Remote patrol

Why Fox didn't simply schedule "Brimstone" on Fridays to begin with is beyond me. One of the fall's most impressive new series finally debuts at 7 tonight on Channel 4, starring Peter Horton (above) as a dead cop sent back to Earth to reclaim escaped demons after a jailbreak in hell. Filmed in a noirish blue haze and definitely not for the kiddies, "Brimstone" would seem a natural paired with "Millennium," which follows at 8. Fox thought otherwise this summer but has now recanted and sent the two sitcoms that previously filled the 7 p.m. hour to their eternal rest.