Just in time for Iowa caucus, late night TV talk shows are due back on the air - and we all could use the laughs.
David Lettermen, Jay Leno, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel and Conan O'Brien return to the air tonight, while Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert start back to work Monday.
David Lettermen's production company, Worldwide Pants, reached an agreement with Writers' Guild in its strike which is more than two months long and continues to impact most of the rest of the entertainment industry. The rest of the gabbers lot will be writer-free until the strike is settled.
It will be nice to have the comics around to take the pomp out of the silly circumstances that are the presidentail primaries - though there has been plenty of unintentional humor to be found watching pundits and politicians blather on cable.
And since some people allegedly only get their news from the likes of Stewart and Colbert, now they will be paying attention again.
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