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Letterman Returns Wednesday With WGA Writers Intact!!

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David Letterman on Wednesday will return to hosting duties with his writing staff intact, according to The Associated Press. Craig Ferguson’s “Late Late Show” appears to be in the same boat.

Letterman and Ferguson’s shows, both produced by Letterman’s Worldwide Pants company, are now expected to be the only two talkshows to return with their writing staffs Jan. 2.

The shows hosted by Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Jay Leno return the same day without writers. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert return sans writers the following Monday.

"We are happy that the WGA and Worldwide Pants were able to reach an agreement. We will continue to support our fellow writers who are on strike," "Late Show" head writer Eric Stangel wrote on lateshowwritersonstrike.com.

"The writers can't wait to get back to writing for Dave, and you better believe we're going to bring attention to the strike as long as it lasts," "Late Show" head writer Justin Stangel wrote on lateshowwritersonstrike.com.

Read all of the AP's story on the matter here.

Read all of the Letterman writers' hilarious (and soon to be defunct?) strike blog here.

P.S. Saw “There Will Be Blood,” written by WGA member P.T. Anderson, tonight at the Arclight. Kind of awesome.



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Kimmel Doesn't Need Writers- just a tivo
by Jugdish
Dec 28th, 2007
10:46:55 PM
Exhibiton???
by Defunct Gamer
Dec 28th, 2007
10:47:33 PM
two words for Letterman's writers- UMA - OPRAH
by Jugdish
Dec 28th, 2007
10:48:44 PM
two more words for letterman's writers
by Jugdish
Dec 28th, 2007
10:49:31 PM
There was no way Letterman could do his show
by moondoggy2u
Dec 28th, 2007
10:50:15 PM
Does anyone watch late night anymore?
by Bill Clay
Dec 28th, 2007
11:12:02 PM
moondoggy2u, pretty sure ya got that backwards.
by Shermdawg
Dec 28th, 2007
11:29:02 PM
Dave, if you're reading this...
by Shermdawg
Dec 28th, 2007
11:30:15 PM
Oh and btw...
by Shermdawg
Dec 28th, 2007
11:31:06 PM
That last one was for the AICN crowd, not Dave.
by Shermdawg
Dec 28th, 2007
11:32:53 PM
Good News
by buffywrestling
Dec 28th, 2007
11:59:55 PM
All WGA writers are equal, except....
by Uncapie
Dec 29th, 2007
12:24:08 AM
getthewriters from the mid 90's
by ironic_name
Dec 29th, 2007
12:39:23 AM
Xiphos, in answer to your question
by Bloo
Dec 29th, 2007
01:32:27 AM
Xiphos
by Mezzanine
Dec 29th, 2007
01:32:31 AM
and ignore my spelling mistakes
by Bloo
Dec 29th, 2007
01:34:25 AM
This is nothing but good news
by Mezzanine
Dec 29th, 2007
01:35:06 AM
Mezz
by Bloo
Dec 29th, 2007
01:38:24 AM
Bloo
by Mezzanine
Dec 29th, 2007
01:46:38 AM
People should check out
by Mezzanine
Dec 29th, 2007
01:50:19 AM
Please get the Prison Break writers back too.
by IAmMrMonkey!
Dec 29th, 2007
02:13:18 AM
Or...um....crack.
by IAmMrMonkey!
Dec 29th, 2007
02:14:15 AM
Mezz and Xiphos
by Bloo
Dec 29th, 2007
02:15:36 AM
I support Rupert Gee on this one...
by Alonzo Mosely
Dec 29th, 2007
02:20:27 AM
No comedy on winter break? Fuck you writer cocks
by SgtElias
Dec 29th, 2007
02:23:32 AM
FUCK Letterman
by AlwaysThere
Dec 29th, 2007
02:33:17 AM
you know
by Bloo
Dec 29th, 2007
02:34:31 AM
The exact terms haven't been released
by buffywrestling
Dec 29th, 2007
02:40:57 AM
Ahh, the Strike Continues to Crumble...
by James Westfall
Dec 29th, 2007
02:44:59 AM
Hippies?
by gotilk
Dec 29th, 2007
02:51:42 AM
buffy
by Bloo
Dec 29th, 2007
03:10:37 AM
James Westfall
by rockness
Dec 29th, 2007
03:44:55 AM
Great
by otm shank
Dec 29th, 2007
04:04:04 AM
I bet Herc gets more money
by ElPaw
Dec 29th, 2007
04:47:02 AM
Uh-oh. Non-funny Late Nite comming up...
by Yeti
Dec 29th, 2007
06:32:36 AM
Using the term 'hippies' in 2007
by RenoNevada2000
Dec 29th, 2007
07:32:40 AM
Xiphos
by IAmMrMonkey!
Dec 29th, 2007
07:38:34 AM
Hippies in 2007
by kevinwillis.net
Dec 29th, 2007
07:46:07 AM
Anyone Else Read the Letterman Writer's Blog
by kevinwillis.net
Dec 29th, 2007
07:47:57 AM
Letterman Desperate to End Writers Strike for Themselves
by kevinwillis.net
Dec 29th, 2007
07:50:39 AM
kevin
by Bloo
Dec 29th, 2007
07:52:05 AM
I'd be Surprised if Ratings Ever Reached
by kevinwillis.net
Dec 29th, 2007
07:52:13 AM
Bloo: It'd be Great!
by kevinwillis.net
Dec 29th, 2007
07:55:33 AM
Not Technically Scabs
by kevinwillis.net
Dec 29th, 2007
07:59:15 AM
And it sounds like the union acquiesced
by kevinwillis.net
Dec 29th, 2007
08:00:12 AM
Herc: RE: PT Anderson
by Avitable
Dec 29th, 2007
08:17:23 AM
um this seems wrong for some reason...
by red ezra
Dec 29th, 2007
08:19:06 AM
I SUPPORT THE WRITERS ON THIS ONE
by Pound Sand
Dec 29th, 2007
08:23:51 AM
kevin
by Bloo
Dec 29th, 2007
08:23:55 AM
Tonight on AICN Talk
by kevinwillis.net
Dec 29th, 2007
08:40:49 AM
A Sandwoch
by kevinwillis.net
Dec 29th, 2007
08:41:09 AM
If Letterman just becomes a forum for whining writers
by rainbowtrout1265
Dec 29th, 2007
08:44:20 AM
So why did they pick the talk shows?
by I Dunno
Dec 29th, 2007
09:33:50 AM
I Dunno
by buffywrestling
Dec 29th, 2007
10:21:39 AM
It's cool that World Wide Pants have the balls to do this.
by mistergreen
Dec 29th, 2007
11:27:49 AM
Have any of you caught Carson Daly recently?
by mistergreen
Dec 29th, 2007
11:37:14 AM
I SUPPORT STEPHANIE BURKITT ON THIS UNO
by ironic_name
Dec 29th, 2007
11:42:16 AM
Nothing but good news for writers (and, by the way, us).
by svferris109
Dec 29th, 2007
12:35:39 PM
"I was crying when I met you. Now I'm dying just to let you."
by Librerarian
Dec 29th, 2007
12:42:59 PM
RE: Does anyone watch late night anymore?
by Crimson Dynamo
Dec 29th, 2007
02:35:31 PM
Letterman owns his show.
by Rev. Slappy
Dec 29th, 2007
02:36:28 PM
Why all the writer hate?
by Rev. Slappy
Dec 29th, 2007
02:43:03 PM
Here's hoping this is the end of WGA collective bargaining...
by SpyGuy
Dec 29th, 2007
04:27:26 PM
They're not going to do without movies this summer
by I Dunno
Dec 29th, 2007
04:58:37 PM
The Deal and why it makes sense for Letterman
by alpha
Dec 29th, 2007
05:21:44 PM
If you want LOST to be longer...
by milla jovovich
Dec 29th, 2007
05:42:05 PM
Don't care much about Letterman being back...
by djtelesca
Dec 29th, 2007
08:43:13 PM
AICN the Talk Show
by Rei-Ginsei
Dec 29th, 2007
09:06:15 PM
Alpha re' Dvd "stumbling blocks"
by buffywrestling
Dec 30th, 2007
12:48:26 AM
WWP wiki entry
by buffywrestling
Dec 30th, 2007
12:59:42 AM
late-nite round-up
by Napoleon Park
Dec 30th, 2007
02:49:35 AM
Bloo re: Who's next?
by buffywrestling
Dec 30th, 2007
02:52:42 AM
Nap Park
by buffywrestling
Dec 30th, 2007
03:02:51 AM
Obrian three days a week with no writers.
by fireclown
Dec 30th, 2007
08:16:38 AM
Conan writing?
by buffywrestling
Dec 30th, 2007
02:03:49 PM
Jay Leno is popular because he's unthreatening
by BobPalpatine
Dec 30th, 2007
02:23:30 PM
People still Watch Letterman?
by antoniojvr
Dec 30th, 2007
05:53:51 PM
The strike blog
by palpatinefuckedmydog
Dec 30th, 2007
08:11:57 PM
Confused
by moon.moth
Dec 31st, 2007
05:02:27 AM
moon.moth
by alpha
Jan 1st, 2008
01:56:09 AM
hey, what about solidarity?
by necgray
Jan 1st, 2008
12:12:46 PM
Alright ya lazy fucks!
by Kid Z
Jan 1st, 2008
02:39:44 PM
necgray: reading posts
by moon.moth
Jan 2nd, 2008
02:18:35 AM
re: moon.moth
by necgray
Jan 2nd, 2008
05:48:52 PM

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