Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel were among the late-night TV hosts who returned to their shows after a five-month hiatus. They also talked about what they missed, including the end of the strike and everything that happened since May.

After five months of absence, late-night TV is back. They are playing catch-up on their first night. Jimmy Fallon was inundated with coverage, including Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers.

The late-night programs went dark as soon as the WGA began its strike in May. The nightly coverage we had of the most bizarre and outrageous things happening in the world, was no longer available.

They returned to do just that. Seth Meyers was given a whole episode of "A closer look" on late night. Stephen Colbert made it up with a mega-sized monologue on The Late Show. Jimmy Kimmel live! also made up for the lost time by telling a bunch of Trump jokes and sharing the story about how he almost crossed the picket lines!

Everyone was determined to bring up everything, from Trump's arrest, indictment and mugshots to Lauren Boebert getting in trouble for her friskiness at the Beetlejuice Musical. They couldn't help but make jokes, comparing The Bachelor that was on air when they left with The Golden Bachelor currently on air.

The quintet also commented on the hardwork done by the WGA negotiation committee while regretting that it took such a long time to get a fair agreement for writers.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

John Oliver launched his new episode of his show on Sunday. He added an extra 10 minutes to his show in order to cover a lot that was missed, before he did his usual deep dive (this time into prison medical care).

Oliver, after burning through the most important stories from the last five months, turned his attention to the strike, saying, "I would have loved to cover all of these stories when they first happened." Oliver said, "I wish I could tell you these jokes back then, but I was unable to because our writers, who wrote the jokes, had been forced to go on strike for five months in order for them get a fair deal."

He continued to claim that the strike was for "good reason," saying that entertainment workers have been "squeezed" in recent years. "You've likely seen stories about writers or actors whose work may be familiar to you who are not earning enough to qualify for basic necessities, such as health insurance."

Oliver said, "I'm glad that they finally got a fair bargain and I am extremely proud of what our Union accomplished." "I am also angry that it took 148 days for the studios to reach a deal that they could have made on day one.

You can't watch the comedian's monologue online, but the clip above shows his in-depth look at the state of prison medical care today.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert explained what the writers were fighting against in his long monologue. He said, "Now, the writers strike has ended with a new agreement that includes protections from AI, cost-of-living increases, and better pay for streamers."

He continued to make a joke: "Plus, because of the picket line, my writers received fresh air and sunlight and they did not care about that." They're now back in their joke holes, doing what they love best: filling my prompter screen with good and haha.

Colbert began by thanking his team for all their hard work and expressing his appreciation to them. He then admitted that he had missed so many stories.

He admitted that it was a mistake to try and recap all the events of the past five months. "So, here we are."

You can see the two segments he took to get there.

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JIMMY KIMML LIVE!

Jimmy Kimmel returned to the stage and reintroduced him to the audience in case anyone had forgotten who he is. He lamented, "We missed so many good things." "Donald Trump was arrested four times during our strike. "Donald Trump was arrested four times while we were on strike. Once for the classified papers, once to interfere with the election and again for January 6. And once for allegedly shooting Tupac."

Kimmel, who is usually very political, said that a mother of one of his writers texted him and asked if he could refrain from making Trump jokes the entire night. Kimmel responded on air by saying, "Sorry Josh’s mother, that's a no-no." You would not believe how much I have backed me up!

The former president was then the subject of a series of tirades, which included the moment that he said almost broke him. "The moment that really broke me was when they booked Trump and he reported his weight as 215 pounds," said he. "I almost crossed over the picket lines for that."

Kimmel jokingly said, "If I were the judge, in this case that's going on right now in New York, I would start the trial by saying, 'Listen! Look, before we get to the fraud part, let's first jump up on the scale, big fella.'" "He is either lying, or the colonel has been frying chicken at Ozempic."

Kimmel thanked the crew, the unions and the writers for their support and hard work for workers everywhere.

He said, "Thanks to them largely, this is a huge win for the little man." "And it's a win for all the people who are overweight, the guys with hairy shirts, the girls that don't look at you, the potheads wearing Star Wars tees that are too big for them, the old men in Star Wars tees, the woman whose cats have their own Instagram pages, the writers and, finally, the chubby man."

Kimmel opened his show with a pickleball match in the middle of a session. He threw them out and moved on, but the idea was repeated on another late night show.

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THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON

Jimmy Fallon did not have to deal with any amateur athletes, but he joked that the studio had been "empty for so long, NBC turned it into a Spirit Halloween."

Fallon, in his usual format of setup-punchline, also celebrated his return to work after such a long time away. He said, "I'm so excited to be in this room." "I'm actually more excited than any guy who has seen Beetlejuice starring Lauren Boebert. I'm more ecstatic than a Jets fans during the first three games of the season."

He praised both the WGA as well as the writers who stood their ground until they received the agreement they desired. He said, "You've got to give it to them." Only writers would fight all summer to get back to work. What do we want to? To go back inside. "We're not beach people."

Even Fallon felt that the show might be still a little shaky, after all this time off. The one bit that didn't work was when their own Bono appeared on stage in a sphere to celebrate the start of their Las Vegas residency at the new Sphere venue. Fallon's entire bit was a mess, and it seemed to fail minute by minute. Until finally, fake Bono ran through the studio audience in order to escape.

He joked, "I should mention that not all of the writers are here." "I should've mentioned that sooner." Baby steps. Have you ever wished that something could be un-seen?

Late Night with SETH Meyers

Seth Meyers began his show by talking about the WGA strike, which allowed him and his co-hosts to return to air.

He told his audience and team, "I am so grateful to be here tonight." "I don't take this show lightly, but having been away for so long, it really makes me appreciate it as a place to work."

He thanked everyone who fought for a fair contract and said he was excited to work with his writing group again.

"I was thrilled to see them today." "I will admit that by lunchtime I was a bit over it," said he. "They are really talented and have so many opinions. They say, "Maybe you could make it funnier by saying it that way." It's not the way I say it. "Stop blaming me for how I say it."

The "Max Edition" "A Closer Look", below, contains his complete breakdown of the past five months.

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Title: Here's How Late Night TV Reacted to Writers Strike Ending, Recapped Five Missed Months
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Published Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2023 12:03:55 +0000

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