For one night, at least, late-night television Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel are solving the A-list guest problem caused by stars not crossing the writers' picket line.

According to the New York Times, Leno and Kimmel will be guests on each other's shows this Thursday night.

The two have become friendly over the last few weeks since both are in the same boat.

Both support the striking writers but their networks, NBC and ABC, have not reached agreement with the Writers Guild of America.

Also without writers is Conan O'Brien's talk show. David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, struck its own deal with the WGA to get writers back on his "Late Show" and Craig Ferguson's talk show, which both air on CBS.

Meanwhile, Letterman is getting rid of, as his guest Robin Williams put it, his "Robert E. Lee" look.

Letterman planning to have his beard shaved off during Monday night's show.

The television talker grew his full set of whiskers while he was off the air during the writers strike.

On his first show back last Wednesday, Williams, who'd been on a USO tour, told Letterman, "I just came back from Iraq and everybody looks like you."

Also returning to the air Monday night are Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who have been off the air since the strike began in November.