First Carson Daly got a lot of heat (and hecklers) for going back to work while the Writers Guild of America strike was still going on. And now NBC has rewarded his loyalty by firing nine Last Call with Carson Daly employees, including three of those writers.

Nikki Finke reports that NBC made the decision to fire the employees, not Daly himself, and that the strike had nothing to do with the moves, it was going to happen anyway. This is funny (funny as in strange, not ha-ha) because during the strike, NBC made Daly go back to work, threatening to cancel his show if he didn't. He went back to work and felt the wrath of writers, some who heckled him during his show (deservedly so, especially since he tried to get outside joke writers during the strike), and just a few days after the strike is settled, NBC does this.

I'm not even sure why this show is still on the air. I mean, it has really lame guests most nights, it's on really late, and now NBC gets rid of a large chunk of the show's staff. Maybe this is a way of them letting Daly know they want a change in that time slot.