After I just said that Letterman and Ferguson would be the only original late-night programming on the air in the post, again, directly below this one, I get to eat crow.

Beginning on Wednesday, January 2, 2008, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Bryan will return to filming, albeit without the benefit of a paid staff of writers. In a statement, executive VP Rick Ludwin said, “Both Jay and Conan have supported their writers during the first two months of this WGA strike and will continue to support them. However, there are hundreds of people who will be able to return to work as a result of Jay’s and Conan’s decision.”

So it looks like there are some wheels turning, in a limited capacity. It’ll be interesting to see if the writers respond to Conan and Leno the same way they did to Carson Daly.

(Source: TVGuide)