ABC has announced the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live, effective Jan. 2nd.  The talk show will air new episodes the same evening The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Brien also start anew.  Despite their support of the WGA, all three hosts hope their participation can prevent other job losses.

Although an official announcement has not yet been made, CBS may soon be seeing a spark of life in late-night as well.  David Letterman and his company, Worldwide Pants, are hoping to broker an independent deal with the union.  This could allow his program and the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to return with their normal writers in tow.