Bryan Fuller Talks Heroes

Poor Bryan Fuller can't seem to keep one of his amazingly imaginative shows on the air. But he can, it seems, breathe new life into existing shows. EW's Michael Ausiello had a chance to sit down with Bryan Fuller to talk about his return to Heroes. The lone bright spot to come out of the demise of Pushing Daisies has been the news that Bryan Fuller would return to the NBC show as a consultant. Fuller wrote Season 1's best episode, "Company Man," and will return to season 3 with episode 19, about halfway through the "Fugitives" chapter that will launch in January. The show has struggled immensely since its freshman season, and many have cited the show's overly-sprawling and directionless storyline as a big factor in that. Fuller stresses that he wants to bring the show back to focus on the characters rather than all of the season 3 mumbo-jumbo about formulas and catalysts. NBC, which has been struggling recently, hopes to turn one of its biggest series around with Fuller's return, and so far, he seems to be saying all of the right things. The final episode of the "Villains" storyline will air this coming Monday at 9:00 PM.

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TV Round-Up: Scrubs, Daisies, More

Lots of news in the land of television today. First up, The Hollywood Reporter has news on the 8th season of Scrubs, which will be making its debut on ABC on Tuesday, January 6th at 9:00 PM. It'll air two episodes a night for its first two weeks before settling into the slot regularly. Scrubs began its run on NBC back in 2001 on Tuesdays at 9:30 PM.

Next up is some bad news, I'm afraid. Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, and the inimitable Pushing Daisies will not receive full season pickups from ABC past their 13-episode orders. The studio is avoiding the word "canceled" when talking about the three sophomore shows, but it's looking like a pickup at a later date is improbable. Bryan Fuller, creator of Daisies, remains optimistic, however, that the show will find a second life in other formats. He says the next step is to get DC Comics on board to finish the season's storylines out in a comic book format, and convince Warner Bros. to greenlight a feature-length film version of the show. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he can pull this off. No official word yet on whether or not this means that Fuller is headed back to scripting duties on NBC's struggling Heroes

Finally, Rob Thomas fans will be happy to know that the Veronica Mars creator's relaunched series, Cupid, now has a promo reel out. Viewers may recall the 1998 version that starred a pre-Ari Jeremy Piven and Paula Marshall. Follow the jump to check out the reel.

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Pushing Daisies On The Brink!

Variety reports that the critically-lauded, ratings-plagued Pushing Daisies may not be picked up for a full season.

As production comes to a close on its 13-episode order, ABC has still not ordered any more episodes, and the network may be mulling to only extend its options on the show's cast in an attempt to relaunch next year. Showrunner Bryan Fuller has stated that he'd consider continuing the show in a comic book format if Daisies is canceled, and has also mentioned a return to the writing staff on NBC's Heroes as a possibility (remember any of the GOOD episodes in season 1? Yeah, Fuller was on that).

Daisies has averaged only 6.6 million views, with a 2.3 rating (meaning 2.3% of all the televisions in the country were tuned in) and 5 share (meaning 5% of all TV sets that were actually in use were watching) through 5 episodes this season.

Let's hope Ned & Chuck don't go the way of George and Jay from Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls (which Lee Pace was actually in, as Jay's brother), respectively.

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