Editing Carson Daly

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{{short description|American television and radio personality and producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Carson Daly
| image        = Carson Daly headshot from Fleet Week New York 2018.jpg 
| caption      = Daly in 2018
| birth_name   = Carson Jones Daly 
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1973|06|22}}
| birth_place  = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| death_date   =
| death_place  =
| occupation   = {{flatlist|
*[[List of talk show hosts|Talk show host]]
*[[radio personality]]
*[[celebrity|television personality]]}}
| years_active = 1991–present
| spouse       = {{married|Siri Pinter|2015}}
| children     = 4
| website      = 
| footnotes    =
}}

'''Carson Jones Daly''' (born June 22, 1973)<ref name=biography.com /> is an American television host, radio personality, producer, and television personality. From 1998 to 2003, Daly was a [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]] on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Total Request Live]]'' (TRL),<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/carson-daly-looks-67039/ |title=Carson Daly Looks Back as TRL Counts Down its Final Days |last=Eng |first=Joyce |date=November 14, 2008 |work=TVGuide.com |access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref> and a DJ for the Southern California-based radio station [[KROQ-FM|106.7 KROQ-FM]]. In 2002, Daly joined [[NBC]], where he hosted and produced the [[late-night talk show]] ''[[Last Call with Carson Daly]]'', and occasionally hosting special event programming for NBC, such as the [[Macy's 4th of July Fireworks]] show, and executive producing ''[[New Year's Eve with Carson Daly]]'' from [[Times Square]] beginning in 2003.

Daly has since been involved in more prominent roles at NBC, such as becoming host for its reality music competition ''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]'' in 2011 and joining NBC's morning show ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' as a [[social media]] correspondent in 2013, with his role increasing in subsequent years becoming a co-host.

Daly has also worked as a radio DJ. He was a nighttime host on the Los Angeles radio station [[KROQ-FM]] and beginning in 2010, began hosting ''Mornings with Carson Daly'' on its sister station [[KNX-FM|KAMP-FM]].<ref name=billboard-return>{{cite web|title=Carson Daly Returns To Radio|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1262048/carson-daly-returns-to-radio|work=Billboard.biz|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-date=April 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429060215/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1262048/carson-daly-returns-to-radio|url-status=dead}}</ref> Daly also hosts a weekly top 30 countdown show ''The Daly Download with Carson Daly'' which is produced by [[Audacy, Inc.]] (formerly [[CBS Radio]] and is the parent of [[KNX-FM|KAMP-FM]]) and syndicated though [[Westwood One]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westwoodone.com/LEARN-MORE/Press/THE-DALY-DOWNLOAD-WITH-CARSON-DALY-HITS-THE-100-AFFILIATE-MARK|title=The Daly Download With Carson Daly Hits the 100 Affiliate Mark|website=WestwoodOne.com|date=August 21, 2014|access-date=April 25, 2015|archive-date=November 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111115607/http://www.westwoodone.com/LEARN-MORE/Press/THE-DALY-DOWNLOAD-WITH-CARSON-DALY-HITS-THE-100-AFFILIATE-MARK|url-status=dead}}</ref> The program airs on Saturday and Sunday mornings in a 3–4 hour edition on CHR/hot AC radio stations.

==Early life==
Daly was born in [[Santa Monica, California]],<ref name=biography.com /> the son of [[Coachella Valley]] TV personality Pattie Daly Caruso (1944–2017), and car salesman Jim "J.D." Daly.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stump |first=Scott |date=2018-03-28 |title=Carson Daly posts sweet birthday message to his late mother: 'She was special' |url=https://www.today.com/parents/carson-daly-posts-sweet-message-his-late-mother-t126026 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=TODAY.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| work= [[The Riverside Press-Enterprise]] |url=http://www.pe.com/entertainment/quickhits/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_buzz1128.2638dae.html |title=The Buzz Monday |date=November 27, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100209113147/http://www.pe.com/entertainment/quickhits/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_buzz1128.2638dae.html |archive-date=February 9, 2010 }}</ref><ref>[https://ilm/66/Carson-Daly.html Carson Daly]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Filmreference.com (April 2010).</ref> His mother is from [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]], [[North Carolina]].<ref name= inspired>{{cite web| url= http://www.today.com/news/carson-daly-inspiredby-his-mother-breast-cancer-survivor-2D11591247| date= November 14, 2013| title= Carson Daly #InspiredBy his mother, a breast cancer survivor| first= Scott| last= Stump| website=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]|access-date= February 8, 2017}}</ref> His father died from bladder cancer when Carson was a child, and his mother married Richard Caruso (1932–2017).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=richard-caruso-dick&pid=187113120|title = Richard "Dick" Caruso Obituary (1932–2017) Los Angeles Times|website = [[Legacy.com]]}}</ref><ref name= inspired />

Daly attended [[Santa Monica High School]] and was a member of the school's golf team before graduating in 1991. He attended [[Loyola Marymount University]] in Los Angeles but dropped out to pursue a pro golf career.<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web |title=Carson Daly Biography: Television Host (1973–) | url= http://www.biography.com/people/carson-daly|publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]]) | access-date= December 28, 2015|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181106223829/https://www.biography.com/people/carson-daly|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is of [[Irish American|Irish]] descent<ref name="COB20080312" /> and has worked with [[Guinness]] on local "Proposition 3–17" to make [[Saint Patrick's Day]] an official holiday.<ref name="COB20080312">{{cite episode|title=Late Night with Conan O'Brien Interview|series=Late Night with Conan O'Brien|airdate=March 12, 2008}}</ref> Daly served as an intern to [[Jimmy Kimmel]] in radio.<ref name="Variety Q&A">{{cite magazine|last1=Kissell|first1=Rick|title=Q&A: Carson Daly on Casey Kasem, 'The Voice' and 'TRL'|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/features/carson-daly-the-voice-casey-kasem-trl-1201307215/|access-date=July 13, 2015|magazine=Variety|date=September 18, 2014|ref=Variety Q&A}}</ref> He began his radio career at [[College of the Desert]] and as an intern at the former KCMJ FM (now [[KKUU]]) under the name "Kid Carson".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://stepupforcod.com/view-stories/?n=51 |title=College of the Desert Foundation |website=stepupforcod.com |access-date=June 28, 2018}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Carson Daly.jpg|thumb|Daly at [[Fort Irwin National Training Center|Fort Irwin Military Reservation]] (May 2009)]]
Daly began his broadcasting career at the radio station [[KOME]] in [[San Jose, California]].<ref name=Jackman>{{cite book |last1= Jackman| first1= Ian|title=Total Request Live: The Ultimate Fan Guide|date=2000|publisher=Simon & Schuster| isbn= 0743418506| page= 45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLW2FsycKuwC&q=carson+daly+hired+by+mtv+-wikipedia.org&pg=PA45|access-date=September 25, 2015|ref=Jackman, TRL}}</ref> Daly was then given the 6–10 PM time slot at KOME's sister station [[KROQ (FM)|KROQ]] in Los Angeles.<ref name=Jackman /> It was during Daly's time at KROQ that MTV recruited Daly to serve as a VJ during MTV's summer beach house programming called "Motel California".<ref name=Jackman />

At the end of the summer of 1997, MTV hired Daly as a permanent VJ, a position which required Daly to relocate to New York.<ref name=Jackman /> Once in New York, Daly began hosting ''MTV Live''.<ref name=Jackman />
 
Daly hosted [[MTV]]'S [[Total Request Live|''TRL'']] from 1998 to 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/carson-daly-looks-67039/ |title=Carson Daly Looks Back as TRL Counts Down its Final Days |last=Eng |first=Joyce |date=November 14, 2008 |work=TVGuide.com |access-date=January 7, 2017}}</ref> TRL was based on two previous shows, "Total Request" and "MTV Live", both of which had also been hosted by Daly.<ref name="EW TRL anniversary">{{cite magazine|last1=Anderson|first1=Kyle|title=On the 15th anniversary of the 'TRL' premiere, a look back at the first top 10|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2013/09/14/trl-15-anniversary-first-top-10|access-date=July 13, 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 14, 2014|ref=EW TRL anniversary}}</ref> Daly's role as host of the popular live program included introducing the top 10 videos of the day and interviewing celebrity guests.<ref name="EW TRL anniversary" />

In 2002, ''[[Last Call with Carson Daly]]'' debuted. The show was shot on the same set as ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' until 2005, when it moved to Los Angeles.<ref name=parade>{{cite news|title=In Step With: Carson Daly| work= [[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |date=December 26, 2004|url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_12-26-2004/in_step_with_0 }}{{dead link|date=February 2013}}</ref>

Beginning in 2003–2004, Daly began hosting a [[New Year's Eve]] special for NBC, ''[[New Year's Eve with Carson Daly]]''.<ref name=ppg-carson04>{{cite news|title=Carson Daly stakes his claim on New Year's Eve|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sedRAAAAIBAJ&pg=3610,4138315&dq=carson+daly+new+year&hl=en| first= Daniel| last= Fienberg| agency= Zap2it.com| access-date=January 5, 2013| newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=December 31, 2004}}</ref>

In 2011, Daly began hosting and producing NBC's reality music competition ''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]''. Daly's duties as host included watching blind auditions alongside contestant's family members.<ref name="Weber Meet The Voice's">{{cite web|last1=Weber|first1=Lindsey|last2=Frank|first2=Sarah|title=Meet The Voice's Seven Most Apoplectically Happy Families| url= https://www.vulture.com/2013/04/the-voice-backstage-families-cheer-you-up-gifs.html#|website= Vulture.com |date=April 10, 2013 |access-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref> As a producer of ''The Voice'', Daly has won four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program, first in 2013 and again from 2015, 2016, and 2017.<ref name="Emmys Voice 2015">{{cite web|title=The Voice|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/voice |website= Emmys.com |access-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/carson-daly|title=Carson Daly {{!}} Television Academy|work=Television Academy |access-date=September 21, 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

When social media correspondent [[Christina Milian]] departed the show in 2013, Daly became the sole host.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5915702/the-voice-usher-talks-cee-los-departure-a-feistier-shakira|title='The Voice': Usher Talks Cee Lo's Departure, a 'Feistier' Shakira|last=Lee|first=Ashley|date=February 24, 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harp |first=Justin |date=2013-08-26 |title=Christina Milian not returning to 'The Voice' |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a509858/christina-milian-not-returning-to-the-voice/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref>

Daly appeared in a brief but pivotal role in the first episode of ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0654811/characters/nm0004856|date=September 20, 2005|access-date=January 24, 2023|title=My Name Is Earl Pilot|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> While in the hospital after being hit by a car, Earl learns about karma from watching an episode of ''Last Call with Carson Daly'' where Daly claims that his success is a direct result of doing good things for other people. Earl is thus inspired by Carson Daly to turn his own life around, and sets out to make up for his many past wrongs.<ref name="wsj review">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/0,,SB112682695254842324,00?mod=arts%5Fand%5Freviews%5Farts%5Fonly%5Fhs#articleTabs%3Darticle|title=Arts and Entertainment Review|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|last=DeWolf Smith|first=Nancy|date=September 16, 2005 |access-date=February 20, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Daly had a small role on [[Dave Chappelle]]'s show ''[[Chappelle's Show]]''.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In September 2013, Daly became the orange room anchor (social media reporter) on the ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]'' show, as well as serving as a fill-in anchor for [[Willie Geist]] and the show's weekend edition (''Weekend Today'').{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} Since Studio 1A was updated for Election Night 2020 with the Orange Room being covered by a large video wall, Daly's title has been rebranded on Today's website as a feature anchor or co-host. His main contribution to the program every morning is the "PopStart" segment at the end of the 8:00 half-hour, which focuses on celebrity news.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2020/11/10/today-set-changes/ | title='Today' gains a video wall, appears to lose the 'Orange Room' in Studio 1A updates }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.today.com/about/today/today-anchors-rcna151614 | title=Meet the TODAY anchors! Everything you need to know about the team at NBC | date=May 31, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.today.com/about/carson-daly-orange-room-host-t102949 | title=Carson Daly, feature anchor for TODAY | date=March 9, 2018 }}</ref>

Daly is a founding partner, along with Jonathan Rifkind, Jonathan B. Davis, and Bam Margera, of an [[independent record label]], 456 Enterprise & Entertainment, which released the "[[Viva La Bands]]" compilations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/macys-4th-july/288634 | title=Carson Daly Sees Fireworks|website= TVGuide.com | date= 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080315011857/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/macys-4th-july/288634| archive-date=March 15, 2008 | access-date= February 8, 2017 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Carson Daly resides in the [[Flower Hill, New York|Village of Flower Hill]], on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 11, 2013|title=Carson Daly's House in Flower Hill, NY (Google Maps) (#2)|url=https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/carson-dalys-house-1/view/google/|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=Virtual Globetrotting|language=en}}</ref>

In March 2000, [[Tara Reid]] met Daly on the set of ''[[Total Request Live]]'', and they began dating.<ref name="EDaly">{{cite news| last1= Grossberg|first1=Josh|title=Sorry, Girls: Carson Daly, Tara Reid Engaged!|url=http://au.eonline.com/news/40676/sorry-girls-carson-daly-tara-reid-engaged|access-date=June 14, 2014|work=[[E! News]]|date=October 31, 2000}}</ref> They shared an apartment in [[New York City]] and Daly proposed on October 29.<ref name="EDaly" /> In June 2001, Reid and Daly broke off their engagement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Carson Daly and Tara Reid Confirm Split|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=103814| access-date= June 14, 2014| work= [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]| date= July 3, 2001}}</ref>

Daly became engaged to Siri Pinter, a food blogger,<ref name="Welcomes Etta">{{cite news |title= Carson Daly Welcomes Daughter Etta Jones|work= People| first= Anya| last= Leon| date= September 6, 2012| url=https://people.com/parents/carson-daly-siri-pinter-welcome-daughter-etta-jones/| access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref> in 2013.<ref name= longtime>{{cite news| last1=Jordan| first1=Julie|last2=Lindsay|first2=Kimble|title=Carson Daly is Married! Host Weds Longtime Love Siri iPrinter| url=https://people.com/celebrity/carson-daly-is-married-host-weds-longtime-love-siri-pinter/| access-date= February 25, 2020|work=People|date=December 24, 2015}}</ref> Her father is actor [[Mark Pinter]]. The couple married on December 23, 2015<ref name= longtime /> and have four children.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/carson-daly-experience-baby-being-born-pandemic-1287077|title= Carson Daly Details Experience of Baby Being Born During Coronavirus Pandemic|first=Katherine|last= Schaffstall|date =March 27, 2020|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=April 8, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200408051832/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/carson-daly-experience-baby-being-born-pandemic-1287077|url-status=live}}</ref>

Daly is [[Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.backstage.com/interview/carson-dalys-on-hosting-fame-and-not-being-a-tool/|title=Carson Daly On Hosting, Fame, and Not Being a 'Tool'|first= Jenelle |last=Riley | work=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]]| date= July 11, 2013|access-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref>

Daly has stated that he struggles with [[generalized anxiety disorder]] and [[Panic Disorder|panic disorder]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.today.com/series/one-small-thing/how-carson-daly-deals-anxiety-disorder-t125577 |title=Carson Daly does this 1 thing when he feels |last=Frank |first=Gabrielle |date=March 23, 2018 |work=Today |access-date=July 26, 2019}}</ref>

==Radio shows==
* ''Most Requested'', syndicated daily show  (2001–2006)
* ''Mornings with Carson Daly'', [[KNX-FM|KAMP-FM]], [[Los Angeles]] (2010–2017)
* ''The Daly Download with Carson Daly'', syndicated  (2013– )

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable"
|+Television
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
|1997–1998
|''[[MTV Live (American TV program)|MTV Live]]''
|Host
|-
|1998
|''[[Total Request]]''
|Host
|-
|1998–2003
|''[[Total Request Live|TRL]]''
|Host
|-
|1999
|''[[Miss Teen USA]]''
|Host
|-
|2000
|''[[Is It Fall Yet?|Daria Presents "Is It Fall Yet?"]]''
|David (Quinn's Tutor)
|-
|2000
|''[[Miss USA]]''
|Host
|-
|2001
|''[[Josie and the Pussycats (film)|Josie and the Pussycats]]''
|Himself
|-
|2001
|''[[Joe Dirt]]''
|Himself
|-
|2002
|''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]''
|Himself
|-
|2002–2019
|''[[Last Call with Carson Daly]]''
|Host
|-
|2002
|''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''
|Himself
|-
|2003  
|''[[Windy City Heat]]''
|Himself
|-
|-
|2003–2016, 2018–2020 
|''[[New Year's Eve with Carson Daly]]''
|Host
|-
|2005, 2009
|''[[My Name Is Earl]]''
| Himself
|-
|2011–present
|''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]''
|Host
|-
|2013–present
|''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]''
|Orange Room Anchor/Co-Host
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{IMDb name|4856|Carson Daly}}
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{{Succession box
 | title  = Host of ''[[The Voice (U.S. TV series)|The Voice]]''
 | years  = 2011–present
 | with   =[[Alison Haislip]] (2011)
 | with2 = [[Christina Milian]] (2012–2013)
 | before = n/a
 | after  = present
}}
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