On the same night that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert returned to their shows sans writers, David Letterman, one of two late night hosts with his writing staff, finally shaved off his strike beard. With the help of a barber and a straight razor, Letterman returned from the commercial break with a smooth (if slightly bloodied) face. Also: Letterman guest Mike Huckabee, who graced Leno's first scabby show back from strike hiatus, got the coveted 12:30 a.m. segment, usually reserved for the return from the commercial break after the band plays in order to say goodnight and run credits. Burn?

A Thanksgiving mystery no less confounding than what exactly comprises the "giblets" portion of "giblets and gravy" appears to have finally been solved by none other than third-tier supermarket newsweekly In Touch magazine: After hiring "porn star-turned-P.I. Paul Barresi" to investigate the oft-scrutinized sexuality of an aggressively self-avowed heterosexual superstar (who, it may warrant mentioning, is game for dressing up like a hunky Nazi and a Feed the Bears background player when the part calls for it), the verdict is in: Tom Cruise loves women!