‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’, Jimmy Kimmel Live! & ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Set Return
deadline.comLate-night is back. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live! are also returning on Monday. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns on Sunday.
It comes as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers also return on Monday. It marks the first time that the late-night shows will be on air since the writers walked out in May.
It comes after the writers strike officially ended at midnight after the WGA and AMPTP struck a deal. “Their mission complete, the founding members of Strike Force 5 will return to their network television shows this Monday 10/2 and one of them to premium cable on 10/1,” the late-night hosts wrote. “Of course, in a greater sense, the Strike Force 5 will never end because Strike Force 5 is not a place, Strike Force 5 is not a people, Strike Force 5 is barely a podcast, nay Strike Force 5 is an idea.
An idea five men could talk on top of each other for 12 episodes and maybe somebody would listen. As we say goodbye, we would like to thank all those somebodies, truly, you were the heroes.
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