BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The British spy drama "MI-5," which had been airing on A&E until the network threw it away by playing it in a late Friday time slot last fall, will return with new episodes on BBC America, according to BBCA president Garth Ancier.

What he doesn't know is when. It depends on when A&E's contract for the series ends. Knowing it will be available in America eventually should be a relief to fans of the show, left wondering if they would see subsequent seasons.

Ivory Serra/Spike TV Donnie Wahlberg (left) stars as Capt. Horst Cali, a hostage negotiator with the Pittsburgh police department who has to match wits with Mr. Wolf (John Leguizamo, right), the leader of a small band of military vets whose robbery of a downtown bank goes terribly awry in "The Kill Point."

I've written so much about Spike TV's "The Kill Point" at this point, that I pretty much have "Kill Point" fatigue. There's more coming in the print edition of the PG when the show premieres July 22. I'm not sure much came out of the press conference here that I haven't already written (actually, there is some, but it's better saved until after the show premieres and viewers get to know the characters), but I can report that as press tour press conferences go, this one was quite well received, much better than the initial press conference for CBS's "The Guardian" in 2001. This time, critics seemed to like the show.

TV Guide critic Matt Roush gave "Kill Point" nine stars out of 10, which is better than how my review will read when it's published July 22. But it's interesting to note that even the show's producers and stars seem to agree with my contention that the series improves after the first hour.

"You know, one great thing about the show, I think, it's better as it goes on," said star Donnie Wahlberg, which is close to a direct quote from the review I wrote three weeks ago but won't publish until July 22 or move on the wire until next week.

Not much talk of Pittsburgh during the press conference, except when Wahlberg noted it was the second time he'd worked with co-star John Leguizamo.

"What happens in Pittsburgh stays in Pittsburgh, buddy," Leguizamo said.