Late-Night Hosts Team Up to Raise Money for Writers on Strike

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Late-Night Hosts Team Up to Raise Money for Writers on Strike

Late-Night Hosts Team Up , to Raise Money for Writers on Strike.

Late-Night Hosts Team Up , to Raise Money for Writers on Strike.

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver have joined forces to create a podcast called "Strike Force Five.".

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver have joined forces to create a podcast called "Strike Force Five.".

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver have joined forces to create a podcast called "Strike Force Five.".

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver have joined forces to create a podcast called "Strike Force Five.".

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver have joined forces to create a podcast called "Strike Force Five.".

The podcast debuts on Aug.

30 and "will have at least 12 episodes," 'The Washington Post' reports.

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Podcast proceeds will benefit the talk show hosts' staff members who are currently out of work due to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.

All five of the late-night talk shows halted production after the WGA went on strike on May 2.

The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) also went on strike two months later.

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"Strike Force Five" is being sponsored by Mint Mobile and Diageo.

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Each of the men will take turns being moderators.

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Previously, all of the late-night hosts expressed support for WGA's strike.

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They are entitled to make a living.

I think itโ€™s a very reasonable demand that is being set up by the guild, and I support those demands.

, Seth Meyers, via statement.

I support collective bargaining.

This nation owes so much to unions, Stephen Colbert, via statement


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