Late Night Talk Show Hosts Talk Return and "Sex and the City" Girls Talk Trilogy

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14 Dec 2007 09:38 PM

Are you sick of Leno, Letterman, and O'Brien reruns yet?

Well, here's some good news--it appears the late-night talk show hosts could soon be returning with fresh laughs.

According to Variety, four major late night hosts (Leno, Letterman, O'Brien and Craig Ferguson) are considering a return despite the ongoing Hollywood writer's strike.

No surprise, ratings for the late-night talk shows (which have been airing reruns since the mass work stoppage began two months ago) have taken a nosedive and network execs want the hosts to get back on the air ASAP.

But who will be first to cross the line?

Carson Daly, host of NBC's "Last Call," returned to the air a few weeks ago and has been cranking out new shows much to the chagrin of striking workers. Daly, who is not a member of the Writers Guild, was the first of the late-night talkers to return with fresh shows.

However, he has paid for crossing the picket lines. According to show producers, a few days ago nearly a half dozen striking writers infiltrated Daly's studio and disrupted his taping by hurling verbal attacks on the host.

Looking to avoid similar incidents, the aforementioned late-night hosts are reportedly in talks to return to their respective shows on the same date. Which means you could be seeing new shows as soon as January 7th, if not sooner.

To illustrate how poorly reruns of the late night-talk shows' have been doing ratings wise since the strike began in November consider this--ABC's news show "Nightline" beat Letterman and Leno for the first time since 1995.

Meanwhile, on a much brighter note, if you are a fan of Carrie Bradshaw and the crew from "Sex and the City" there are just a few more weeks until the ladies leap from the small screen to the big one.

"Sex and the City: The Movie" makes its debut in theaters in March. And now even more good news, according to Britain's Daily Mail, Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte, and all their men, might be appearing in more than one film. The paper reports that producers are already working on a script for a second movie and are "exercising the sequel option in all of the stars' contracts." The report goes on to say that producers are talking franchise and feel they can stretch the current plot over at least three movies.

Geez... just come back to TV already.

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Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism.

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Libby Pelham (12876) 15 Dec 2007 07:34 AM

Sex and the City can put out as many movies as it wants - they can count on me to be a every one of them!

Valorie Delp (49340) 15 Dec 2007 11:30 AM

the strike is killing me. . .no new desperate housewives? no new house? no new grey's anatomy? AHHHHHHHHH Love Leno too, but I have too many kids to stay up that late!

Michele Cheplic (37339) 16 Dec 2007 03:56 AM

Libby, don't you miss watching new episodes from the comfort of your own living room?

Libby Pelham (12876) 16 Dec 2007 07:16 AM

Um, a bit, but almost every night, I watch the reruns at home, so I am kinda okay :-)