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In the midst of the bad news coming out of Iraq, I — who, unlike soldiers and civilians there, am free to escape at will into diversion for relief — find a bit of diversionary good news: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is now in syndication in my viewing area, and the TiVo is stocking up on DS9 episodes.

Deep Space Nine aired from 1993 through 1999, and the handful of episodes I saw during those years hooked me — I found DS9’s darker twists relative to other Star Trek series fascinating. (And, I admit it, I was kind of ga-ga over both Jadzia and Kira.) But DS9 aired in time slots during which I was almost always in class — its 7-season run corresponds exactly with, for me, “The Night School Years” — so most of its episodes will be first-run for me. After the series ended, I was disappointed to find no DS9 episodes in syndication.

My long-dormant TiVo DS9 season pass has sprung to life now, however, having found this Spike TV schedule blitz:

Beginning in April, DS9 will debut on Spike TV with a weeklong “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 9-Hour Marathon.” From Monday, April 5 through Friday, April 9 Spike TV will broadcast nine hours daily of DS9 episodes from the first two seasons (and two episodes from Season Three), in consecutive order. From noon through 9:00 PM, ET/PT each day, fans can watch episodes from “Emissary, Part I” at noon on Monday and on through “The Search, Part II” at 10:00 p.m. on Friday.

Following the Marathon, DS9 will move into its regular timeslot, weeknights at 7:00 p.m., ET/PT, beginning Monday, April 12.

Woo-hoo! I’ve been waiting for this for years!