Writer's Strike Ends

Praise to the TV gods – the Writer’s Strike is finally over. But what does that mean for your favorite TV shows?

The good news is that your favorite daily and late night talk shows will be back up and running in no time. Programs like The Daily Show, The Tonight Show and Late Night With Conan O’Brien will all have their writing staffs back on duty as early as this week (David Letterman, of course, had already cut a deal with the WGA to use writers during the strike).

But what about your favorite primetime shows? Well, since it will take a good six weeks or more to get new episodes onto the air, the major networks have been deciding which shows to bring back this spring and which shows will just wait until the fall.

Shows that you won’t see coming back any time soon include 24 (which fans won’t see until January of 2009!), Heroes, Las Vegas, Chuck and Pushing Daisies. Shows that fans will see more of before summer gets here consist of Lost, The Office, Grey’s Anatomy and the various incarnations of C.S.I.

So while the strike is officially over, the effects are going to linger a little while longer for television viewers.