No Scripts for Late Night

The late night talk shows are going back on the air, but without benefit of scripts, according to the Wall Street Journal. Apparently the networks are pressuring the shows and their hosts to return - I guess there is only so much reality television that even industry executives can take. But because many of the hosts are members of the Writers Guild, they will not be doing anything that smacks of writing, including writing monologues, plotting sketches, or creating fictional characters, which means, according to another take on the situation (can't remember the source), up to one-third of the show material may be prohibited. One answer is supposed to be more and longer celebrity interviews, but many of the actors and actresses that the shows are trying to book won't cross the picket lines. Personally, I think that it's a plan by the networks to make reality tv look appealing.