The lights return to Broadway
As pretty much expected after Leno/O'Brien/Kimmel announced a return early next year, Dave has now formally committed as well.
The show - with or without writers - will be back January 2, which means quite literally, a whole new late night after exactly two months of repeats.
We await a formal statement, but Variety did carry a statement from Worldwide Pants president Rob Burnett this morning. What's interesting is that there is still no agreement between Dave's production company and the WGA - interesting because those guys had apparently made big strides towards agreeing to a waiver that'd let the show return with writers, unlike Leno/Conan who'll be flying (and maybe crashing) solo when they return.
"We are willing to agree to the writers' demands that are within our control, so we have no reason to believe that an interim agreement can't be achieved with the WGA," said Burnett in the Variety statement. "As a result, our only focus is on returning Jan. 2 with writers."
And for "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" fans, the news is the same: Back Jan. 2, with or without the writing crew.