"Heroes" (2006/II) TV series 2006-????

Creator:

Tim Kring

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Save the Cheerleader. Save the World.

Plot:

They thought they were like everyone else... until they woke with incredible abilities.

Plot Keywords:

Death | Multiple Personality | Gun Shot | New York City | Politician

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 24 wins & 59 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 23	8:00 PM	NBC
Mon. Nov. 30	8:00 PM	NBC	The Fifth Stage	#4.11

Cast

Jack Coleman	...	Noah Bennet (67 episodes, 2006-2009)
Hayden Panettiere	...	Claire Bennet / ... (67 episodes, 2006-2009)
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Peter Petrelli (64 episodes, 2006-2009)
Masi Oka	...	Hiro Nakamura (60 episodes, 2006-2009)
Adrian Pasdar	...	Nathan Petrelli / ... (60 episodes, 2006-2009)
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Mohinder Suresh (59 episodes, 2006-2009)
James Kyson Lee	...	Ando Masahashi (57 episodes, 2006-2009)
Greg Grunberg	...	Matt Parkman (56 episodes, 2006-2009)
Zachary Quinto	...	Sylar (54 episodes, 2006-2009)
Ali Larter	...	Niki Sanders / ... (50 episodes, 2006-2009)
Cristine Rose	...	Angela Petrelli (49 episodes, 2006-2009)
Ashley Crow	...	Sandra Bennet (39 episodes, 2006-2009)
Jimmy Jean-Louis	...	The Haitian / ... (32 episodes, 2006-2009)
Noah Gray-Cabey	...	Micah Sanders (29 episodes, 2006-2009)

Also Known As:

Heroes: Villains (USA) (third season title)
Герои (Russia) [ru]
Héroes (Spain) [es]
Hõsök (Hungary) [hu]
Heroes (Germany) [de]
Heroes (Greece) [el]
Heroes (France) [fr]
Herois (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Heroji (Croatia) [hr]

Runtime:

45 min | 60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 1) (season 2) | South Korea:15 | Hungary:16 (some episodes) | Netherlands:12 | Australia:MA (Season 1 DVD rating) | New Zealand:R13 (Season 1 DVD rating) | Finland:K-13 (Season 1 DVD rating) (2008) | Norway:15 (TV rating) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

NBC Universal Television

Trivia:

Mr. Bennett's business card has no name, no phone number, and no other contact information. All it says is "www.primatechpaper.com". If you go to the URL, you'll find a rudimentary website for the Primatech Paper company, including a brief company history, a phone number (1-800-PRIMA-16), and an online job application, complete with personality test.

Quotes:

Sylar: You have the hunger. You're like me.
Peter Petrelli: No! I will never become you.
Sylar: You already are... Brother.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: 2009 Teen Tournament Quarterfinal 1 (#26.36)" (2009)

mind over matter? style over substance more like!

The fatal flaw of Heroes, particularly in the recent series, is its inability to stick to one central idea, or at least one of any value. When we reach the end of an increasingly convoluted plot line every episode, we are treated with a Jerry Springer style moral-of-the-story, but you can't help the feeling that it is more an attempt to hold the whole thing together in the mind of the maker, to give a meta narrative or deeper purpose to the whole mess. Which is problematic, because the maker clearly doesn't have any higher vision or godlike qualities, just look at the randomised way in which characters are given abilities one moment only to have them stripped the next. I know this is a fictional genre but guys, it has to be believable. And given what we already know or understand of the human race, heroes is just ridiculous and above all frustrating, not because of the strung out episodic formula but simply because unlike life it is all a lot of oysters and no pearl.