When The Late-Night TV Shows Will Return

The official end of the Writers Guild strike on Wednesday brought a slew of news from the world of late-night television, which was the first to go off the air in May when the writers hit the picket lines.

They also will be the first genre of shows to return to regular episodes, beginning Friday with HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher, who tried to return during the strike but held off amid backlash that also reached the daytime talk shows (The Drew Barrymore Show, The Jennifer Hudson Show and others) who wanted to launch their seasons.

As it stands now, all the major networks’ late-night shows have set return dates. One that hasn’t is NBC’s Saturday Night Live, which is eyeing a mid-October return after it went dark because of the strike with three shows left in its regular season.

Here’s a list of the return dates for all the late-night programming. Keep checking back as it’s updated.

Late-Night TV

Friday, September 29

Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)

Sunday, October 1

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)

Monday, October 2

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

Monday, October 16

The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

October TBA

Saturday Night Live (NBC)