Late Show went off air for eight months in 2007 for the duration of November and December mainly because of the Writers Guild of America strike. Kemp, Stuart (3 December 2012). "Carey Mulligan, Andrea Arnold, Jane Goldman Among Women in Film and Tv Honorees". Archived 18 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). "It’s an absolute gut wrenching shit present," the paratrooper texted his pal Sam Ayres.