Leno, O'Brien Return on January 2nd

After two months of reruns due to the Writers Guild strike, NBC's The Tonight Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien will resume with new shows on the first official working day of the new year. David Letterman's Late Show is expected to follow suit. Not wanting to cross the picket line, the shows will air without writers supplying material. Considering how comedy is so much more a part of contemporary talk shows than decades ago, it's safe to assume the shows will have more guests than skits or comedic bits.