Not everyone is excited about late night television shows returning following the end of the writers strike.
The WGA (Writer’s Guild of America) ended the 148-day-long work stoppage last week when governing boards for the union voted to accept a new contract on September 26. This meant that some productions could get back to work, though the SAG-AFTRA actors strike is still ongoing.
Late night shows returned to television on Monday with mixed reviews.
“Now that the ‘strike’ is over, the talentless, low rated CREEPS of Late Night Television are back. I knew there was a reason I didn’t want to see it settled – True LOSERS!!!” former President Donald Trump shared on his social media platform, Truth Social.
“Remember when I told you that the poorly rated and not at all funny Late Night Talk Shows are nothing less than a major Campaign Contribution to the Radical Left Democrat Party. Watch what is going on – so interesting,” he said in another post.
“Didn’t realize you had been gone. Just stay gone!,” one X user wrote of Jimmy Kimmel’s return on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
“Not even 2 mins in and the TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) continues,” another person observed of Kimmel’s monologue, which almost immediately mentioned Trump.
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“In case you’ve forgotten my name is Jimmy,” the host said during his monologue. “I have been off the air for five months. We’ve been gone so long, ‘The Bachelor’ is now a grandfather.
“We missed so much good stuff. Donald Trump got arrested four times while we were on strike: Once for the classified documents, once for interfering with the election, once for Jan. 6, and once for shooting Tupac. Allegedly. You know what the weirdest thing about being off the air is? When I walk into a room, nobody claps. I walk into Costco. I get nothing.” He went on to thank the union crews for “supporting” the writers who were on strike.
Jimmy Fallon also took aim at Trump during his monologue on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” plus thanked the unions for going on strike on behalf of the writers. He said the former president has “resting mug shot face” and alluded that Trump lied about his weight following his indictment.
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” also returned to television this week.