Update on the Strike

...and now for some important news:

In case you have read every book in the library and are wondering when TV will return to it's regularly scheduled programming...

I stumbled on this post: When do our shows come back?

Comedies will return to the air first after the strike ends, because of shorter production schedules and leftover scripts, while serialized dramas take longest. Most shows will return from mid- to late April with four to six new episodes.

A partial list:Expected to return with new episodes this spring
•Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
•Desperate Housewives (ABC)
•The CSIs (CBS)
•Ugly Betty (ABC)
•House (Fox)
•ER (NBC)
•Two and a Half Men (CBS)
•The Law & Orders (NBC)
•Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
•Big Bang Theory (CBS)
•Lost (ABC)
•Criminal Minds (CBS)
•The Office (NBC)
•30 Rock (NBC)
•My Name Is Earl (NBC)
•Without a Trace (CBS)
•Cold Case (CBS)
•Samantha Who? (ABC)
•NCIS (CBS)
•Gossip Girl (CW)

Back, but not until later
•Pushing Daisies (ABC)
•Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)
•Private Practice (ABC)
•Chuck (NBC)
•Life (NBC)
•Heroes (NBC)
•24 (Fox)

Gone for good
•Big Shots (ABC)
•Bionic Woman (NBC)
•Cane (CBS)
•Cavemen (ABC)
•Carpoolers (ABC)
•Journeyman (NBC)
•K-Ville (Fox)

TV Guide is keeping an up-to-the-hour update on the shows... here is what they say...

24 -Season 7 likely postponed until January '09.
30 Rock -Expected to shoot 5 to 10 new episodes to air in April/May.
Chuck -No new episodes until fall.
Criminal Minds -Expected to shoot 4 to 9 new episodes to air in March/April/May.
CSI -Expected to shoot 4 to 8 new episodes to air in March/April/May.
CSI: Miami -Expected to shoot 4 to 9 new episodes to air in March/April/May.
Heroes -No new episodes expected until fall.
House -Expected to shoot 4 to 6 new episodes to air in April/May.
Lost -Six pre-strike episodes remain. Five additional episodes could air this season.
NCIS -Expected to shoot 5 to 9 new episodes to air in March/April/May.
The Office -Expected to shoot 6 new episodes to air in April/May.
Pushing Daisies -No new episodes until fall.