New year, new Dave?
Well, I posted that video of Letterman’s writers earlier today, and they all expressed great gratitude to the boss for his support. Bill Scheft has even been quoted as saying that if Dave went back on the air without writers, as some of the late night hosts did in 1988, he might be a great ally to the WGA cause, railing about the situation on the air.
Now, it turns out that Dave may be back on the air in January — with his writers — by cutting his own separate deal with the WGA. Unlike Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien, whose shows are owned by NBC, Letterman owns both his own show and “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.” So Dave’s company Worldwide Pants, according to the USA Today report linked above, can make its own interim deal with the WGA if both parties are willing.
UPDATE: Here’s a New York Times report that is (surprise, surprise) more informative and detailed than the USA Today report.
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