All the TV Shows Returning Now That the Writers’ Strike Is Over

After 148 days of striking, Hollywood writers can officially get back to work. On Sunday night, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced that a tentative deal has been reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), and on Tuesday night, the WGA announced that the writers' strike was officially over as of midnight. WGA members still have to vote to ratify the new deal, but that vote will take a couple of weeks. In the meantime, WGA leadership has voted to allow writers to come back to work.

While SAG-AFTRA remains on strike and actors still cannot work, some productions can resume and all writers' rooms can open back up.

Which shows can come back first?

Any show that is covered under the WGA but not under the actors' union's struck contract is now able to resume. This includes variety shows, talk shows and news programs.

Dancing With the Stars, which employs one WGA writer but is not produced under the struck SAG-AFTRA contract, already returned on Tuesday, Sept. 26, and will be followed by late night and daytime talk shows.

Here's what will soon be getting back on the air:

Late night talk shows

After banding together during the strike to start the podcast "Strike Force Five," all of the late night hosts will be returning at the same time, sort of. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver will be back on HBO on Sunday, Oct. 1, while The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon will all return on Monday, Oct. 2.

The hosts released a joint statement on Wednesday thanking their listeners, though the podcast isn't over yet. "We want to thank the entire Strike Force 5 team, our wives, our special guests, and apologize to Conan O'Brien, who agreed to do the pod, but Stephen forgot to send him any possible dates, and then the strike ended. Goodbye for now, and hello for later, because we still have a few more episodes, unless Ryan Reynolds cuts off the cash."

Daytime talk shows

Deadline reported that daytime shows are gearing back up for production by the second week of November, including The Drew Barrymore Show, The Jennifer Hudson Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Talk.

Barrymore's show will reportedly return in October, though no premiered date has been set yet. She had originally planned to bring The Drew Barrymore Show back on Sept. 18 despite the WGA strike and faced heavy criticism and picketers outside episode tapings. The day before that premiere date, she changed her mind and decided to put off the premiere until a deal was reached. Those pre-taped episodes will no longer air.

Keep this page bookmarked for all news of shows planning their returns as the WGA strike comes to an end.