As the never-ending writer’s strike surges on, the kings of late-night, Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien, will be back on the small screen come January.

NBC announced Monday that both shows will be back on the air with new episodes in the New Year without their striking writers.

Leno and O’Brien are following in the footsteps of former late night legend Johnny Carson, who returned to work two months into the 1988 writers’ strike, CBC News reports.

“Both Jay and Conan have supported their writers during the first two months of this WGA strike and will continue to support them,” Rick Ludwin, NBC?s executive vice-president said in a statement according to CBC.

“However, there are hundreds of people who will be able to return to work as a result of Jay’s and Conan’s decision.”

Both hosts were previously paying out-of-work crew members out of their own pockets during the drawn out strike.

This decision comes after recent talks between the Writers Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down on Dec. 8.






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