https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-strike-late-night-shows-to-shut-down-immediately-1235352054/


SNL, Real Time with Bill Maher, and John Oliver's show is expected to be similarly impacted but final decisions are coming later
New episodes will be replaced with reruns
One of the issues in this year’s negotiation between the writers guild and the studios is also, in fact, surrounding late-night shows on streaming. As it stands, writers who work on “comedy variety programs made for new media”, such as Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show, do not qualify for MBA minimums, something the WGA has been fighting for

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS / BREAKING NEWS : Late Night TV is DEAD & It Should STAY That Way | Writers STRIKE CANCELS Late Night TV | The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon | Jimmy Kimmel LIVE | Late SHow with Stephen Colbert | Daily Show | Saturday Night Live all SHUT DOWN and GO DARK indefinitely

The Writers Guild STRIKE is on and Late Night TV is among the first casualties, having SHUT DOWN entirely and gone dark, but that genre has been in a free fall for over a decade now with viewership plummeting even on the oldest and biggest like The Tonight Show and Saturday Night LIVE.

James Corden's show was reportedly losing $20 Million per year alone.