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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NBC Sucks they get you hyped up. Then cancel because like it was said earlier they put it on against to many other good shows. They have the ID 10 T mentality squished together its ID10T or IDIOT
When will they realize all ratings have dropped people just aren’t watching tv like they used to do. Computers are where its at now.
It was the only show I actually looked forward to watching every week. The concept, actors and special effects were great. Was looking forward to season 5. I didn’t expect the writers to come up with something spectacular every single episode. The circus plot did drag out a bit. However, overall the best series I’ve seen in years! It provided great entertainment to a large audience base. I’m really sorry to see it go. 🙁
it was too good to be canceled now we have nothing to watch I really wanted to see what happened=(
I’m real tired of this. Every-time we look forward to the next show, it’s cancelled. Northern Exposure, Jericho, now Heroes. I will not watch anymore of these. If they know it’s cancelling, they ought to work toward an end.
Done with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is one of the normal moves from TV execs. They get feedback from stats, the stats are from firms that run numbers not from real feed back but from computer programs that estimate rating. The writers are pressure to give scripts that don’t follow the original theme but only what is new or suppose to increase ratings. Unfortunate but TV has become sensationalistic junk with nothing lasting over 15 minutes of dramatics.
heroes was the only show i would watch on TV and now NBC dropped it because of rates.
make a movie to close it so we know what happens to the heroes, so yes i like the idea of the 2-4 hour show for heroes. but watch the rate will shoot right up and will be begged to run the show again.
I agree with most above; that circus plot was stupid. They should have wrapped that up long ago and went back to the secrets surrounding the family and where those abilities came from. I couldn’t believe they went in that direction-it was like they were trying to kill the show…well, they succeeded. To bad for something that started with such a bang to go out with that kind of wimper.
I still don’t believe it. Yes season 4 could have been better, most likely could have used a more “threating” threat. But heroes up till this past here had one of the best records and still pleads to the hearts of many Americans and people across the globe. Who are we to give up on a show after one wrong season. Ten people shouldn’t be able to ruin it for millions.
Very Disappointed!! I was looking forward for season 5! =( This was one of the best shows out there, graphics were amazing and acting was amazing.
What a shame indeed it was to cancel the show. My wife and i were always battling out what the next thing would be. We started to find it dragging as time went by. Especially with the circus, unfortunately nothing really good happened that would atleast have something good happen. And it was all about the circus then and the empasis on the gentelmen that could move destroy things. My personal opinion it started to drag on. Great program but toward the end it would drag on we would tivo the episodes then watched when we had a chance. The… Read more »
This is really bad news!!! I enjoyed watching Heroes and was looking forward to the 5th season………this sucks! Bad decision indeed.
Hero rocked. If they were so concerned bout ratings they would have put it in a time slot it ruled instead of against other top watched shows it was second best big 4 show onlyost Wilson to 24. Make a 5 th. Fools
I knew for a while this was going to happen. The story lines were just getting absolutely ridiculous. Just bringing in “Teabag” from the show ‘Prison Break’ was a huge mistake. Nothing was happening! It seemed like every episode of the latest season was the same as the last. Nothing was progressing. There were things going on that made many viewers say “what’s going on here?” and there were also poor decisions made as to what to do with the characters. This show had every potential in the world to be the biggest and best show ever, yet somehow the… Read more »
Yes Rob – Teabag big mistake, just plain boring…
Explain to me why the only show I looked forward to during the week was heroes? Now I have to find another show just as stimulating and guess what? I don’t think it will be on NBC . Recently NBC has been a joke I guess I can now compare them to fox! Bring back heroes and bring back viewers
Season 4 was utter rubbish with all that Circus stuff…. bored me 2 death! But would like to see a 5th season with all-out action