Good news for Heroes fans: NBC has just announced that it has already ordered a full second season!
Heroes is the #1 new series of the US season in adults 18-49, total viewers and other key categories and is tied for the #3 ranking among all shows in 18-49. Heroes is NBC’s highest-rated first-year drama in 18-49 in 12 years, since ER debuted in Fall 1994.
From creator-executive producer Tim Kring (NBC’s “Crossing Jordan”) comes “Heroes” (Mondays, 9-10 p.m. ET) recently named the winner of the People’s Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama is an epic drama that chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities and a destiny to save the world.
They include a genetics professor (Sendhil Ramamurthy, “Blind Guy Driving”) in India who is led by his father’s disappearance to uncover a secret theory that there are people with super powers living among us. Also featured are a young dreamer (Milo Ventimiglia, “Gilmore Girls”) tries to convince his politician brother (Adrian Pasdar, “Judging Amy”) that he can fly. A high school cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere, “Ice Princess”) learns that she is totally indestructible while trying to relate to her father (Jack Coleman, “Dynasty”) who has a keen interest in people with special abilities. A Las Vegas single mother (Ali Larter, “Final Destination”) struggles to make ends meet to support her young son (Noah Gray-Cabey, “My Wife & Kids”) and discovers that her mirror image has a secret.
In addition, a fugitive from justice (Leonard Roberts, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) continues to baffle authorities. A gifted artist (Santiago Cabrera, “Empire”), whose drug addiction is destroying his life and relationship with his girlfriend (Tawny Cypress, “Third Watch”), can paint the future. A down-on-his-luck Los Angeles beat cop (Greg Grunberg, “Alias”) can hear people’s thoughts, which puts him on the trail of an elusive serial killer. In Japan, a young man (Masi Oka, NBC’s “Scrubs”) develops a way to stop time through sheer will power.
Joining Kring as executive producer are Dennis Hammer (NBC’s “Crossing Jordan”) and Allan Arkush (NBC’s “Crossing Jordan”). The drama is produced by NBC Universal Television Studio.


