The Writers Guild strike has brought a halt to late night tv. Many people are surprised to see all of the late night talk shows jump straight into reruns. Contrary to what you might think, late-night comedians like Leno, Letterman and Stewart don't write all of their own shows. Sure they contribute material everyday, but they also have a team of writers supplying them hundreds of jokes to sift through to build that short monologue. But aren't these guys comedians? Be funny already.

We throwing up the Late-Night TV Challenge. Who is man enough to write his own show and go back on the air? Show us what you're made of. We're nominating Letterman to take lead, for a few reasons. First, he can be funny, but his current staff of writers is not. He'd do better on his own. Second, the guy has the shortest monologue on TV. You're lucky if you get five jokes out of Dave - he can't write that? Third, he's got more commercials than show time. And lastly, he's done it before. During the last writer's strike in 1988 Dave went back on the air without the writers. I can't recall if it was good or bad, but I'd argue it couldn't be worse that he show currently is. Actually we'd rather have John Stewart back, but at this point anything is better than daytime talk shows and reality tv.