Permashock-faced talk show host Carson Daly is defying the writer's strike by starting production of new episodes of "Last Call with Carson Daly" this week -- his show being the first and only late night talk show to do so.

Well, I've always said, "People wouldn't watch that asshole Carson Daly if his show was the last talk show on TV," and now it's coming true. Kinda poetic, don't you think?