That is when a multitude of new daytime talk shows will come onto the market, the first real test for the genre since Oprah Winfrey signed off nine months ago.
This is the first trophy Chelsea have won since Jose Mourinho signed off his silverware account with victory against Manchester United here two years ago, and as the outstanding Florent Malouda was unlucky to be denied a third goal with a shot that bounced down from the crossbar and over the line, there was no case for arguing that they were not worthy winners.
Since we signed off last night, here are a few piece you might have missed: Sunday's festival podcast featuring Roddy Doyle talking about the return of Jimmy Rabbitte in his new novel The Guts, and Mark Forsyth on some of the more exotic words in the world's dictionaries.
We've all trained hard this week, but to be honest I haven't stopped since being signed off from Dragons duty myself.
The prime minister has been in a difficult spot since he signed off on the bailout package.
Fallon at least left "Late Night" with a bang: His Feb. 7 swan song, in which he performed a sweet rendition of the Band's classic anthem "The Weight" alongside the Muppets, drew the highest ratings the show has seen since David Letterman signed off in 1993.
Since Putin signed off Russia's anti-gay law in June of last year, groups like Maxim's have been using social networks to lure young gay men to private locations, where they humiliate and torture them, before posting footage of the abuse online. .
It was only four or five years since we'd signed off".
Vicky Redwood, of Capital Economics, said: "Even after the latest downgrades, the MPC's growth forecasts still look optimistic to us, particularly in the light of the further market volatility seen since the committee signed off the report last week.
Ever since, she has signed off each show with a simple plea to her audience: "Be kind to one another".
