NBC Plans To Bring Back ‘Heroes’ for Fourth Season
NBC entertainment president Angela Bromstad said the network is planning to bring Heroes back for a fourth season, adding that plans are to order 18-20 episodes of the show for next season.
Despite a drop in ratings this season, the show is still tied with The Office as the network’s top-rated series among adults 18-49 this season.
The network is also considering Jesse Alexander’s pilot project Day One, about a group of survivors in the wake of a catastrophic global event, as a companion piece to Heroes. They are hoping the popularity of Heroes could help a new series like Day One find an audience, especially if it airs as part of the same Monday night block.
"Day One is a big event and we’re looking at that to come into the Heroes spot," Bromstad said. "It’s right now being looked at as a 13-episode run — something people could commit to and we could make a big splash with."
Bromstad also cited the show’s global popularity as working in Heroes favor. "Every single place you go has heard about Heroes — whether you’re in China or Japan or Russia," she said. "And to me, that is global content."
The network has privately discussed setting a series end date for Heroes, which has worked in the favor of the quality of shows like Lost and Battlestar Galactica. But even if NBC ever made such a move, Bromstad said, they wouldn’t want to make next season the conclusion.
Of course, this is not yet an “official” renewal, but barring any drastic ratings drop, the show seems safe for renewal at this point.
For all of the latest on Heroes, check out Watching Heroes.
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March 11th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
[...] NBC Entertainment president did say that the network will be bringing back the show for a fourth season, and said that plans are to order about 18-20 episodes. Despite slipping in the ratings, the show is still bringing in viewers from a key demographic, adults between the ages of 18-49, according to TV Chatting. [...]