Entertainment Weekly: "Can Heroes Be Saved?"

[GlassJaw]

I ran across this article yesterday. I found this quite interesting:

"The show is now averaging only 9.4 million viewers, down from last year's 11.6 million average. And the Oct. 6 episode notched its lowest number ever at 8.2 million viewers — a far cry from its peak performance of 16 million in season 1"

It definitely echoed a lot of the problems I have with the show. I'm just not enjoying it right now and I feel like I'm watching it solely out of the hope it will get better. Lost was able to recover from its low point (quite nicely I might add) but Heroes just feels like they've dug too deep of a hole.

"The next volume, ''Fugitives,'' launching early next year, offers a fresh start."

A fresh start?! Isn't that what this season was supposed to be?!

Can Heroes Be Saved?

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Can Heroes Be Saved?

Why bother? Can it be saved is not the question - should it be saved is the question. Better to let it die, get over it quickly and move on to the next towork fiasco, like Fringe.

 

[Arnwyn]

Interesting - all the problems they listed are certainly among the (many) problems I have with the show (though I think they were far too generous).

But, hope springs eternal and all that... the quote that "Fugitives" will be nothing like (the near-unwatchable) "Villains" gave me a big thank god moment.

 

[Hand of Evil]

I think it can, remember HEROES is a worldwide show, while slow here it is still doing very well (last I heard) outside of the states.

The problem is that we have too many people with powers, some just are not interesting and yet they get major air time, if the show starts killing off and dropping characters, I think it can be saved. The season is still just getting going and I think we are seeing changes.

Oh, also, they need to keep network execs out of planning the show. Network gets a hit and the first thing that happens is some exec want to drag something out and milk a show. The writers, directors, etc. get invited to a meeting saying, hey person X q-rating is peaking, give them more air time or do more time travel shows, viewers like them.

 

[Umbran]

Heroes can be saved... if the public and executives stop having unrealistic expectations about maintaining ratings. As if anyone rational would expect them to maintain anything like the 16 million viewer high?

I am an episode or so behind right now, but I'm enjoying it far more than I did last season. I am intrigued to see where plots will go, rather than slogging though them.

 

[GlassJaw]

Heroes can be saved... if the public and executives stop having unrealistic expectations about maintaining ratings. As if anyone rational would expect them to maintain anything like the 16 million viewer high?

I am an episode or so behind right now, but I'm enjoying it far more than I did last season. I am intrigued to see where plots will go, rather than slogging though them.

A show's rating have no bearing on whether I watch it or not. Honestly, I have no idea of the ratings of most shows that I watch and/or like.

I watch a show a few times and then decide if I like it or not. And compared to others show I've been watching this season (most notably Fringe and Chuck), Heroes doesn't compare. It's just not a good show.

The only "expectations" I have about Heroes is that it's about people with super powers and I want it to be cool. I'm consider myself to be quite familiar with the supers genre and Heroes has become a sad attempt at bringing the genre to network television.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

Season 1 started slow for me but season 3 seems to be picking up interest and steam now and I think the story is starting to get interesting. Season 2 I ended up watching more as a chore than anything else. At least for me I think they are getting back on track.

BTW: Turtle is the new Mr. Muggles.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Yes, no barking...a plus.

BTW: Turtle is the new Mr. Muggles.

 

[Felon]

A show's rating have no bearing on whether I watch it or not. Honestly, I have no idea of the ratings of most shows that I watch and/or like.

Well, then we have achieved parity, because your reasons for watching Heroes probably has no bearing on whether or not they cancel it.

Now, how do you remove time travel from a show when one of its stars has time-travel powers?

 

[Silver Moon]

Now, how do you remove time travel from a show when one of its stars has time-travel powers?

IMO, a single character with time travel powers can still work if it is used sparingly. Once you have multiple characters with that power and it is used frequently the concept no long works.