After becoming an almost immediate hit for NBC in Fall of 2006, Heroes dropped significantly in the ratings over the past couple seasons. Fans have complained about the storylines but the TV show has been one of the network’s biggest draws in the 18-49 demographic. NBC has opted to cancel it anyway.
Heroes follows a group of ordinary humans who have developed extraordinary powers that end up affecting their lives in positive and negative ways. The series’ large ensemble cast includes Adrian Pasdar, Ali Larter, Cristine Rose, Greg Grunberg, Hayden Panettiere, Jack Coleman, James Kyson Lee, Masi Oka, Milo Ventimiglia, Robert Knepper, Sendhil Ramamurthy, and Zachary Quinto.
The network had reportedly been considering three options to wrap up Heroes — a 13 episode order for mid-season, an order of four to six episodes that could be aired over a couple nights in the fall, or to just cancel the series outright.
Though Heroes still brought NBC some its better 18-49 ratings this season, the numbers just can’t justify costs with a sizable cast and special effects budget. The network has a large selection of new hour-long dramas to choose from and so, has decided to cut Heroes.
On the bright side, NBC is supposedly working on a plan to wrap up the series. Right now, it sounds like there will be a two or four hour event that will air mid-season. The details will revealed at NBC’s upfront presentation on Monday morning.
Over the past day or so, Grunberg has been tweeting and hinting that “the fat lady” was getting ready to sing. As the news broke of Heroes’ cancellation, he wrote, “I’m hearing The FAT LADY singing her ass off!!! #Heroes = Cancelled! Sad. BUT… W/bad news comes GOOD!! My Next Tweet will explain!!” Three hours later, and Grunberg still hasn’t tweeted again.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that Heroes has been cancelled or was it long overdue? Will you watch the wrap-up event, whenever or whatever it is?
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I cant believe this, Im soo late on this but come on NBC.. You gotta at least wrap things up for us… Such a tragedy!!!
Thats what happens when you keep switching writers and the writers guild strikes when ever they god damn feel like it each year.
Writers guild of America kills American cinema.
heeroes 🙁
I love this show, action, drama, this is the type of show I could watch FOREVER, keep on bringing the stories, yeah it was sometimes, just sometimes a little hard to keep up w/ all the different characters, but thats what made it so fascinating and awe catching. I’m a 36 yr old woman and I love movies & all types of shows HEROS IS COOOOL AND ALWAYS WILL BE!!!! unless of course NBC cancels it. NBC BLOWS!!!!!
PLEASE PUT HEROES BACK ON OR ATLEAST FINISH IT!!!!!!!!!!
I just started watching Heroes like 3 or 4 weeks ago and I finished with all 4 seasons and it HAS to have a ending. I think NBC is stupid for canceling this show. I mean they could at least let it have a ending I mean come on people.
I can not believe this is going to be canceled! I freaking love it. Loved the people in it as well! Man, so very disappointed!! 🙁 and yes I will watch!
Yeah I am so tired of those reality shows, and finaly something comes up that I can seat and enjoy with the entire family and NBC cancells it. I hope they this people at NBC grow some sence and bring the show back.
Is there actually a TV show nowadays the Networks can guarantee and end to? It is disrespectful to an audience that for years have been watching the show and keeping the ratings up, not to finish the series. It is all about money, money, money. They come up with stupid reality shows no one cares about by the dozen yet they can at least allow for a four year series run to end with dignity and offer a finale. Watching TV nowadays is sort of like Forrest Gump said ” It is like a box of chocolates: You never know… Read more »
I love this show…plz bring it back….!!!
What a shame. We really enjoyed the series and the charectors as well. I hope they come up some type of a finale. We will be sure to be looking for it.
I love that show. I can admit the 2nd one wasnt that great but the 3rd was pretty good and the 4th had me waiting for 5 and now theres no ending?? Errrrrrrrrrrr.
First they put the show Las Vegas on then cancel it for no reason. Now they,re canceling Heroes with out a finale. come on . Finish something.
I just started watching Heroes with my family and we love it. We are still on the first season and have enjoyed every show. If NBC has killed the show they will kill viewers to the network. I had no idea that the show was this good until now. Instead of canceling the show, they need to cancel the promotion team and keep the show. Half the people I’ve started talking to about the show never heard of it. NBC should really re-think this one…
I think heroes was one of the best shows I have watched in a long time. You should always wrap up a good t.v. show. If your not going to keep it on air finish out with a movie. Make heroes go out in a bag. You never know after the movie the ratings might go up. That’s just my thought on this.