Thursday, September 12, 2013

FALL 2013: CARSON DALY EXITING 'LAST CALL' FOR 'TODAY' SHOW


Carson Daly is exiting his long-running late night gig for early morning television.


Last Call with Carson Daly will soon lose its long-time host as Carson Daly switches late night television for NBC's Today show. Daly will host the morning show's new social media segment, "The Orange Room." While Daly is relinquishing hosting duties of Last Call, a role he has held since the show premiered in January 2002, he will continue acting as an executive producer on the the late night gab fest.

Carson Daly has been on a high with NBC. Last Call has continued pulling in an audience and he hosts one of the most popular, most watched television shows on primetime, The Voice. Today, on the other hand, has been trying to reinvent itself ever since the Ann Curry firing-meltdown-disaster last year. Producers have been rotating guest hosts in various segments while deterring the bullseye from Matt Lauer. Time will only tell if this latest change will help shift things around for Today, which has lost viewership and been consistently beaten by ABC's Good Morning America.

No final date has been given for Carson Daly's last hosting appearance on Last Call.

Check out this #ThrowbackThursday video of Carson Daly's hosting MTV's TRL.


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