David Letterman will return to late night television very soon – and, he’ll have writers!

The 60-year-old host owns his show, as well as being the producer. So Letterman was able to arrange his own contract with the Writer’s Guild of America, which is still on strike. Letterman is also a card-carrying WGA member.

“Late Night With David Letterman” will be the only talk show that has the luxury of staff writers. It is expected that NBC will soon announce the writer-less return of Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno’s shows in January.

Letterman also made waves by being the first of his late night cohorts to pay his staff out of his own pocket during the WGA strike.






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