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Heroes
The cast of "Heroes"
Genre	Drama
Running time	60 minutes (with commercials)
Creator(s)	Tim Kring
Starring	Greg Grunberg Leonard Roberts Milo Ventimiglia Hayden Panettiere Ali Larter Noah Gray-Cabey Santiago Cabrera Tawny Cypress Masi Oka Sendhill Ramamurthy
Country of origin	USA
Original network/channel	NBC
No. of episodes	13
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Heroes is a serial drama scheduled to begin airing on the NBC network in the United States and on both Global and CH networks in Canada in the fall of 2006. The premise deals with people all over the world abruptly discovering that they have superpowers. The show will follow how these changes affect their lives and the lives of those around them. Tim Kring (Crossing Jordan, Chicago Hope) is the series' creator and the pilot is set to be directed by Dave Semel (American Dreams, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Beverly Hills 90210). Heroes will be produced by NBC Universal/Tailwind. The show will air Mondays at 9pm/8c.

Profile/Synopsis

The drama tells the story of people who "thought they were like everyone else... until they woke with incredible abilities" [1]. A Japanese office worker discovers that he can manipulate time. A struggling New York artist can paint the future. A discontented police officer in Los Angeles can hear the thoughts of others. A high school cheerleader discovers she is not able to be hurt physically and a single mom realizes she has a powerful alter ego. The premise is that these people have a role in "saving humankind".

According to the NBC website [2], not only do the characters discover what having superpowers means to them, but also uncover a larger picture of the origin of their superpowers. The characters eventually become involved in each other's lives as they attempt to evade the series antagonist. The antagonist wishes to harness their "super DNA" for his own ends. Together, they must find a way to "save the world".[3]

List of episodes

Comic book references and trivia

• Parallels have been drawn between two of J. Michael Straczynski's limited series, Rising Stars and Supreme Power, as well as New Universe's DP7/Displaced Paranormals 7. All three are about people who woke up with incredible abilities, and Supreme Power also deals with how the world reacts to new superpowered individuals.

• Parallels have been drawn between the series and M. Night Shyamalan's movie Unbreakable.

• Parallels have been drawn between the series and the similar series "The 4400", a show where 4400 people gain powers.

• Comic book writer Jeph Loeb (Superman/Batman) has signed on as a writer/co-executive producer.

• The paintings made by Isaac were created for the show by comic book artist Tim Sale. Sale is well known for his collaborations with writer Jeph Loeb.

References

1. NBC website

External links

• Heroes at the Internet Movie Database
• NBC's Official Heroes Page (includes video preview)
• Heroes Unofficial Fansite
• Heroes Fansite
• HeroesMedia - Images and News about Heroes and its cast
• The Heroes Fansite
• Heroes Brasil - Blog (in Portuguese)
• Heroes Multimedia Forum
• TV.com page