WGA Battle Moves to Late-Night Shows; Lack of Writers Doesn't Hurt Leno's Ratings.(Writers Guild of America, Jay Leno's show) From: TelevisionWeek | Date: January 7, 2008| Author: Hibberd, James | COPYRIGHT 2008 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: James Hibberd

With contract negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers at a stalemate, the backroom haggling between the writers and the studios moved to the very public arena of the late-night airwaves last week as Jay Leno, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and others returned from a two-month hiatus.

Industry consensus had firmly held that David Letterman's "Late Show'' has a newfound en...

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