In case you haven't been following the latest details in the writers strike, it was announced Friday that David Letterman's production company WorldWide Pants - which owns Letterman's Late Show and Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show - had reached a deal with the WGA that would allow both shows to return to the airwaves Jan. 2 along with The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night With Conan O'Brien. However, unlike Jay and Conan, Letterman and Ferguson will have their writers back at work. And this side deal isn't sitting well with everyone on the striking WGA front.

According to the entertainment industry website Deadline Hollywood Daily, some writers are upset because in their eyes, the writers on those shows are going back to work earning a paycheck while the rest of the WGA is still sacrificing their personal financial situation for the greater good of the union. In other words, they should all be on the picket line together.

The interesting thing is that the WGA cut this 'side deal' with Letterman's production company as part of their "divide and conquer" strategy. The only problem is, the union planned on dividing the AMPTP, the producers collective. If this winds up causing dissension amongst the union rank-and-file, it could be disastrous. It will also be interesting to see if the Screen Actors Guild members, basically all the actors who fill the seats on those late night talkfests, avoid Leno and Conan's writer-less shows for Letterman and Ferguson.

Now that the Late-Night shows are all going to be back on in the New Year with new shows, the next step will be what happens with the awards shows. Already the People's Choice Awards -- normally a star-studded live event -- has been forced to be a taped program. And the WGA is not granting waivers to the Golden Globes and the Oscars, so those shows could be drastically different than in previous years. The folks behind the Academy Awards say the show will go on, but without writers and likely without most of its nominees, what kind of show will it be?

We shall see.