“Last Call with Carson Daly” has now, in the eyes of striking writers, become “Last Call with the Scab.” Jesse Russell reports:

Carson Daly, who is not a member of the Writers Guild of America, like Jay Leno and David Letterman crossed the picket lines of striking Hollywood writers on Wednesday to restart production on his Burbank-based late-night talk show. He is the first late-night talk show host to do so. To make up for a lack of writers, Daly sent out an email, obtained by thesmokinggun.com, asking his friends and family to help him write jokes for the show. The New York-based WGA-East issued a statement expressing solidarity with the WGA-West and also they also said they wre disappointed with Daly’s decision to cross the picket lines. With the strike entering week three, negotiations between the producers and the writers restarted earlier this week. Writers on the picket lines have expressed that they are upbeat that the strike could end in a week or two.