Little has been added but much has been moved on the fall schedule at CBC, which on Wednesday painted, in broad strokes, its plans for the coming season.

New arrival Ron James will bow his self-titled comedy half-hour on Sept. 25, taking over the Friday 8 p.m. slot previously held by Royal Canadian Air Farce, while the culture-clash reality Battle of the Blades has staked a claim on both Sunday and Monday nights. The 14-part series — looking to appeal to both sides of the gender divide by pairing elfin, female figure skaters with lumbering NHL greats — is set to bow Oct. 4 at 8 p.m., after the return of Heartland. The ‘results’ episodes will follow on Mondays, also at 8 p.m.

Not surprisingly, the Ceeb has kept the reliable Rick Mercer and 22 Minutes where they were this time last year — Tuesdays at 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., respectively — though its other returning comedy, Little Mosque on the Prairie, has been moved to Mondays after Blades. The sitcom adds a new character for its fourth season, a prickly priest played by Brandon Firla (Billable Hours).

The dramas, on the other hand, have been rearranged. Season three of The Tudors will rip its bodices on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. — in the fifth estate‘s old slot, opposite hot item Glee and Criminal Minds — while The Border shifts to Thursdays at 9 p.m., putting the hit action series against The Office on Global and Grey’s Anatomy on CTV.

Meanwhile, the lighthearted Being Erica, one of last year’s standouts, will this fall do its time-traveling from Tuesdays at 9 p.m.

Gone are Sophie, cancelled amid the CBC’s layoffs earlier this year, and British import Dr. Who.

The network’s vaunted news programming got only passing mention, as the CBC continues to overhaul the division. The results are to be revealed Oct. 6, going to air Oct. 19 — though presentation host Ron McLean and others assured the crowd of reporters and media buyers that The National, The Nature of Things and the like will be back. Also returning are The Hour and Hockey Night in Canada.