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Heroes: season four coming, just shorter?

Simon Brew


Heroes may be on the verge of being renewed for a fourth season after all. Blimey.

Published on Mar 6, 2009

Earlier in the week, we were following the speculation that Heroes may have had its day, with even many originally ardent fans suggesting that the show had long since lost what made it great. With ratings a problem - admittedly enhanced by DVR recordings - and the budget still high, Heroes was potentially primed for the chopping block.

However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the likelihood is that the show will actually be getting a fourth season after all. The caveat to this is that it won't be a full length season, which if true suggests to us that Heroes is still very much on trial. But nonetheless, there's at least one last chance for Tim Kring - accompanied by Bryan Fuller - to turn things around.

According to the report, Heroes is still one of NBC's highest performing shows, and the likelihood is that a fresh order of 18 episodes is on the way. The show's international success is understood to be a factor in the decision.

There's been no formal deal yet, but there's certainly a fair whack of smoke here. You can read the full Hollywood Reporter piece here.

 

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Re: Heroes: season four coming, just shorter?
Posted By Dierk 1 March 6, 2009 12:51:17 PM

Guess the international success is based upon those countries having seen only the first season, probably part of the second [which I found better than DoG did]. Those having put away airtime for S3 ... Reminds me, since Germany is lucky enough to be the testing ground for Pushing Daisies' last three eps, the first of them aired this week and was quite good. Olive got a story again, with some nice twists.

Re: Heroes: season four coming, just shorter?
Posted By cordas 1 March 6, 2009 01:16:30 PM

hmmm, how can this bloated piece of shit get a 4th season when such quality TV shows as Pushing Daises and Eli Stone get cancelled... I am sorry but watching heroes now is like playing with a sore tooth, it hurts to do it but I just can't stop... realisticly I have given up any hope of it returning to the brilliance that was the 1st season, and the start of the 2nd series that whilst a bit slow was very good. (p.s. how do you get paragraphs in your post?)

Re: Heroes: season four coming, just shorter?
Posted By Dierk 1 March 6, 2009 05:56:41 PM

You need to use HTML tags, in this case 'br' two times; don't forget the mandatory angle brackets.

Re: Heroes: season four coming, just shorter?
Posted By cordas 1 March 6, 2009 09:19:56 PM

Cheers Mate.....
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