Late-night talk shows return to air, actors resume negotiations
The late-night hosts will return to the air on Monday, the first time in five months that they’ll have new shows due the writers' strike, which concluded last week.
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The late-night hosts will return to the air on Monday, the first time in five months that they’ll have new shows due the writers' strike, which concluded last week.
They were the first shows to leave the air when the writers strike began May 2 and now will be among the first to return.
Late-night talk shows began their return to the air after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike, while actors completed the first day of talks that could end their own long work walk-off. CBS's “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and NBC's “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” were the first shows to leave the air when the writers strike began on May 2, and were among the first to return with fresh airings Monday night.
“We’ve been gone so long, ‘The Bachelor’ is now a grandfather,” Jimmy Kimmel joked on Monday.
With the writers' strike lifted, The Times went behind the scenes with Seth Meyers and his team preparing for their first 'Late Night' in five months.