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Why Carson Daly’s Decision Makes Absolutely No Difference

by Nicholas Katers

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I want you all to prepare yourself for the news I am about to tell you. Put on a helmet, buckle yourself in and take a deep breath. Here we go: Carson Daly, former host of the obnoxious MTV show Total Request Live, is coming back to the air. Daly made a unilateral decision to bypass the writers strike and begin producing new episodes next week. Is everyone OK? I know this is earth shaking news.

Carson Daly’s decision to head back to work will make little to no difference on the overall TV landscape much less the larger problems of the writers strike. Daly is not a member of the striking Writers Guild though his writers are likely part of it. If you have ever accidentally seen Carson Daly’s show deep into the night, you will know that professional writers have had little to do with what is happening on the show. Carson Daly’s ability to completely ruin humor, music and entertainment in one fell swoop means that he can produce new shows without concern.

In addition to Daly’s lack of union credentials, his influence on the entertainment industry has dwindled since he left MTV. Daly may host a show on New Year’s Eve and make the occasional appearance on other shows but he is a lightweight in the media world. I say let Carson Daly put on his show but push it even further into the night. I can’t wait to see commercials during reruns of Conan for Carson’s new shows at 3:35am ET. He will be surrounded by a Ronco commercial and the early NBC news in every market.


Posted in Carson Daly, NBC, writer strike on November 28th, 2007

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One Response to “Why Carson Daly’s Decision Makes Absolutely No Difference”

  1. Doug Robertson Says:
    November 28th, 2007 at 11:40 pm

    His show is a joke, and not of the funny sort, if one happens to catch it. He was fine on MTV back in the day but that was, well, back in the day. By the way, Conan needs to go, too, in my opinion. But that’s just me.

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