Following the lead of Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien, who Monday announced the return of their late-night talkshows, Jimmy Kimmel today said he would be back on ABC with new episodes of his program Jan. 2. All of the late-night talk shows have been in reruns since the Nov. 5 start of the writers strike.

"Though it makes me sick to do so without my writers, there are more than 100 people whose financial well-being depends on the show," Kimmel said in a statement. "It is time to go back to work. I support my colleagues and friends in the WGA [Writers Guild of America] completely and hope this ends both fairly and soon."