WGAW unhappy Daly is returning to work

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The Writers Guild of America, West said it was disappointed late-night talk-show host Carson Daly planned to cross the picket line and return to work.

All U.S. late-night shows have been dark since the WGA went on strike Nov. 5.

"We're disappointed at Carson Daly's decision to return to work," the WGAw said in a statement on the guild's Web site.

"Mr. Daly is not a writer and not a member of the WGA, unlike other late-night hosts Jay Leno, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who have all resisted network pressure and honored our writers' picket lines. We're especially appalled at Mr. Daly's call for non-Guild writers to provide him with jokes. We hope he'll change his mind and follow the lead of the other late-night hosts," the WGAw statement said.

The Hollywood Reporter said Tuesday new episodes of "Last Call with Carson Daly" are expected to be taped this week so NBC can start airing them next week.