If you haven’t been keeping track, there’s this writer’s strike crap that’s currently ruining television. It’s been going on way too long. The thing is that it’s not just effecting the studios and the writers, but all the other people involved in creating and running all these television shows. So, rather than continuing to screw all these innocent non-writers, some shows have decided that the show must go on, even without the writers.

Every late show has returned, with writers (David Letterman and Craig Ferguson) or without writers (Conan and Leno. Notice I don’t include Carson Dailey, and Jimmy Kimmel). Since David Letterman owns his own production, ie Worldwide Pants, he has made deals with his and Craig Ferguson’s writers. However, Conan and Leno aren’t able to make any deals, only their studios can do that. Both Letterman and Consie (that’s Conan O’Brien) are sporting “writer’s strike” beards, you know in support or something.

All these people keep on saying how they support the writers, well I guess I’m one of the few that doesn’t. I mean it’s January and I’ve got no 24. Thank a lot writers. I’ve been watching Conan since he’s back and I think the show is just as good, if not better, without the writers. Jay Leno is still doing his monologue and it’s still just as funny and sucky (that’s not a word) without writers. As for David Letterman and Craig Ferguson, well, they sucked before the writer’s strike (especially Ferguson), so they still suck but now they’re paying the writers more money.

What all this says to me is that the only thing we really need writers for are shows like 24 and Heroes. Shows with plots and stories need writers. Jokes are a dime a dozen, and if you have a great host like Conan, or John Stewart for example, they pretty much are the show. And as I write this article about how useless writers are, I can’t help but think about the irony. Also, Fox, I’m available for scabbing if you need some writers to get 24 back on the air.

Beards!