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Backlash from whom? The writers? They'll be picketing Leno/O'Brien and Stewart/Colbert but not Letterman and Ferguson (since Worldwide Pants reached a separate agreement, an option not available to Leno/O'Brien since NBC owns those shows).
I imagine Leno will get the brunt of it since he's in LA and the others are in NY. It'll be interesting to see what the unwritten shows do and how funny they are (and if they're funny they're going to run into charges of being written under the table).
I'm still not clear on exactly what The Colbert Report is going to be like. Leno/O'Brien/Stewart are themselves on the show and call fall back on that. But the Stephen Colbert of the show is a character and one that is, in my opinion, weakest when he's not scripted (such as in the interviews). The Word is out as a segment. Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger is out. Threat List. Except for a 5 minute interview at the end, the entire show is and pretty much must be scripted. I can see Stewart massively expanding the interviews but I really don't want to see Colbert doing 20 minute interviews, at least not in character.
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