SNL, Late-Night Talk Shows In NYC Could Shut Down In Writers' Strike

NEW YORK CITY — Live from New York, it's a Saturday night strike! Maybe. Again.

For the second time in as many months, production on "Saturday Night Live" is being threatened by a potential strike.

But a looming Tuesday strike deadline from the Writers Guild of America won't just affect Pete Davidson's return to host SNL a few days later. A writers' strike likely would shut down on television shows and movies across the entertainment industry, starting with late-night talk shows in New York City.

Seth Meyers last week told viewers of his "Late Night" show on NBC that its New York City-based production would shut down if there was a strike.

"If you don’t see me here next week, now that it is something that is not done lightly and that I will be heartbroken too and miss you as well," he said.

The late-night shows of Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon, which are both filmed in Manhattan, likely will shut down as well in a writers' strike.

SNL is the next likely shutdown, given its dependence on writers. A strike would throw this season's final three episodes, starting with Saturday's return of Pete Davidson, into doubt.

The union's roughly 11,500 writers have threatened a stoppage after negotiations, largely over pay on streaming shows, appear at an impasse.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.