My dear Questions, I have treated you so terribly in recent months. I rarely acknowledge your existence and even when I do, your respite is nothing more than fleeting. I've been bad, I've let you down, I know this.

But I hereby promise to do better. I want things to be like the good old days. Questions once a week. How does that sound?

Ann: "Whatever happened to the q&a i miss it!! Just a quick one, any word on when we're getting to see Lipstick Jungle or Cashmere Mafia on these shores?....don't care which because the premise sounds similar!!"
Neil: Lipstick Jungle - the "new Sex and The City", apparently - would have been on the air by now but was pushed back in the US because of the seemingly interminable writers' strike. It premieres there tonight, in ER's slot on NBC, so expect to see it here on Living in the next couple months.

Winston: "Hi Neil Simply one Question....When does Season Four of Battlestar Galactica start on Sky One? After watching Razor my appetite is growing."
Neil: Then let's feed your big old stomach! The first half of season four is looking likely for April, with a repeat of season three planned for March on Sky Two. Is it me or is Sky Two gradually morphing into a sci-fi channel?

Andrew: "Any idea when House season 4 starts in the UK??"
Neil: I can do you one better and give you House AND Grey's Anatomy! Seasons four and three respectively will air together in a new medical double-bill, Thursdays at 9pm on Five beginning March 20.

Kate: "Hi Neil! Just wondering how Kristen Bell's character on Heroes was recieved and what do you think the chances of her being in season 3 are?"
Neil: (BBC viewers of Heroes, look away now!) I think Elle was generally quite well-received by the audience, once the nymphomaniac act was dropped and she was re-positioned as a nemesis for Claire (scurrilous rumour: art imitating life?) At the moment there are strong suggestions that she will be on the cast full-time when season three airs in September.

Adam Collings: "Loving TT, as per usual. I read a while back Family Guy is now going to be shown on FX. Are BBC 3 going to continuing showing new episodes?
Neil: This is a slightly tricky one, because of the way seasons four and five are named. In the US, season four (a total of 30 episodes) was shown in two parts but in the UK these two parts were named seasons four and five. As I understand it, the second part of season four (aka "season five") will premiere on FX, while BBC Three is starting from the beginning of season four. So "yes".

Bianca: "After the great Series 4 of NCIS, when is Series 5 starting here in the UK!? I know it has already started in the US in September!!! Surely it can't take that long to get over here can it?"
Neil: Well, those boats travel very slowly across the Atlantic, you know! Season five drops - "drops, drops"... I think I'll start using that term hereonin - on FX in April. Season four is currently playing out on Five.

Justine: "This is all too complicated - Supernatural, Weeds and Lost are all on at the same time! Help! There must be repeat showings that'll let me see all three, but I can't work it out with all the old repeats - otherwise which do I choose?"
Neil: If you have Sky, Lost is on multistart until 11pm on Sunday, so you have multiple options there. Alternatively there are two other Lost repeats: Sky Two, Monday at 9pm, or Sky One, Tuesday at 9pm. Weeds also has two repeats: Monday at 10pm on Sky Two, or Friday night at 11.30pm on Sky One. Supernatural also has two: Sunday, just after midnight, or Thursday at 10pm. Take your pick...

Bob: "When is Entourage coming back to ITV2?"
Neil: Proof, were it needed, that the Q&A needs to happen more often. Entourage returned last Thursday at 11pm on ITV2.

Nicola King: "Is The Class going to be picked up for a second series?"
Neil: The Class has been dismissed. A fair decision? Has anyone been watching this show? Your thoughts at the end of the column, please.

Beverley: "Hello there. Can you let me know when Season Four of Desperate Housewives is due to air in the UK? Thank you!"
Neil: The last I heard, the plan is still for it to return in March.

Donna Booth: "Hey Neil can you tell me although Living has picked up Moonlight will it be appearing on a terrestrial Channel at all"
Neil: No, this is exclusive to Living - although it could appear on Virgin 1 at some point in the future. It begins, by the way, on February 19 at 10pm. More on the show in Tube Talk next week!

Claudia: "Hi, Great website as usual. I check in daily! I say in your question section that The Apprentice would be back for a new series in the Spring. I read somewhere that the Beeb must show the American version beforehand. Any news on when the USA version would be shown?"
Neil: The deal when any country makes its own version of The Apprentice is that it must screen the first season of the US version first. This rule does not apply to subsequent seasons, however, so there is no obligation for the BBC to be showing any more episodes, and indeed, it is currently not in the schedules. I suspect however that a new season of the Trump series will follow on after Sugar hires his next protegé in June.

Maysie: "Hi Neil, I have been lucky enough to see a few episodes of Gossip Girl and love it! It is way better than The OC. Any news on when it will be aired in the UK? And do you know if there will be a season 2 as I have heard there may not be! Thanx."
Neil: Expect to see it on ITV2 next month. A second season is actually quite likely, as although the ratings haven't been that great, it does seem to have genereated quite a lot of buzz. As for your comparisions to The OC, I have to wildly disagree. For those who have seen both shows, what do you think? Which is better - The OC or Gossip Girls? Answers at the end of the column, please.

Joanne: "Having recently moved back to Scotland from Canada, I'm wondering about a few US shows we watched and if there are plans to bring them to UK... namely Life with Brit Damien Lewis, Cane with Jimmy Schmitt and Americas Next Top Model? Thanks!"
Neil: The latest season of Top Model can be found on Living, Monday nights at 9pm. Life and Cane have not premiered in the UK yet, but will air on ITV3 and ITV4 respectively.

Sam: "Any news on Heroes and when we can expect it back on the Beeb? Also, any news when Jericho is back on over here in the UK?"
Neil: Heroes returns to BBC Two for its shortened second season, with first look on BBC Three, in April. Hallmark repeats season one of Jericho throughout April in time for the second season premiere in May.


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