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• Last Call with Carson Daly is a late-night talk show hosted by Carson Daly.

• Fast Facts

  1. Broadcast: 1:35 AM EST / 12:35 AM PST
  2. Network: NBC
  3. First aired: January 7, 2002
  4. Run time: 30 min (with commercials)
  5. Originally taped in New York City
  6. Currently taped in Los Angeles (since 2005)
  7. Band leader: Joe Firstman

• Info

  Last Call with Carson Daly usually starts with a mock press conference with Daly answering questions. He then says a brief monologue before introducing his guests.

• Writer's Strike Woes

  During the 2007 Writers Guild Strike, Last Call was the first late-night show to return to the air.MSNBC: Carson Daly to defy writers strike (November 27, 2007) His decision came after NBC threatened to fire all non-writing staff members on their late-night shows.

  Daly reportedly sought material from scab writers, much to the chagrin of the WGA.MSNBC: Carson Daly to defy writers strike (November 27, 2007) To further emphasize their disagreement with Daly's early return, some striking writers interrupted a taping of his show in December. Daly had to redo his interview with NFL star Jerry Rice three times as a result.Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily: Carson Daly's Taping Disrupted by Writers (December 13, 2007)

  Fellow late-night hosts Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien did not resume their shows until 2008.

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