His Worldwide Pants production company has reached an independent agreement with the Writers’ Guild, which means Letterman’s show — as well as Craig Ferguson’s — will return to the air with writers starting Wednesday.

Leno and Conan will return to air as well, but without writers or an agreement with the WGA. In addition to having crappy material, the NBC drones will also have to contend with the fact that many Screen Actors’ Guild members would prefer to avoid shows working without such an agreement.