Letterman in deal with writers
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US talk show host David Letterman reaches a deal with striking writers that will allow him to return to the air in January.
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US talk show host David Letterman agrees to a four-year extension to his Late Show contract with CBS.
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If David Letterman hoped a deal with striking writers would help him in his battle for late-night supremacy with Jay Leno, it hasn't happened yet.
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After eight weeks of reruns, David Letterman should be in a joking mood next Wednesday: Not only does he join his late-night brethren back on the air, but he'll have his writers backing him up.
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The deal, which would allow David Lettermanâs show to return in January, could be the first break in the strike.
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David Letterman's longtime sidekick, Paul Shaffer, is stepping into the spotlight with a memoir about his show business career.
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From the home office at  the Ed Sullivan Theater: David Letterman is staying at CBS for  another four years.
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A tentative deal between screenwriters and studios comes in time to save some shows. Others will not survive.
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Striking Hollywood writers will  meet face to face with studio executives this week for the  first time since their contract talks collapsed on December 7,  people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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David Letterman on CBS, above, averaged 4.7 million viewers on Wednesday, about a million fewer than Jay Leno on NBC. (J.P. Filo/CBS) Although David Letterman had writers on Wednesday night and Jay Leno officially did not, Mr. Leno managed to draw the higher ratings, as he normally does, according to initial Nielsen Media Research ratings. Mr. Leno, [...].
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US talk show hosts Jay Leno and David Letterman are to make a comeback despite the writers' strike.
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With Hollywood bracing for a season  of possible labor strife, screenwriters sat down on Monday with  studio executives for contract talks expected to hinge in part  on how the Internet has altered show business.
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The Weinstein Co., the film and TV company run by media moguls Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob Weinstein, has reached an agreement that would allow striking Hollywood writers to return to work for the company, a company spokesman said on Thursday.
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CBS "Late Show" host David  Letterman has a secret joke writer -- and it's none other than  the retired king of all late-night television, Johnny Carson.
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Hollywood writers got their first look Saturday at details of a tentative agreement with studios that could put the strike-crippled entertainment industry back to work, an offer the union's East Coast president said he was endorsing.
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The sponsor of Hollywood's Golden Globe film and television awards said on Wednesday it has begun talks with TV writers aimed at allowing its honors to be broadcast as planned despite the ongoing screenwriters strike.
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For the first time since televisionâs late-night shows returned to the air last week, David Letterman was able to nose out Jay Leno in the ratings. It was just for one show, Monday night, and Mr. Lettermanâs lead was not sizable, but Mr. Leno had won the first three nights. Their competition resumed last Wednesday, when most of the late-night hosts came back after supporting the writersâ strike for two months. Mr. Leno is working without his writing staff, which is still on strike against his âTonight Showâ on NBC, while Mr. Letterman, above, was able to return with writers to his CBS show because of a separate deal his production company made with the Writers Guild of America. Mr. Letterman has also been able to book the normal roster of movie-star guests; on Monday night he had Tom Hanks, while Mr. Leno had the upstart Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. In the overnight ratings, measuring the countryâs 65 largest cities, Mr. Letterman had a 4 rating on Monday to Mr. Lenoâs 3.8. (Each point is worth 787,659 households.) But in their showsâ first half-hour, when Mr. Leno is performing a monologue over the opposition of the writersâ guild, he still beat Mr. Letterman, with a 4.5 rating to a 4.3. CBSâs thin victory margin continued on the 12:35 a.m. shows, where Craig Ferguson enjoyed a rare ratings victory over NBCâs Conan OâBrien, with a 1.9 rating to a 1.8 for Mr. OâBrien.