All the major late-night talk shows will stop airing immediately as Writers Guild of America officially goes on strike

• All the major late-night talk shows are going on an indefinite hiatus following a writers' strike.
• The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is refusing to work after failing to negotiate higher salaries.

All the major late-night talk shows are set to shut down production from Tuesday after Hollywood writers agreed to go on strike.

Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are refusing to work from Tuesday after failing to reach agreements for higher pay from production studios. It is the first writers' strike in 15 years.

The strike will halt the production of numerous television shows and among those that it will have an immediate impact on are the late-night stalwarts because of their reliance on their writers' rooms for their daily output. Instead, they will air reruns until further notice.

These include "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Late Night with Seth Meyers," and "The Daily Show."

It's expected that weekly shows such as "Saturday Night Live," "Real Time with Bill Maher," and "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" will be impacted too, per Deadline's report.

Representatives for the networks that air the programs — NBC, CBS, ABC, Comedy Central, and HBO — did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The indefinite hiatus means that many A-list guests will have their appearances on the shows canceled.

Jennifer Lopez, Elle Fanning, and Rachel Brosnahan were announced as guests on Fallon's sofa this week, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas was due to appear on Colbert's show.

Kimmel was set to welcome the likes of Melissa McCarthy, Will Poulter, and Ricky Gervais, while Rachel Weisz and Henry Winkler were among those lined up for "Late Night."

On Friday's episode of his show, Meyers voiced his support for the strike, telling his live audience that the demands being set out by the WGA were "reasonable" and that he had agreed to pause production if an agreement wasn't reached.

"No one is entitled to a job in show business. But for those people who have a job, they are entitled to fair compensation. They are entitled to make a living," he said.

"I think it's a very reasonable demand that's being set out by the guild. And I support those demands."

On the red carpet at the Met Gala on Monday, Fallon echoed his sentiment, telling Variety that he would rally behind the Guild if they moved forward with the action.

"I wouldn't have a show if it wasn't for my writers, I support them all the way," said Fallon, who is in the WGA himself. "They've got to have a fair contract and they've got a lot of stuff to iron out and hopefully they get it done."

Fallon also confirmed that "The Tonight Show" would "go dark" in the event of a strike.

In a press release on Monday, the Writers Guild of America said that they had called the strike after "six weeks of negotiations with Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Universal, Paramount, and Sony under the umbrella of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)."

"The companies' behavior has created a gig economy inside a union workforce, and their immovable stance in this negotiation has betrayed a commitment to further devaluing the profession of writing," the release said.

More than 11,500 members from the Writers Guild of America are expected to go on strike, the organization told Insider.

The WGA's last strike, which occurred between 2007 and 2008, lasted for 100 days.