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David Letterman Strikes Deal with Writers

Unlike his late-night rivals, when David Letterman returns to the airwaves on Wednesday night he’ll do so with a band of writers backing him up. So does this mean the joke is on Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, and Jimmy Kimmel? You’ll have to tune in to see, but as it stands now Letterman is the only late-night host who has finagled a way to get striking Writers Guild of America members back to their desks to crank out fresh material for his show. According to executives at Letterman-owned Worldwide Pants, an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America will … Continue reading →

The Writers Strike and Late-Night Talk Shows—THE BACKLASH!

Did you watch “Last Call” last night? If so you witnessed the first fresh episode of late-night talk since the writer’s strike began more than four weeks ago. After host Carson Daly cracked jokes about his applause sign still working and shared pictures of what he and his staff did in the last month he finally explained why his NBC show became the first late-night chatfest to return to the air with fresh material since members of the Writers Guild of America took to the picket lines more than a month ago. “We ran out of repeats,” Daly cracked. “A … Continue reading →