Writers Strike: Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers Help Pay Crew Amid Production Hiatus

When Hollywood writers went on strike in 2007, the late night shows were forced to go dark for two months. During the hiatus, Jay Leno famously delivered doughnuts via motorcycle to the picket lines, and Jimmy Kimmel and other hosts paid staff out of pocket. “The strike basically wiped out all of my savings,” the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host told The Hollywood Reporter for a retrospective on the strike’s 10th anniversary. The late night shows eventually returned to the air; David Letterman even made his own deal with the studios...