NBC has officially announced that the former Heroes writer turned Pushing Daisies creator has signed a two-year deal worth a cool 7-figures.
Under the seven-figure pact, Fuller will rejoin the UMS-produced drama “Heroes,” which he left after the first season to launch ABC/WBTV’s “Daisies,” and will develop new projects for the studio.
Fuller, who is wrapping post-production on the final episodes of “Daisies’ ” 13-episode second-season order, is expected to officially come on board “Heroes” starting with Episode 20.
His exact role on the sci-fi drama has not been determined, but he is expected to play a key role in the writers room alongside “Heroes” creator/executive producer/showrunner Tim Kring.
After the end of the season, Fuller might continue on “Heroes” or join another UMS-produced series while also developing his own projects.
Self-fulfilling prophecies being what they are, I hope this gets all those media people who were heeing and hawing about how bad Heroes has gotten without Bryan Fuller to do a major turnaround and start writing overly positive stories now that he’s back.