Late-night talk show hosts, including "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," "Late Night with Seth Meyers," "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," and "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," have announced their return to air following a tentative deal to end the Hollywood writers' strike. The agreement between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers was reached after several bargaining sessions, ending a four and a half month work stoppage, making it the second-longest strike in WGA history.
Late-night talk show hosts Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver have set their return dates following the end of the writers' strike. Meanwhile, the SAG-AFTRA strike featuring actors and other media professionals continues until a fair deal is offered by the AMPTP.
Russia has permanently banned late night talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and Seth Meyers, along with 500 other Americans, in response to US sanctions. The ban includes former President Barack Obama, CNN anchor Erin Burnett, MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow and Joe Scarborough, and former NBC News anchor Brian Williams. The Russian Foreign Ministry claims the exclusions were due to their involvement in spreading "Russophobic attitudes and fakes."
