Late Night Talk Shows Could Return As Soon As Early October, Post-WGA Strike

A season 4 premiere date for “The Drew Barrymore Show” has finally been set after a number of issues unfolded, including the show causing controversy when it intended to return to air amid the since-ended writers strike.

Kelly Clarkson is finally coming back.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent After a cross-country move from L.A. to NYC and surviving the writers strike, “The Kelly Clarkson Show” will return with its fifth season on Oct. 16.

Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air for a new episode of his late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday (October 2) after a months-long break due to the writers strike.

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

Late-night talk shows are returning after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike, while actors will begin talks that could end their own long work walk-off.

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

“Why is this guy picking a fight with Mickey Mouse?” Bill Maher asked Ron DeSantis on Friday about the poll-lagging Florida governor’s ongoing jurisdictional and legal battles with Disney over the past year.

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

In a good sign that the industry is quickly getting back on its feet after the WGA strike, Netflix returned to filming its Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Dakota Fanning and Omar Epps limited series, The Perfect Couple in Nantucket, Mass. today, less than 48 hours after scribe pickets stopped.

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

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The 44th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards kicked off the first of two nights on Wednesday in New York, with CNN, Vice and the New York Times as among the big winners. CNN led the news portion of the Emmys, with ten wins — followed closely by Vice, with nine, and then the NYT with five.

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.

BreAnna Bell Freeform has added three new unscripted series, “Chrissy & Dave Dine Out,” “Royal Rules of Ohio” and “Sasha Reid and The Midnight Order” to its slate. Previously set at Hulu, “Chrissy & Dave” and “Royal Rules of Ohio” will now debut linearly on Freeform, with episodes available for streaming on Hulu the next day. Joel Kim Booster hosts the restaurant series alongside Chrissy Teigen and David Chang where they take viewers to must-try restaurants in Los Angeles that are unexpected.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Comedy Central is going back to square one in its efforts to find a new host for “The Daily Show.” The Paramount Global cable network is considering a wider array of candidates to take the reins of the program from previous emcee Trevor Noah, according to people familiar with the matter, after having previously identified Hasan Minhaj as a leading possibility. The decision appears to come in the wake of a recent report in The New Yorker in which some of the supposedly autobiographical stories that Minhaj has used in his routines were found to be embellished. Comedy Central declined to comment, as did WME, the talent agency that represents Minhaj.

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 TV is coming back!

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