An X Filer returns, Heroes and the 4400

Channel Five have picked up the new David Duchovny series Californication. The 12 part Showtime series which premieres in the US in August stars the former X-Files star as a novelist struggling with professional and personal issues. Natasha McElhone is among the cast........The BBC has acquired the second series of Heroes before they have shown the first. The BBC will screen season 2 on BBC2 and BBC3, its a major blow for the Sci-Fi Channel who have had first run rights for the first series......The 4400 is back on SKY One in July, check out the trailer for season four which begins in the US next month.