Leno, Conan to Return Despite Strike

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NEW YORK Despite the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike, NBC said both of its marquee late-night talk shows would return with original installments shortly after New Year’s Day.

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and Late Night With Conan O’Brien are to resume broadcasting on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 (11:35 p.m. and 12:35 a.m., respectively).

The announcement came as the Writers Guild of America has begun approaching individual production companies to negotiate deals separate from the labor union’s stalled talks with the Association of Motion Picture and TV Producers (AMPTP).

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