The long nightmare is over!

The writers strike officially came to an end yesterday when writers voted overwhelmingly to accept the deal hammered out between the WGA and the AMPTP that will allow the writers to be compensated for their works sold in online marketplaces. I am so happy that these vastly undervalued scribes are now going to have a deal that is realistic going into the future and provides them some real financial security.

But now television junkies everywhere can rejoice that we will be getting some fresh content to feed our obsessions.

This is just a sample of the good things we have to look forward to in the coming months:

February 23rd Tina Fey Returns to SNL as First Post-Strike Host Liz Lemon is back on her old show! I hope she brings Jack with her for a little cameo.

April 4th Battlestar Galactica returns for its 4th season and we can finally start to find out answers to the big questions like who is the 5th Cylon and what IS Starbuck's destiny?

April 10th The Office, a show I have only come to adore within the past 2 months via Netflix and Amazon, reopens with Jim, Pam, Dwight and the rest of Dunder Mifflin. That's what she said!

April 10th 30 Rock, the other show that I fell in love with during the strike goes back on the air for 5 more episodes.

April 11th Moonlight will be back for 4 additional episodes, leaving CBS out of the danger zone of a fan driven whirlwind that really would make the Jericho fans look apathetic.

April date TBD LOST will continue, almost as if the strike never happened, with 5 additional episodes (after the initial 8 produced pre-strike wrap up) airing into June. And the island castaways will now follow the doctors of Seattle Grace when it is given a timeslot directly after Grey's Anatomy. Ugly Betty + Grey's + LOST on the same night? Could there ever be a better mix of television on the same night from the same network? I don't think so.

The only sadness in all of this for me is that 24 will not return until January 2009. I really do think this is the best move that FOX and the producers of 24 could have made. 24 is a show that does so much better when it is able to air back-to-back with no breaks. But the biggest spoiler ever in the show's history is going to make the wait seem exceedingly long and painful - Show ▼

So, what is your favorite show that is starting up again in the coming months?