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I can't imagine life without TV.

It's my morning, my evening, my sun and my moon.

The four-part documentary series "Pioneers of Television" (7 p.m., KNME-Channel 5) exactly shows how the box in my living room became such a big deal.

Tonight's segment focuses on the trailblazers of the sitcom.

Clips from "I Love Lucy," "Make Room for Daddy," "The Honeymooners" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" are shown, and then there are oodles of commentary from stars like Marlo Thomas, Andy Griffith, Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke.

All hail the first funny people of TV.

"Law & Order" (8 p.m., KOB-Channel 4) is finally here for its 18th season. With any luck, it might make it 21 years to overtake "Gunsmoke" as TV's longest-running prime-time drama.

As per usual with this show, there are some new faces.

Detective Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) has yet another new partner in Detective Cyrus Lupo (Jeremy Sisto).

Lupo is back in the Big Apple after working overseas in the intelligence business for several years.

His first case with Green hits close to home: two suicides by injection, one of them being Lupo's brother.

Also new this season is Michael Cutter (Linus Roache). He's the typically overzealous assistant prosecutor who steps into the shoes of the newly promoted Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston).

Welcome back, old friend.

Another friend returns tonight as the "Late Show With David Letterman" (10:35 p.m., KRQE News 13) begins airing new episodes for the first time since the writers strike began in early November.

His guests include Robin Williams, Donald Trump and Shooter Jennings.

I'm taking this comeback as a sign that our long national nightmare will be shorter than I feared.

Letterman's production company was able to negotiate with the Writers Guild, and I cross my fingers that other companies will do the same, because this glut of reruns and lame-o reality programming is more than our nation can bear.

Bring back my shows, or else!