NBC Gave Carson Daly Ultimatum to Come Back on Air

"An ultimatum was put in front of me," Carson Daly told the Los Angeles Times about his decision to bring back his late-night show without writers during the W.G.A. strike. "It was, 'Put a new show on Dec. 3 or 75 people are fired. What's your answer?' " He quickly decided that he couldn't live with the notion of putting loyal staffers out of work. Mr. Daly said he'd heard from a couple of his striking writers, who were "very supportive" of his decision. Asked who at NBC delivered the ultimatum, Daly replied that it was his "immediate bosses" but declined to be more specific.

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