As the 2023 WGA writers strike has officially begun the work stoppage of unionized writers throughout the entertainment industry, late night television has gone dark. Shows like The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon that depend on writers to develop timely jokes on a daily basis are only the beginning of the gaps we might see in the 2023 TV schedule’s output. While this is obviously dismaying for Fallon and other hosts of his kind, a staffer recently called out the NBC late night host for his claimed support of writers, and how official network language debunked that claim.
It should be noted that Sarah Kobos, the senior photo research coordinator at The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon shared the basis for this story on Twitter before a further update came from NBC on the matter. Per reporting by Deadline, the writing staffs for both Fallon's show, as well as Late Night with Seth Meyers, are going to be paid for two more weeks, with health benefits also being "extended through September."
