First Scab

[lagilman]

from the Daily Media news feed:

'NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly is about to become the first late-night talk show to defy the writers strike and resume production. Daly, who is not a member of the Writers Guild, will begin taping new episodes of his Burbank-based show this week for airing next week, an NBC spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. TSG: Daly asks friends and family to call special hotline and send in jokes. B&C: WGA says it is 'appalled' at Daly's decision to go back on, as well as his appeal for material from non-union contributors."
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(The Ellen Show has also been going forward, but she has NOT been actively thumbing her nose by soliciting non-union material, far as I have read.)

Comments

[debg.livejournal.com]

I hope the little bastard gets blacklisted into permanent twilight.

[lagilman]

Technically, he's not a WGA member, so he's not doing anyting wrong, unless he starts firing WGA members who did walk. It's the calling for non-WGA material that's sick-making. Dude, you want to keep your show going on, that's your call. Fair enough. But do it quietly, don't subvert the people who got you there... especially since in the length of your tenure, you'll probably want something from them again.

Assuming he survives the strike that is, yeah. I do wonder how popular a strike-unfriendly shop is going to be, next hiring season, even among notoriously hungry writers...

[debg.livejournal.com]

No, that's just what I meant. He's sleazing on a technicality and I hope to hell they blacklist his gig when the strike's over.

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

Never watched his show and now I certainly never will.

[(Anonymous)]

I think others should follow suit. Make the likes of Leno and Letterman earn their paychecks for a change developing original quips of their own. They know how to talk don't they? Isn't that one of the key prerequisites for a job as talk-show host?