"It's very tough to focus on it right now with two pilots on my plate," adds Thomas, referring to his two ABC projects, a reworking of his '90s dramedy Cupid and an adaptation of the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune. "But as soon as I have any free time, that's my top priority."Hard chargers like Thomas don't know the concept of "free time". I mean, if this latest incarnation of CUPID goes south like the other one did (which would be unfortunate, since I really liked the Jeremy Piven version), maybe he'll be able to bump MARS up on his cluttered queue. But then what? Unless Bell opens WHEN IN ROME to $20 million-plus in 2009, I can't imagine Warner Brothers would be eager to pony up a halfway decent budget for a cult show that's been off the air for several years (especially after Fox's experience with THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE). Much as I'd love to see Thomas and Bell pull this off, I just can't get my hopes up.