Schedule Stuff

SKY One will premiere the Battlestar Galactica movie Razor on Wednesday December 5th. The two hour special precedes a final run of 20 episodes set for next year.....The second series of Brotherhood opens up on FX on Sunday January 6th......If you missed out on Richard Jeni, the late great comedian who took his own life earlier in the year, ITV4 screen one of his HBO specials at 1.15am on Saturday November 3rd off the back of a showing of Chris Rock:Bigger and Blacker. I saw Jeni live and he remains one of the best stand-ups I ever seen.....Good news for ITV, and they need some, ABC have picked up Pushing Daisies for a full season. The Barry Sonnenfeld produced fantasy series that has Anna Friel among the cast, has been one of the hits of the new US season. Destined for ITV1, the network will now have to figure out where to schedule it, a worrying thought given their track record for killing top US shows stone dead.......FOX have picked up Back To You for a full season, the Kelsey Grammar/Patricia Heaton sitcom is suffering from mediocre reviews and rating, but Channel 4 will at least get a mighty set of 24 shows.