-star roster of guest hosts for the rest of the year after Trevor Noah announced his departure in September 2022. A new permanent host will be named in 2024, Comedy Central announced Wednesday.
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While some late-night shows are returning, including production of scripted shows Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Grey’s Anatomy and 9-1-1 remains stalled amid the SAG-AFTRA strike, which began on July 14.
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