The strike is over. Let us celebrate this agreement with the adding of chocolate to milk.

It's official. The Writers Guild of America voted Tuesday to lift the strike order that was enacted Nov. 5.

"Our membership has voted, and writers can go back to work," WGA West president Patric Verrone announced at a Beverly Hills press conference. "This was not a strike we wanted, but one we had to conduct in order to win jurisdiction and establish appropriate residuals for writing in new media and on the Internet. Those advances now give us a foothold in the digital age. Rather than being shut out of the future of content creation and delivery, writers will lead the way as TV migrates to the Internet and platforms for new media are developed."

Obviously this is great news for TV fans, which is what I'll assume you are since you stopped to read our little blog. Channel Surfing launched a week after the writers went on strike. And while the fracas has given us something to occassionally gripe about, it'll be a lot more fun to settle into routines and be entertained by everything from the "Daily Show's" election coverage to the ongoing saga of Michael Scott and ... man, I can't even remember what happened last on "The Office." It's been that long.

The LA Times chimes in with a predictable set of winners and losers, though it misses one of the biggest triumphs -- an unscathed Oscars telecast on Feb. 24. The New York Times reports that it's going to be a show with all the trimmings, and though host Jon Stewart "will have only about two weeks to work with writers on his introductory monologue, organizers hope the show will be welcomed with open arms by viewers starved for a full-dress celebration of celebrity."

Also known or highly speculated:

"24" will not be coming back until Jan. '09. "Heroes" not until this fall.

Because of shooting schedules, "Lost" will probably have a 12 or 13-episode season (down from 16) and put the rest onto next season.

"Pushing Daisies" will not have new episodes until fall. "Daisies" creator told TV Guide that "if we did come back we would land right in the path of the 'American Idol' juggernaut, and would likely be decimated." Let's see: Olive Snook or Simon Cowell? What's wrong with you people?

Popular shows expected to come back with anywhere from 4 to 10 new episodes by April or May: "30 Rock," all the "CSI" shows, "Desperate Housewives," "ER," "Grey's Anatomy," "Gossip Girl," "House," "How I Met Your Mother," "My Name is Earl," "The Office" and "Ugly Betty."

"Friday Night Lights" and "Scrubs" might never come back. In the case of "Scrubs," final episodes could be shot and sent straight to DVD.

More definitive answers will likely trickle in as the weeks continue. We'll try to be as up-to-date as possible with firm return dates on shows we've been known to cover here.

-- Thomas Rozwadowski, trozwado@greenbaypressgazette.com