Watch Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert & More Late-Night Hosts Return To TV With Jokes About Writers’ Strike

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TV’s bevy of late-night talk show hosts took aim at the strikes in their first monologues in 5 months. After a long five months, late-night talk shows are back, and the many hosts seemed excited to get back on the air. Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and Seth Meyers made their long-awaited returns to their respective shows on Monday, celebrated the end of the strike and praised their writers in hilarious, joyful and heartfelt monologues.

The returns come following the WGA reaching a deal with the AMPTP last week after the longest writers’ strike in decades.

However, with the SAG-AFTRA strike still ongoing, the shows had to get a bit creative with their bookings. Here’s a look at how the famed late-night hosts handled their comebacks after the long and financially challenging hiatus. Jimmy Fallon Fallon’s return to the air — following a tumultuous past few weeks — blended his trademark goofy comedy with some genuine emotion.

The host shared a message of solidarity with his writers, sharing, “I just want to say I’m so happy all the writers finally got their fair deal that they deserved.