It's a Boxing Day Miracle!

Last week, when I wrote about the various Late Night Hosts returning to work, I mentioned that both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report would remain in repeats. I am pleased to admit that I was wrong...

Stewart & Colbert return January 7th!!!!!!


The pair released a quintessentially Stewart/Colbert like statement announcing their return.
“We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence.”

Both Stewart and Colbert have been ardent supporters of the strike, so like Leno and Conan, they will return without their writing staff. Doing either The Daily Show or The Colbert Report solo is a tall task. Unlike the network late night shows, both shows put much more emphasis on "written" segments and less on interviews. But if anyone can pull it off, it's these two.

On a related note; it appears the negotiations between World Wide Pants and the WGA are not going so well. If a deal doesn't get done then Letterman and Ferguson will also be returning to the air without their writers.

Don't worry, I won't leave you on a sad (and slightly scary) note though...