Hero is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. This series tells the stories from ordinary people who discover that they have superhuman abilities, and how these abilities apply in the lives of characters as they work together to prevent a devastating future. The series emulates the aesthetic style and storytelling of American comic books, using a multi-episode story bow that builds on a larger and wider narrative. The series is produced by Tailwind Productions in collaboration with Universal Media Studios. It was filmed primarily in Los Angeles, California.
The full four seasons aired, ending on February 8, 2010. The critically acclaimed first season has 23 episodes and garnered an average of 14.3 million viewers in the United States, receiving the highest rating for the NBC premiere in five years. The second season Heroes attracted an average of 13.1 million viewers in the US, and marked the only NBC series among the top 20 programs in total views for the 2007-2008 season. Hero has received numerous awards and nominations, including Emmy PrimeTime Awards, Golden Globes, People's Choice Awards and the British Academy Television Awards.
The online extension of the series, Heroes 360 Experience , later renamed Heroes Evolutions , was created to explore Heroes universe and provide insight into the mythology of the show. Other official Heroes media include magazines, action figures, interactive and interactive websites, mobile games, novels, clothing, and other merchandise. In the fall of 2008, NBC Digital Entertainment released a series of online content for the summer, including more original web content, wireless iTV interactivity, graphical novels available for mobile viewing and webisodes.
A 13-episode miniseries titled Heroes Reborn airs on NBC on September 24, 2015. In addition, comic book writer Cullen Bunn will write an ongoing comic book that goes on Heroes , which titled Heroes: Season Five ; release date and artist not yet specified.
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Initially, Kring designed the series to have an ever-changing player. However, his motivation changed when he realized how popular the original players were with the audience; therefore, he brought back most of the first season players for the second season, with some additions receiving billing stars. In its first season, the show features a portrayal of the twelve main characters that make it the third largest actor on major American television behind Desperate Housewives and Lost. Although the first NBC casting page in the first season contains only ten characters, Leonard Roberts, who first appeared in the fifth episode of this series as D. L. Hawkins, is an additional member of the original full-time player. In the eleventh episode of the first season, Jack Coleman, who plays Noah Bennet, is upgraded from a recurring role to becoming a twelve-time full-time player.
These are the people who remain the main characters for four seasons:
- Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli, a hospice nurse with the ability to imitate the abilities of others
- Hayden Panettiere as Claire Bennet, a high school cheerleader who can spontaneously regenerate
- Adrian Pasdar as Nathan Petrelli, a congressional candidate with the ability to fly
- Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura, an office worker who can manipulate space-time
- Greg Grunberg as LAPD cop Matt Parkman, who can read people's minds
During the first two seasons, some characters are written to make room for new characters with new stories. In Claude's one-season Claude played by Christopher Eccleston who has transparency plays an important role in helping Peter understand his powers throw him from a building to try to help him fly but he finds him healed instead. Simone Deveaux is the first main character to be written, dead towards the end of season one. DL became a guest star after the events of the end of the first season, making two appearances throughout the second season. Isaac Mendez was also written, dead in the hands of Sylar, shown during Hiro Nakamura's travel expedition to New York at the start of season one.
New characters added during the second season include: Maya Herrera, played by Dania Ramirez, a fugitive with the ability to excrete deadly poison; Adam Monroe, a 400-year-old British who is also known as Takezo Kensei with the ability to regenerate, is described by David Anders; Monica Dawson, described by Dana Davis, a restaurant worker with the ability to mimic the physical movements she sees; and Elle Bishop, a sadistic sociopath with the ability to generate electricity, described by Kristen Bell. Two recurring characters from season one, Sylar, played by Zachary Quinto, and Ando Masahashi, played by James Kyson Lee, were upgraded to the main characters in season two.
Beginning in the third season, Angela Petrelli's recurring character, described by Cristine Rose, is promoted to the main character. Elle, Adam, and Micah were expelled from the main players. Monica Dawson did not appear after the scene including her cut. Niki was also written but the actress Ali Larter remained on the show depicting the new character Tracy Strauss, Niki's sister with the power to freeze the object with a touch. For the fourth season, Samuel Sullivan's new character, played by Robert Knepper, added. Initially acting as a recurring part, the part was transformed into a lead role. Deanne Bray was also added as Emma Coolidge, a deaf woman who has improved synesthesia (seeing colors for music) including the ability to make siren songs.
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Episode
Synopsis
Plot Heroes is designed to be told in a manner similar to how comic books are told. Each season Heroes contains one or two "volumes". There are several main storylines in each volume. As the main groove develops, smaller and more intimate stories are told in it. Each main character story is developed separately and over time their traffic and described how their stories are interconnected and connected. It is a story of ordinary people who discover incredible super powers after the solar eclipse reveals them, and how these capabilities affect the daily life of the characters.
The first season, known as "Volume One: Genesis," begins with a seemingly ordinary group of people who gradually become aware that they have special abilities. Developing stories show their reactions to this power, and how these findings affect their personal and professional lives. At the same time, some ordinary people are investigating the origin and extent of this ability. Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy), a research geneticist, continues his father's late research into the biological source of strength, while Noah Bennet (Jack Coleman) represents, and is the main agent for, a secret organization known only as the "Company" control and, if necessary, stop those who are gifted. After only having a short time to reach their new abilities, each hero is drawn to the final showdown. They each have to do their part to stop the destruction of the world that begins with the impending explosion at Kirby Plaza in New York City.
The second season, known as "Volume Two: Generation", begins four months after the incident at Kirby Plaza. The main Generation Plot deals with the Company and its research on the Shanti virus. In a flashback to 1977, the research was conducted by the founders of the Company, whose identity was finally revealed, to discover what the effects of various strains of the virus would be on human and human populations. This virus is locked and locked in Primatech Paper, Company facility used as front. Back in the present, the heroes must unite in an effort to stop the release of deadly virus strains and prevent a global pandemic.
The first part of season three is called "Volume Three: Villains". Volume three begins with the assassination attempt of Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar), a flying political figure, and explores the consequences. Meanwhile, some criminals fled from Level 5 limits, the maximum security area owned and operated by the Company in Primatech, and Noah Bennet attempted to recapture it. Arthur Petrelli (Robert Forster), Nathan Petrelli's father, recovered from systemic nerve damage and aims to create a formula to give people super-ordinary abilities. The second part of season three, "Volume Four: Fugitive", reveals what happened after Nathan failed to produce the formula. After the destruction of Primatech and Pinehearst, Primatech's competitor company, the heroes sought to live a normal life until Nathan started his plan to gather everyone with ability. Sylar kills Nathan in a strong duel. However, since Nathan is a leading political player, Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg), who has power over the minds of people, is instructed to change Sylar's mind so that he will believe that he is Nathan and take his place. It has a negative side effect that causes Sylar's consciousness caught in Matt Parkman's mind.
The fourth season contains "Volume Five: Redemption", and lasts six weeks after the events of the third season. The heroes try to get back to their normal life; Peter returned to his job as a paramedic, while Claire went to college. Sylar's body caused his previously acquired ability to manifest as he struggled with a forced identity as Nathan. Sylar's real consciousness, caught in Matt Parkman's mind, mocked Matt and searched for his own body. Meanwhile, Hiro has to deal with his brain tumor that slowly kills him and prevents him from controlling his powers. Carnival groups are introduced whose leader, Samuel, is trying to recruit more people with abilities into the carnival family. Samuel claims he created a community for special people where they are welcome to be open to their abilities and respected by outsiders. In fact, he brings together as many people as possible with the ability to build his own power, move the earth. The more special people around him, the stronger the power. The heroes must unite against Samuel and his plan to expose "special" to the world by killing thousands of people. The end of the series ends with the unlocked "Volume Six: Brave New World" where Claire reveals the whereabouts of people with special abilities for a group of reporters and photographers. The series imitates how it started, with the last scene involving Claire Bennet jumping from a building and stating "my name is Claire Bennet, and that is the experimental number - I guess I like losing count."
Production
Conception
Hero started development in early 2006, when Tim Kring, creator of NBC Crossing Jordan , came up with the concept of the show. Kring wants to create a "big saga ensemble" that will connect with the audience. He starts thinking about how big, scary, and complicated he feels in the world, and wants to create a series of characters about people who can do things. Kring feels that the police or medical drama does not have enough character to save the world. He comes up with superhero thinking; ordinary people who will find extraordinary abilities, while still rooted in the real world and in reality. Director directors Jason La Padura and Natalie Hart featured a number of new faces such as Milo Ventimiglia that portrayed the pilot as "the character drama of ordinary people with increasing reality." Said the escalating reality revealed through the work of production designer Ruth Ammon. Kring wants this series to have touch stones that involve the character and the world in which they live.
Before he started collecting his ideas, he talked to executive producer Lost Damon Lindelof, with whom he worked for three years at Crossing Jordan. Kring praised Lindelof for giving him the idea of ​​how to catapult series to the network and advise on the lessons he (Lindelof) learned about working on serial dramas. Both are still talking and supporting their respective projects. When Kring proposed the idea for Heroes to NBC's network, he described the network's reaction as "passionate... very supportive." He commented that he has partnered with NBC for some time based on six years running as a showrunner for Crossing Jordan. When he installed the pilot, he explained every detail, including the end of the cliffhanger. When NBC's executives asked him what would happen next, Kring replied, "Well, you just have to wait and find out." After the project was illuminated by a green light, a special version 73 minutes from the trial was first screened for a large audience at San Diego Comic-Con International 2006. Initially it was reported that the unpaired pilot would not be released, but it included in a seasonal DVD set.
Write
When the author's team works on an episode, each author takes on characters and writes individual scenes around him. These stories are then combined and given to the episode writer. This system allows each writer to contribute to each episode, and allows the writer team to complete the script faster, so the filmmaking crew can record more scenes in a location. Kring describes the writing process as a collaboration and states that the collaboration process is important because production is required to take multiple scenes in one location. To do this, some scripts must be ready. Jesse Alexander, a co-producer and writer, explains that this process is important in a serial drama because one must know where each character's development is heading.
The second season coincides with the WGA writers' strike, which means only 11 of the 24 episodes are planned to be produced. This forces producers to redesign the season to cover only the Generations volume of the planned three. The planned third volume, Output , originally designed to be a story arc reflecting the effects of the 138 strain release of the Shanti virus, was canceled. The fourth planned volume, Villain , was changed to third volume and moved to season three. The scene from the final two volume, "Powerless", is copied to reflect the canceled volume of Output , and to bind all storyline storylines Generations .
After criticism of the second and third volumes, Tim Molloy of the TV Guide reported that Heroes would return to its roots with a fourth volume, Music
The series scores were composed by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, with music engineer Michael Perfitt and vocals provided by Shankar. Each episode averages thirty to thirty five minutes of music. Melvoin and Coleman were involved with Heroes from their previous work with executive producer Allan Arkush. Kring gives general instructions to the couple, including emotions and directions for each character. Kring wanted great music and gave Melvoin and Coleman plenty of freedom and permission to experiment. In the pilot episode, Kring suggested that the "dream" gesture be used in a scene involving Claire Bennet running to a burning train. The "dreamy" cues have since become part of the signature of the show. Melvoin and Coleman developed musical cues for each character. Claude's theme involves wind and sound to create a feeling of ghostly presence. Sylar involves marimbas and bassoons with staccato to re-create the ticking clock sounds referring to the strength of the character. Matt Parkman's theme involves a voice being played backwards when he uses telepathic powers. Peter Petrelli's theme involves string marcato. The Niki Sanders theme is based on her character alter-ego named Jessica and involves wind and Indian sounds chanting in the bottom line to give a feeling that she's possessed. The theme of Mohinder Suresh is the piano composition that is played at the end of several episodes.
In 2007, ASCAP Music Film and Television Awards awarded "Upper Television Series" to Melvoin and Coleman for their work at Heroes. In France, the theme music Heroes is composed by Victoria Petrosillo. The song, "Le HÃÆ' Â © ros d'un autre", is used by the TF1 television network to replace the original incidental music show. The network creates a new opening credit order so they can play the Petrosillo theme song. Soundtrack Heroes was officially released on March 18, 2008 by The NBCUniversal Television, DVD, Music & amp; Consumer Products Group. On February 29, 2008, the Group released five music videos made by producer/director Heroes Allan Arkush, each incorporating a recording of the show with songs from the soundtrack. In September 2008, Melvoin and Coleman announced that they will release an album entirely composed of a score of Heroes , titled Heroes: Original Score . The album was released on April 14, 2009 by La-La Land Records.
Image capture and visual effects
Eric Grenaudier and John Han of Stargate Digital are visual effects watchers and Mark Spatny is the producer of visual effects for Heroes . They work with visual effects animators Anthony Ocampo and Ryan Wieber, who are also from Stargate. Visual effects series consists of blue screen and 2D and 3D animation. Visual effects for the series are made after the scene is taken post-production, unlike special effects, which are inserted into the scene during the filming. Famous visual effects include radioactive Ted in "Company Man", Nathan flew from Mr. Bennet and The Haitian in "Hiros", and Hiro who froze during a meeting with a student in a red bow in "One Giant Leap". Special effects are coordinated by Gary D'Amico. The action is coordinated by Ian Ouinn, who also uses a blue screen to complete some action in the series, as Nathan Petrelli flies away from Heidi during a car accident scene in "Six Months ago". The main filming for Heroes takes place in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, California. The Stargate Digital team is also responsible for making Los Angeles look like an international location, like India and Ukraine, using a blue screen and designing by Ruth Ammon, the production designer for this series. The series was filmed using a single camera setting.
In accordance with the comic book thematic elements used in Heroes , professional comic book artists Tim Sale and Alex Maleev were brought in to provide the artwork used in the series under Ruth Ammon's direction, including works of art from Isaac Mendez, and Mendez's series of metaphysics comic books, The 9 Wonders! . In addition, the fonts used in the description and credit for the event are reminiscent of traditional comic book writing. It was made by Sale and is based on his handwriting style. Hero is designed by production designer Ruth Ammon. Ammon has been nominated for his work on Heroes twice by Art Directors Guild and has also been nominated for two Emmy Awards for excellence in the art direction.
Heroes: Origin
On May 14, 2007, NBC announced that they will be airing six episodes of the Heroes spin-off called Heroes: Origins during the 2007-08 season. The show is to introduce new characters every week, and viewers have to choose which ones will survive for the next season of the regular series. The event should air after the second season of Heroes in April 2008; However, on October 31, 2007, it was reported that The Origin has been suspended due to a Guild of America Writers strike. Kring stated in an interview that the first episode of Origins was to reveal the secrets and meanings behind the Helix symbol. However, due to WGA Strike, Kring commented that his secret should be lowered. Kring reveals that he wrote the first episode of Origins , and that John August has been hired to write another episode. Director Kevin Smith, Heroes fans, is set to write and direct episodes for spin-offs, such as Eli Roth and Michael Dougherty. On April 3, 2008, the day after NBC announced the primetime schedule 2008-2009, Ben Silverman confirmed the cancellation of Origins '.
Mythology
Hero includes some mysterious fictional recurring elements that are deemed to come from science fiction or supernatural phenomena. Kring and the creator of the series refer to these fictional elements as part of the mythology of this series. Kring insists that although the show has a unique mythology, he does not want to sink too deeply. Instead, Kring uses volumes to wrap the flow of an ongoing path rather than carrying the storyline in a long time as in Lost . Among the mythological elements of the show are the Company, the legend of Takezo Kensei, future paintings, super powers and their origins, the Shanti virus, comic book Ke 9 Wonders! , and many other mythological elements and themes.
Response
Critical reception
The first season received very positive reviews. During the season, the American Film Institute named Heroes one of the top ten "best television programs of the year". Doug Elfman of Chicago Sun-Times stated, "The super powers of this show are the well-developed filmmaking, smoothness and the perfect performer, which is seen as the first hour of a fun and attentive movie." Barry Garron at The Hollywood Reporter also stated, " Heroes is one of the most imaginative TV creations and may, by luck, be this year Lost . "The less favorable reviews include The Philadelphia Inquirer , who commented that although the show had many" cool effects, "it" landed, splashed, in a pile of unreasonable and bleak dialogue. " In response to the first season episode of the episode, The Chicago Tribune went so far as to say, "You can watch some of the first episodes of Heroes, or you can repeatedly beat yourself in the head with a brick The effect is very similar. "In Metacritic, Heroes pilots received 67/100, with generally favorable reviews from critics. This event was declared the fourth highest ranked event for the first ten years IMDbPro (2002-2012).
The second season generally received positive reviews, but was criticized by commentators and fans for a much slower pace, less interesting storyline and lack of focus compared to the first season. Milo Ventimiglia states that "when there is little delay, no instant, scenes or moments or episodes are useful... people get impatient, so it's important for them to balance between giving and getting." In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , Creator Hero creator Tim Kring commented on criticisms on season two, and a 15% rating downgrade in the rankings. Kring says that he feels he has made a mistake with the direction of the second season. He thinks that viewers are looking for "buildup of character and discovery of their power", when viewers instead search for "adrenaline." Kring also underlined what he feels is a problem with the development of the plot, which states that the two seasons "too long to get to the big picture story", explains that Peter's vision of a viral disaster should occur in the first episode, not the seventh. He feels that it would be better to introduce a new character in the context of the main storyline, like Elle, rather than in unbound arcs like Maya and Alejandro. Kring also admitted that he had to finish the storyline "Hiro in Japan" much faster, and his romantic stories did not go well. With regard to Claire and the West, and Hiro and Yaeko, she said, "I've seen more convincing romance on TV.In retrospect, I do not think romance is natural for us."
Season three and four have the same rough acceptance. The Los Angeles Times said, "Even just half an hour, it's hard not to expect everyone just to lighten the heck ups." Noir graphics novels feel increasingly oppressive, and everyone is so bleak. "The New The York Post said: "This show, once so tense and fun, has become full of itself, its character spouting mad nonsense." Awards and nominations
At Heroes completing the first half of the first season, the event has garnered numerous awards and honors. On December 13, 2006, Writer Guild of America nominated the program for the "best new series" of 2007. On December 14, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated the program for the Golden Globe Award for "best television drama", and nominated Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura) for Best Supporting Actor in the TV Series. On January 9, 2007, Heroes won the award for Favorite New TV Drama at the 33rd People Awards. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People nominated Hero on January 9, 2007 for the Picture Award in the category of "Drama Seri Luar Biasa". On February 21, 2007, Heroes were nominated for five Saturn Awards. Nominations include "Best Network Television Series", "Best Supporting Actor in Television Series" for Greg Grunberg and Masi Oka, and "Best Supporting Actress in Television Series" for Hayden Panettiere and Ali Larter. On February 22, 2008, it was announced that Heroes was again nominated for five Saturn Awards. Nominations for 2008 include "Best Television Network Series," "Best Supporting Actor in Television Series" for Greg Grunberg and Masi Oka, "Best Supporting Actress in Television Series" for Hayden Panettiere, and "Best Television Series on DVD." 2008 Nominees similar to the 2007 nomination, unless Ali Larter is not nominated this year; otherwise Heroes Season one DVD is nominated, in a different category.
On July 19, 2007, Akademi Seni Televisi & amp; Scientists announced their nomination for the 2007 Emmy Awards Awards. Hero was nominated in eight categories, including the Exceptional Drama Series. The first episode, "Genesis", earned six nominations: Outstanding Directing (David Semel), Fabulous Art Direction for Single Camera Series, Extraordinary Camera Image Editing for Drama Series, Exceptional Sound Mixing for Serial or Drama, and Action Coordination Extraordinary. The episode "Five Years Gone" also received a nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects for the Series. Masi Oka was nominated for an Extraordinary Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. On September 16, 2007, the 59th Emmy Primetime Prize was held and Heroes failed to win an Emmy award despite eight nominations. On July 21, 2007, the Television Critics Association rewarded Heroes with a prestigious Annual Position Program title during their 23rd Annual TCA Awards ceremony. The cast of Heroes is named in the 2006 edition Person of the Year 2006 under "People Who Mattered".
Ratings
The pilot episode generated 14.3 million viewers, with a high season peak in 16.03 million viewers for episode 9. When the series returned from hiatus on January 22, 2007, the average rating was almost the same as the pilot with 14.9 million viewers. When the show took place on the second hiatus during the first season, from March 4, 2007 to April 23, 2007 (7 weeks), the ratings reached new lows; the lowest is 11.14 million viewers during the one of the last three sections, "The Hard Part." In the second season, the opener is consistent in the rankings, however, week-by-week, the ratings continue to dive, reaching another new low for the series on episode seven, "Out of Time", with just 9.87 million viewers. Despite its lower-than-average rating, this episode is considered a turning point for a declining season, as a major plot twist is introduced and a large "pictorial storyline" of volume is presented. Final season two/volume 2 produced 11.06 million viewers in the rankings, down more than 3 million viewers from the season opener and the pilot series.
While the show aired with a high ranking, the rankings gradually diminished along the way. The first episode of the second season is the highest seen, whereas each successive season has fewer viewers than the previous one.
The three season Heroes starts with a strong assessment that continues to fall throughout the season. The end of the season is placed last in its timeslot.
The first four season of Heroes is the lowest episode rated from series to the point, averaging 5.9 million viewers. Despite low ratings this season, executive producer Tim Kring "fully expects" the fifth season. However, while creator Kring is keen on the future of the show, many people in the media are not so confident. There has been growing speculation on some news sites that NBC will cancel the series at the end of its fourth season or that it may renew the event for the fifth and final season by ordering 6 or 13 episodes and possibly showing it as a backup or mid-replacement -season. On May 14, 2010, NBC made it official that Heroes was canceled.
Promotions and fandom
Following the debut of Heroes in 2006, Save the Cheerleader tagline Save the World is recognized in the television industry as an effective marketing tool. In 2006, NBC also created a parody of Heroes titled Zeroes . Zeroes , released as viral videos on the site including YouTube, a parody feature including four chapters and an open audition. The development and production of the project is concealed from Kring. NBC hosted the panel in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 Comic-Cons in San Diego to promote the series. Big announcements have been made during the panel, along with a glimpse of the upcoming season. In 2006, the Heroes panel presented all the seasons of a 72-minute pilot. In 2008 the first half of the premiere third season was shown. Comic-Con also allows players and crew to answer questions from the press and from fans. On July 21, 2007, Kring announced that the cast and crew members of Heroes will be traveling the world for the Heroes World Tour to promote a one-season DVD release and two seasons to come.. The tour takes place in North America (New York and Toronto), Asia (Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong) and Europe (Munich, Paris and London). The tour began on August 26, and ended on September 1, 2007. The post-hardcore bands of Alesana and I See Stars have both named songs each after the show, "It's Usually The Part Where People Are Yelling" and "Saving the Guides cheer ".
Distribution
Blu-ray and DVD releases
The first DVD release Heroes was a sampler disk, containing only the first episode, and was released in Ireland and England on September 3, 2007. British territory 2 split the Hero into two parts in its initial release ; the first part was released on October 1, 2007 and the second part on December 10, 2007. When the second part was released, the first complete season boxset was also released on the same day on both the first complete DVD DVD and DVD DVD formats including nearly 3 hours of bonus features included : an additional version of 73 minutes of trial episodes with audio commentary; 50 deleted and expanded scenes; behind the scenes of featurettes, including the creation of Heroes, stunts, Tim Sale artist profiles, and scores; and audio commentary with players, crew and Kring. On February 22, 2008, Heroes Season One DVD was nominated for Saturn Award 2008, in the category "Best Television Series on DVD." The first full season was released in the United States and Canada on August 28, 2007. It was released in Australia and New Zealand on September 17, 2007.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced that the first and second season will be released on Blu-ray on August 26, 2008, the same date as the second season DVD release. Bonus specifications and features include: Generations Alternate Ending; In Alternative Alternatives: What if Peter does not catch a virus? untold stories that do not appear in the air; Season three sneak peeks; deleted scene; a documentary about Takezo Kensei; behind the scenes of featurettes; Features of NBC.com; and audio commentary with cast, crew, and event maker Tim Kring. The complete second season was released on July 28, 2008 in the UK. Season 2 was released on October 1, 2008 in New Zealand and Australia.
Season 3 DVD Box Packages were released in North America on September 1, 2009, and in Australia on September 2, 2009 with an alternative cover, and in the UK on October 12, 2009.
The DVD Box Season 4 set was released on August 3, 2010 in the US and on October 4, 2010 in the UK.
The Full Series DVD Series package was released on November 16, 2010 in the US.
International
In Canada, the episode of Heroes runs simultaneously with NBC's first run on Global Television Network, Monday at 10 pm. ET. The Canadian version dubbed France in the first season also aired on TVA, Thursday at 09:00. and two episodes of season two in MystÃÆ'¨re (addikTV), Monday at 8:00 pm.
The first season aired in Australia on the Seven Network, Wednesday night, at 8:30 am. The series debuted very strongly, attracting more than 2 million viewers in five major cities. To keep the number of viewers high, Network Seven started to show the second season on Thursday night at 9:30 pm. in all areas, a week after US screening. The third season began airing on October 9, 2008, and Volume 4 began airing on April 23, 2009. Due to the low ratings, it was pushed back half an hour to 11:00 pm. after the Scrubs and the season ends on July 9, 2009. Sci-Fi (available via Foxtel, Optus TV and Austar) plays a two-re-run season at the end of 2009. From June 2010, the third season was screened on the Sci Channel -Fi in Australia. The fourth season aired, about a month behind the United States, on the new Seven 7Dua digital channel, on November 4, 2009 at a new time on Wednesday 8:30 pm. It starts with a double premiere and has a double episode running instead of a single episode of a week, until it gets caught into the US, after which it starts airing episodes once a week at 8:30. It currently airs on Thursday 9:30 am. in 7Dua.
In the United Kingdom, this series was first aired on February 19, 2007 on the Sci Fi UK digital channel. This series averages 450,000 viewers, which is almost four times as many viewers as compared to other programs in Sci Fi UK. The series was later taken by the BBC, which gave a terrestrial premiere season from 25 July to 5 December 2007 on BBC Two. The second season The first Hero aired from 24 April to 3 July 2008 on BBC Two, attracting about 3.7 million viewers. Season three begins on October 1, 2008 and gained 3.81 million viewers. The fourth season starts on January 9, 2010, but viewers on February 8 have dropped to just 0.74 million.
In Indonesia, Season 1 airs on Trans TV on the night of the evening from January 31, 2007 at 6:00 am. WIB. All subsequent seasons are aired on Trans7 on Wednesday starting from August 6, 2007 at 8:00.
Merchandise
Ubisoft announced that it has licensed the right to produce video games Heroes ; However, the company then chose to grant the rights back to NBCUniversal. Gameloft released the first Heroes mobile game on October 5, 2007. It consists of 8 levels and playable characters including Hiro Nakamura, Niki Sanders and Peter Petrelli.
Every week, NBC releases Heroes webcomic. Comics provide additional background characters and plot information that is not shown on television episodes. Graphic novels continued each week during the summer 2007 event. Wildstorm, a subsidiary of DC Comics, released it in a form published on November 7, 2007. The first volume collected included novels 1-34, and featured two different covers by Alex Ross and Jim Lee as well as introductions by Masi Oka and artwork by Tim Sale. The second volume includes 35-80. It has ads for the third volume, which has at least 81-103, and more, and is scheduled for fall 2009. For unknown reasons, it has passed this time limit and has not been released yet.
On December 26, 2007, the first novel Heroes was published, titled Saving Charlie . Written by Aury Wallington, who wrote the book with the full cooperation of the Heroes writing staff, the novel revolves around the relationship of Hiro Nakamura and Charlie Andrews, when Hiro returns within six months to try to save him.
Titan magazine released the first edition of Heroes Magazine on November 20, 2007. This is the first of a series of six, scheduled to be released bi-monthly. The first problem is a premier 100 page issue. Feature articles include cast group interviews, secretive featurette, and one season episode guide. Greg Beeman, Heroes' executive producer has confirmed that this is an official release of Heroes, with full support and cooperation from Tim Kring and the entire Heroes production team. The magazine stopped publishing with the twelfth issue.
Mezco announced at Toy Fair 2007 that they will produce a series of action figures based on Heroes television show. The first series, Seri I , include Peter Petrelli, Claire Bennet, Hiro Nakamura, Sylar and Mohinder Suresh. The second series, Series II , include Niki Sanders/Jessica Sanders, Noah Bennet, Daniel Linderman, Matt Parkman (with Molly Walker) and Claude.
Multimedia
Television and radio
Heroes Unmasked is a series on the BBC that goes behind the production screen Heroes . Many details about Heroes are revealed. Among them are props, set designs, animated blue and green screens, as well as special effects and costumes. The first two series of the show were narrated by Anthony Head, the third by Santiago Cabrera. U.S. Network G4 began airing the episode of Heroes on November 3, 2007, along with the American version of Heroes Unmasked titled The Post Show . This series, which will air following Heroes , includes interviews, live viewer comments, interactive polls, behind-the-scenes footage and other Hero's Heroes content. The US network MOJO HD also airs episodes of Heroes in High Definition. However, the network left the air in early December 2008, and on the day and date of termination of MOJO, G4 launched their HD simulation feed, so it now brings this event in the form of regular and high definition definitions.
In November 2007, the BBC made four short films '2 Dimensions' in which the actors of this series looked through the '2' shaped hole into a room that reflected the character they played in Heroes. The new short film was revealed just before the first episode of the third season aired on BBC2, featuring Masi Oka watching an ano-style hiro montage.
BBC7 radio broadcast "Heroes - The Official Radio Show" with Jon Holmes, every Saturday at 7:30 on DABB BBC7 digital radio. The program is also available as a podcast.
Internet and digital extensions
The production team Heroes also has official series content on the internet. Authors Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite have the "Questions and Answers" column organized by Comic Source Sources entitled "Behind the Eclipse". Show producer and director Greg Beeman also a weekly post on his blog where he discusses how the episodes were filmed and provided spoilers for upcoming episodes.
Heroes Evolutions , released on January 19, 2007, is a digital extension of the series that explores the Heroes universe and provides clues to event mythology. It was titled Heroes 360 Experience throughout the first season and renamed for the second season. Heroes Interactive is an interactive webpage that started operations on January 29, 2007, during the "The Fix" release. Hosted on NBC.com, it offers behind the scenes information, polls, trivia, and quizzes, as well as recent posts by Hana Gitelman. These features are shown once a week, and are designed to be viewed together with the week's episodes.
The full episode of Heroes is available online, only for US residents, along with download via the "NBC Direct" service. Episodes are also available on iTunes in High Definition 720p, although not available for several months when NBC and Apple Inc. can not come to an extension agreement. Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 are currently available for streaming via subscriptions on Netflix, Amazon Video, and Hulu Plus.
NBC Universal announced on April 2, 2008 that NBC Digital Entertainment will release an online content series for the summer and fall of 2008, including more original web and web content. Heroes webisodes are expected to air through the Heroes Evolutions extension in July. Other media and digital extensions announced include online hunting for criminals, the addition of more micro sites that allow users to uncover more of the Heroes universe, wireless iTV interactivity, and the ability to view graphical novels on mobile platforms.
Create Your Hero is a fan-based interactive promotion on NBC.com, which calls on Heroes fans to choose different personalities and physical attributes for the creation of new heroes. The new hero "[comes] to life" in the original live action series run exclusively on NBC.com. This promotion is sponsored by Sprint. The first hero created by this process, Santiago, has a dual power of increased possibilities and super human speed. He started appearing in the live-action web series, Heroes: Destiny , on November 10, 2008 (sweeping week). On October 18, 2008, Heroes Wiki announced that it has officially partnered with NBC. NBC now directs those interested in the wiki on Heroes to Heroes Wiki, and instantly funds the site in exchange for sites that run ads for the network.
See also
- 2006 on American television
References
External links
- Official website
- The 9 Wonders! - The semi-official site of Hero creator of Tim Kring
- Hero on IMDb
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