This is just a quick run-down of TV news that interested me this week:Writer-producer Bryan Fuller has announced he would love to return to work on Heroes, if his own series Pushing Daisies is cancelled by ABC. Considering the low ratings for Daisies' second season, that seems very likely. In related news, Everwood actor Justin Baldoni has signed up for at least two episodes, playing a "Southern California surfer dude who works at a comic book store" called Alex.
24's seventh season will kick-off with a four-hour premiere, spread over two nights (11 & 12 January 2009). The long-running action drama will celebrate its 150th episode in hour 4, too. The TVM "Redemption" (bridging season 6 and 7) will air on Sunday 23 November 2008 in the US, and Monday 24 November in the UK.
Lost will return for its fifth season on 21 January 2009, with a two-hour premiere. Interestingly, the series is moving back to its old Wednesday 9pm timeslot. I would assume the UK's Sky1 premiere will therefore be on Sunday 27 January, but nothing has been officially announced. In related news, former-24 star Reiko Aylesworth (above; who played CTU Agent Michelle Dessler in season 2-5) will have a recurring role in at least four episodes as Amy, a successful career woman with a passion for the outdoors.
David Morrissey has been stirring the Doctor Who rumour pot regarding David Tennant's replacement for 2010, claiming: "well, if or when they do choose someone, they would have to be totally different to David -- which I am." Morrissey guest-stars in this year's Christmas special as "the next Doctor", the opening two-minutes of which will premiere during next Friday's Children In Need telethon. Host Terry Wogan recently alluded that David Tennant's replacement will be announced then, too. Is this true, or a cheeky lie to boost viewers?
Joss Whedon's Dollhouse finally has a timeslot! The troubled Fox sci-fi series (which has already had its pilot re-shot) has been bumped from Monday to Friday, airing after Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (which is also moving there from Monday next year.) This is bad news for both shows, as Friday is Fox's second least-watched night of the week, and the historical dumping ground for sci-fi shows to wilt and die. The only genre series to have succeeded on a Friday was The X Files over 10 years ago.
