It’s Official: NBC Cancels Heroes

Finally! I loved the first series, the second was good as it went on but was cut short. The third never delivered on the promise of villains (as it killed all of them off), the fourth made absolutely no sense, character-wise, and… eh. It's been a long time coming.

Absolute BS. NBC is one of the worst networks ever. They put the show on at 8 and it was doing all right, but then they move it to 9 to put CHUCK on at 8 and have Heroes competing against MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, the same target demographic. In the day and age of Tivo and watching online and on demand, what do you think most in the demographic are going to do–Watch the game as it happens, or miss it? These networks put so much stock in numbers, they don't even pay attention to other factors. Screw NBC. As long as they keep putting garbage like the Marriage Ref and 30 Rock and SNL I'm done with them.

The show failed season 1 final episode. I never watched it again.

I'm absolutely ticked off about this. I'm so sick of dedicating so much time into these shows just to have networks cancel them and leave you hanging. Obviously they don't give a crap about their viewers. And now what? NBC launches 'The Cape'? Even if it looks amazing, I won't be watching it. I'm sick of going through this.

I thought they would bring it back to wrap it properly but it has declined in quality—so no surprise….I still pissed Journeyman never made it back…

I loved this show when it first debuted. I thought the first season was weak when it delivered action, and the action was better in season 2 and 3 (part 1 of season 3). But the story completely lacked from season 1 when they decided to redo the ALREADY FINISHED ending to season 2 when the writer's strike happened (which was stuuuupid). So, I'm not surprised it cancelled, I'm sad to see it go regardless though. Wish it could have a movie wrap-up at least just to finish some overdue loose ends. Ah well, I guess.

oh is that show still on the air?

it was way over due for Hero's kept going down hill and never did recover time to put it to rest.

I quit after season 3. Loved the concept, loved a lot of the characters, but 2 & 3 were a total mess.

I am glad it is gone, loved the first season and partial 2nd. But then it just got too weird for my taste, and bloated with crap. It'll be easy to catch up with the dvds.

F*ck yes

It was a promising show but I think they were trying to do comic book plots without wanting it to be a comic book. Government conspiracies, laboratory conspiracies, Petrelli family mystery…that all works in, say, “The X-Men” book, but not so on an hour long TV show. And the whole bit of everyone being somehow interrelated either by the 50's lab stuff or family was too too much.

The first season worked because of the “wow!” factor. We were amazed every week by the characters exhibiting their abilities and as they learned about themselves so did we. The characters should have been retired as the series progressed and new characters introduced. Instead we had too many characters to care about in the end and especially the whole “Carnival of the Specials” became too much of a stretch.

Between Heroes and Law & Order being canceled looks like 2/3 of why I watched NBC is going out the window. All that's left is L&O SVU and I wouldn't doubt they will run that into the ground as well. What happened to NBC? It used to be top notch. Oh yeah, they thought they were too big for football. Football = ratings for the networks other shows. Oh and also having good shows help, besides SVU what's there to watch now on NBC? I guess my Monday nights will be free for House now. I can see how the writer's strike interfered with the momentum of the show, but it lost focus after season one as well. Personally, I loved the last two seasons (I got into the show during season three), I think the main problem with the show is that the Heroes stopped really saving people and being “heroes” after season one. You save New York and where do you go from there? It's anticlimatic. Still the show had a following, maybe should have moved it to SYFY (as they should have moved the new Knight Rider). NBC is a mess. They used to give shows a chance to become a success. If they gave Cheers or Seinfeld the kind of chances they give a show like Knight Rider or Heroes those shows would never have become #1. They'd have been canceled before getting near any success.

absolute stupidity by NBC. This is like Star Trek cancellation happening all over again . . . there is a cult following but in this day & age you can't mess with people's other options. Tim Kring is a genius . . . and could be like Gene Roddenberry – we just won't find out until the nexgen decides to pick up the pieces . . . unless of course another network does. Characters were still being developed and while slow and of course at times . . . I can say that this was probably ana ct of desperation from the writers to “get er done” because of threats to produce. And while I'm at it . . . why so many reality shows . . . can't we let the actors do the acting . . . which beleive or not, is a craft and an art, just like writing. Stupid business model NBC – to cancel a show that has been tossed around but still maintained some stability and loyalty. So long to NBC and all it's backward thinking ancillaries. Tim Kring, Writers, Cast and Crew – Enjoy the fruits as they will be forthcoming!!!

I never did understand why they kept with, 'We have to save the world' plot every season. I think the show would have worked better as a bag and tag approach where you would see the company bagging and tagging a new hero or villain every couple of episodes, with each 'power' spanning over a couple of eps. That way, you see a new character, which would keep interest up, and plus you wouldn't get bored with saving the world all the time.

Yes,it was certainly a factor, but the lack of direction or a story line that made sense was the deciding factor in Heroes' demise.

It was once a pretty good show, but lately it was painful as watching your old pet dog get sick and incompetent. At least NBC is still interested in milking (the cash cow and) the Superhero genre with the coming of 'The Cape' and people will watch, get addicted and forget about HEROES like humans do.

Now, if only the CW would shoot the other dog called SMALLVILLE. Somebody please shoot it, damn it!

The cheerleader has played non-cheerleaders. She was on Law & Order SVU when she was probably around 10 or so and then appeared again on it after the first season of Heroes put attention on her. There were also a few Disney movies (Tiger Cruise & Ice Princess) where she did not player a cheerleader. I guess they liked putting her in the short skirts.

I think Heroes would have been much better off had Kring gone with the original plan of replacing almost the entire cast each season. Pretty much the same people saving the world over and over again just got old and tired.

SMALLVILLE LIVES ON!!! :P

You could, oh I dont know, go outside on Tuesdays if theres nothing to watch…

Man, Heroes has quickly become the worst television show in network history. Random character motivations, one likable cast member, plots that don't amount to a fart in a hurricane, and dialogue and acting so bad, they make George Lucas look like Shakespeare.

Whatever happened to Peter's Irish girlfriend? Why did Mrs. Pattrelli tell Sylar she was his mother if she'd scrap the whole thing instantly? Why did Sylar instantly believe Mrs. Pattrelli even though he never met her before, and she had no evidence to back up her claim? Why doesn't Hiro ever use his time traveling powers for anything useful? If Peter's immortal, and can time travel, why do any other villains pose a threat? Why was there so much hype about Bob the Alchemist and Adam the Claire clone if they were just going to get killed off at the start of the third season? Why did they even have the cello lady? Why did they make Mohinder a super villain if it ultimately didn't matter? Why do they have Claire on the show if she never has any forward character momentum? Why did they bring Ali Larter back from the dead using the “identical triplets” trick? Why did they make Claire a lesbian with that ugly chick, and then scrap the whole thing, never mentioning it again?

But most importantly, why did Claire make out with Sylar? He's twice her age, raped her brain, and they made him her uncle at one point.

They gave it four seasons, even after the ratings were cut in half, and then into quarters. NBC was, if anything, too lenient?

Oh, and except for Noah and Sylar, all the acting was terrible, especially Peter, the guy who played him's got to be the worst actor in the world.

THAT SUCKS! Its like grade 11 all over again, when they decided to cancel History class because not enough people wanted to study History, I LOVE HISTORY. I hate majority rules, its stupid. Just because not enough people like it because its not cliche enough for them, not going like they want it to, doesnt mean they need to cancel it!! Even if everyone thought it got suckier (yes they could have done better in season 4, the storyline was all over the place, especially character development wise; for instance, Hiro should have become that awesome kick-ass ninja with a sword) They can right themselves in a new season, do better. Guess they'll never get a chance.