NBC Commits To Heroes Viewers

08-01-2006, 06:33 PM

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=37353

NBC president Kevin Reilly told reporters that the network is committed to keeping viewers happy if they invest their time watching the new serialized series Heroes, about people in different parts of the world who suddenly discover they have super powers. The network has left viewers dangling in recent seasons by canceling serialized shows such as Heist and Surface before they completed their storylines.

"In the case of the fish show [Surface], there were a lot of people that did want it to continue, but that did have closure," Reilly said in defense of the network's actions during the Television Critics Association's summer press tour in Pasadena, Calif., last month. "We did air a final episode. We did not yank that prematurely. And in the case of Heist, although I thought it was very promising, it didn't take, and we wrote personal letters to the two viewers that were watching. So they were covered," he added, with tongue in cheek.

Heroes will begin on Sept. 25 with a two-hour pilot movie. "We don't like pissing off the customers," Reilly said. "And, by the way, I get the e-mails, OK? I wake up in the morning and I get, 'Dear Moron.' We know that takes a toll, but the nature of television is when you're taking risks, you hope you take a risk. You may end up with Heist, or you may end up with Lost or My Name Is Earl. So I'd rather risk the upside. ... Any show that gets canceled has had people who are upset or people who are angry who have invested in it. That's just the nature of what we do."

Separately, NBC announced that it will offer a free download of Heroes on iTunes starting Sept. 1, as well as bonus content, trailers and behind-the-scenes footage. Heroes will air Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM. â??Mike Szymanski

08-03-2006, 09:07 AM

Oh, that's very good news! I've been betrayed by networks in the past by canceling a show in the middle. No fun.

jlo · 08-03-2006, 11:34 AM

That's a good news

I've really liked the first episode .

08-04-2006, 01:34 AM

Has NBC always done that for all their shows?

08-05-2006, 08:23 PM

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Has NBC always done that for all their shows?
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Probably not. I haven't really heard of any networks doing that.

08-06-2006, 03:32 PM

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[i]http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=37353

NBC president Kevin Reilly told reporters And in the case of Heist, although I thought it was very promising, it didn't take, and we wrote personal letters to the two viewers that were watching. So they were covered," he added, with tongue in cheek.

Heroes will begin on Sept. 25 with a two-hour pilot movie. [/b]

First off, I really liked Heist. However, after the second or third episode they slotted it in the time of Lost in my area. Now, given the choice between the 2 shows, I'm going to pick Lost. No wonder it had a poor viewership. There seemed to be no hype for the pilot either, and when a serialized show doesn't get the needed hype, the studio is begging it to fail. I just happened to stumble upon the pilot innocent-like.

Back to Heroes

Second, now they are saying it will be a two-hour pilot movie? I thought it was just going to be a single hour pilot, with the pilot of Studio 60 right afterward?

08-10-2006, 12:05 PM

Well, that's good to hear, because I was betrayed by ABC's crappy handling of Invasion last year.

08-10-2006, 10:15 PM

One show I watched that was cancelled midstream was Reunion. Talk about not know what the hell went on after they cancelled it, my mind will still wonder about the wonder that was Reunion??

08-17-2006, 01:41 PM

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One show I watched that was cancelled midstream was Reunion. Talk about not know what the hell went on after they cancelled it, my mind will still wonder about the wonder that was Reunion??
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T__T Reunion!!
I will live with the big question for the rest of my life. Who the hell killed Sam?
Ugh!

08-30-2006, 10:31 PM

Well, it's about damned time a network made this kind of commitment! It can't take more effort and money to let a show have a whole season and see what kind of following develops than it does to commission a whole new show and start promoting from scratch, et cetera!

I've never really forgiven Fox for well, a lot of things at this point, but for one, stacking the odds against Firefly so hugely...the first episode they aired was NOT the 2-hour pilot but the thing they forced Joss Whedon and Tim Minear to slap together in 2 days!?! Even I, a dedicated Joss fan, watched that first Firefly airing and wondered what was wrong with my hero, if maybe he'd pulled a Coppola and burnt out tragically (perhaps by doing that Apocalypse Now homage in the 4th season finale for Buffy; after all, everyone says that movie was what fried Coppola's circuit board!), because The Train Job contains some of the worst dialogue I've seen on anything he's involved with, all that heavy-handed exposition shoved unnaturally into scenes between characters who clearly both already know everything they're discussing, so it's just painfully obvious they're talking in such detail for the audience's benefit...way to go with the suspension of disbelief.

Tru Calling might have gotten more viewers had Fox not chosen to put it up against Friends during the last bloody season of that show that was only the most popular sitcom like, ever!

I've gotten so annoyed with networks bailing out on shows I love while shoving yet another reality TV yakfest on the air that for the last several years I don't even want to watch something new until it's guaranteed to be back for a second season. Thank the gods for DVD.

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08-01-2006, 06:33 PM	#1
Mohinder Suresh Posts: n/a	http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=37353 NBC president Kevin Reilly told reporters that the network is committed to keeping viewers happy if they invest their time watching the new serialized series Heroes, about people in different parts of the world who suddenly discover they have super powers. The network has left viewers dangling in recent seasons by canceling serialized shows such as Heist and Surface before they completed their storylines. "In the case of the fish show [Surface], there were a lot of people that did want it to continue, but that did have closure," Reilly said in defense of the network's actions during the Television Critics Association's summer press tour in Pasadena, Calif., last month. "We did air a final episode. We did not yank that prematurely. And in the case of Heist, although I thought it was very promising, it didn't take, and we wrote personal letters to the two viewers that were watching. So they were covered," he added, with tongue in cheek. Heroes will begin on Sept. 25 with a two-hour pilot movie. "We don't like pissing off the customers," Reilly said. "And, by the way, I get the e-mails, OK? I wake up in the morning and I get, 'Dear Moron.' We know that takes a toll, but the nature of television is when you're taking risks, you hope you take a risk. You may end up with Heist, or you may end up with Lost or My Name Is Earl. So I'd rather risk the upside. ... Any show that gets canceled has had people who are upset or people who are angry who have invested in it. That's just the nature of what we do." Separately, NBC announced that it will offer a free download of Heroes on iTunes starting Sept. 1, as well as bonus content, trailers and behind-the-scenes footage. Heroes will air Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM. â??Mike Szymanski

08-03-2006, 09:07 AM	#2
Claire Bennet Posts: n/a	Oh, that's very good news! I've been betrayed by networks in the past by canceling a show in the middle. No fun.

08-03-2006, 11:34 AM	#3
jlo Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2	That's a good news I've really liked the first episode .

08-04-2006, 01:34 AM	#4
heroesfanatic Posts: n/a	Has NBC always done that for all their shows?

08-10-2006, 12:05 PM	#7
svrwxfreak25 Posts: n/a	Well, that's good to hear, because I was betrayed by ABC's crappy handling of Invasion last year.

08-10-2006, 10:15 PM	#8
racegirl_nbc27 Posts: n/a	One show I watched that was cancelled midstream was Reunion. Talk about not know what the hell went on after they cancelled it, my mind will still wonder about the wonder that was Reunion??

08-30-2006, 10:31 PM	#10
bansidhewail Posts: n/a	Well, it's about damned time a network made this kind of commitment! It can't take more effort and money to let a show have a whole season and see what kind of following develops than it does to commission a whole new show and start promoting from scratch, et cetera! I've never really forgiven Fox for well, a lot of things at this point, but for one, stacking the odds against Firefly so hugely...the first episode they aired was NOT the 2-hour pilot but the thing they forced Joss Whedon and Tim Minear to slap together in 2 days!?! Even I, a dedicated Joss fan, watched that first Firefly airing and wondered what was wrong with my hero, if maybe he'd pulled a Coppola and burnt out tragically (perhaps by doing that Apocalypse Now homage in the 4th season finale for Buffy; after all, everyone says that movie was what fried Coppola's circuit board!), because The Train Job contains some of the worst dialogue I've seen on anything he's involved with, all that heavy-handed exposition shoved unnaturally into scenes between characters who clearly both already know everything they're discussing, so it's just painfully obvious they're talking in such detail for the audience's benefit...way to go with the suspension of disbelief. Tru Calling might have gotten more viewers had Fox not chosen to put it up against Friends during the last bloody season of that show that was only the most popular sitcom like, ever! I've gotten so annoyed with networks bailing out on shows I love while shoving yet another reality TV yakfest on the air that for the last several years I don't even want to watch something new until it's guaranteed to be back for a second season. Thank the gods for DVD.