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NEWS ABOUT: Heroes

Heroes stories: 17 news summaries

 Heroes to Kill Major Character 

We just don't who yet, only that it's a male

Oct 13, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A central character will die on Heroes this season. The only hints we get are that the character is male and part of the original cast. E! Online columnist Kristin Dos Santos knows but "can't come right out and name any names." But she adds that "I... More »

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television • Heroes • NBC • death

 10 Most Addictive 
 Shows Ever 

24 takes top honors, followed by Lost, Friends

Jul 21, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Bauer doesn't even have to torture you to keep you glued to your couch, reports the Daily Telegraph, scoring nearly a fifth of the votes for most addictive show in a survey of some 3000 couch potatoes. “Although crime doesn't pay, as our list reveals, it most certainly... More »

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entertainment • television • Heroes • Lost • The Sopranos • Sex and the City • The Wire • CSI • TV series • Friends

OPINION


 Hollywood Acts 
 That Could
 Use a
 Bailout 

MTV, Paris Hilton, the Oscars among franchises needing a makeover

Nov 26, 08 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Like Wall Street and Detroit, Hollywood is sinking under stagnant numbers and outdated business plans. The Los Angeles Times runs down some Tinseltown properties in need of a bailout.
  • MTV: The once counter-culture juggernaut should take a hint and develop edgy new dramas a la Gossip Girl.
... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • Heroes • Academy Awards • MTV • Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • Law and Order • Jennifer Aniston • bailout • 90210

 NBC Axes
'Heroes' Writers

Ratings falling on budget-busting drama

Nov 5, 08 4:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The top writer-producers of the struggling NBC drama series "Heroes" have been axed. Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb were fired because NBC executives were frustrated by falling ratings and increasing budget overruns, reports Variety. The program, costing some $4 million an episode, has struggled to hold viewers' attention in... More »

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Heroes • NBC • Jesse Alexander • Jeph Loeb • Tim Kring • Universal Media Studios

opinion

 How to Make 
 Heroes 
 Super Again 


Oct 24, 08 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The "zeitgeist-tapping, blockbuster event" that was Heroes has fallen in both ratings and creative zeal, Jeff Jensen writes in Entertainment Weekly. Here's his five-point plan to fix it:
  1. Hang up some tights: Telepathic policeman Matt Parkman, last seen wandering the African desert, must go. So too
... More »

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television • Heroes • TV shows • TV series

(Newser) - Heroes star Hayden Panettiere's father, Alan, was charged with misdemeanor battery yesterday for hitting wife Lesley. After a late night out at their 19-year-old daughter's charity event last month, he allegedly struck her "one or two times on the cheek causing bruising with a closed fist," an LA... More »

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Heroes • Los Angeles • battery • domestic abuse • celebrity parents • Hayden Panettiere • Alan Panettiere • Lesley Panettiere

TV REVIEW

 New Season Turns 
 Heroes Into Victims 

Generation Y's 'woe is us' attitude blindingly reflected in NBC's sci-fi drama

Sep 22, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beginning their third season tonight, the scrappy band of young world-savers of NBC’s Heroes is just in time, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. The dangers they have to face, from a sinister conglomerate started by their parents to deadly viruses, make a convenient parallel to the... More »

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television • Heroes • reviews • Alessandra Stanley • TV series • villains

 Panettiere's
 Dad Accused
 of Hitting Wife

Teen star's parents got into spat at her charity event

Aug 12, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Teen actress Hayden Panettiere's father posted $50,000 bail yesterday after he was arrested on felony domestic violence charges following a fight with his wife at their daughter’s charity event, People reports. Alan Panettiere and the Heroes star's mom, Lesley Vogel, “were doing a good amount of yelling”... More »

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Heroes • Los Angeles • arrest • domestic abuse • celebrity parents • Hayden Panettiere

Most-Traded Music, Movies and TV Shows of 2007

Shop Boyz, Heroes, Resident Evil excite most P2P users

Jan 1, 08 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Forget box office numbers and Billboard charts: Wired reveals what people were really into last year by probing the action on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The year's most-traded files: Songs:
  1. Shop Boyz, "Party Like A Rock Star"
  2. Akon, "I Wanna Luv U"
  3. Sean Kingston,
... More »

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television • music • Heroes • list • file sharing • Radiohead • Akon • T Pain • movies

'Heroes' Can't Save NBC From Ad Refunds

Dismal fall ratings, writers' strike prompt unusual move

Dec 12, 07 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - With a lack of fall blockbusters keeping its ratings down and the writers' strike jeopardizing current and future offerings, NBC is giving money back to advertisers for prime time underperformers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Typically, networks give advertisers additional spots—“make goods"—when shows fail to draw.... More »

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Heroes • advertising • NBC Universal • TV networks • primetime TV • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Bionic Woman • Chuck • Life

Hair Alert: Best and Worst on TV

Entertainment Weekly rolls out the best and worse hair on television

Dec 8, 07 11:51 AM CST
(Newser) - What's TV for, if not an excellent opportunity to mock celebrity hairstyles? Entertainment Weekly readers selected the best and worst: Hair-Do Top Five:
  1. Chloe (Allison Mack), "Smallville"
  2. Peter (Milo Ventimiglia), "Heroes"
  3. Karen (Natalie Zia), "Dirty Sexy Money"
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Heroes • hair • list • celebrity • America's Next Top Model

iPhone Tops Google Search List

Fastest-growing US search term in 2007

Dec 5, 07 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The iPhone topped Google’s list of fastest-growing search terms this year, reports Reuters. "iPhone, of course, is a word very few people typed in a search box in 2006,” said a Google rep. “It didn’t exist.” The list was dominated by social networking and... More »

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Google • YouTube • MySpace • Heroes • iPhone • Facebook • Apple • list • Transformers • TMZ • search engine • Webkinz • Club Penguin

'Sopranos' Rules Emmy Nods

After complaints that awards were in a rut, newcomers dot the nomination list

Jul 19, 07 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - "The Sopranos" went out on an underwhelming note but still managed to dominate the Emmy nominations announced today, collecting 15 nods, including best drama and best leading actor and actress for James Gandolfini and Edie Falco. Half of this year's nominees will join the party for the first time,... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • Heroes • Lost • HBO • Ugly Betty • award show • Justin Timberlake • Entourage • Broken Trail • AMC • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards

Cheney Should TiVo 'Heroes'

The War on Terror could take some pointers from NBC show, says Juan Cole

May 30, 07 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the ratings on Jack Bauer's "24" fading almost as fast as those of George Bush's White House, it's time for the principals in the war in Iraq to start studying "Heroes"—the most-watched show on television this year—writes Salon's Juan Cole. In fact, think of... More »

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War on Terror • television • Dick Cheney • terrorism • Heroes • 24 • NBC • Jack Bauer • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Kevin Reilly Quits NBC

Entertainment prez leaves struggling network; Zucker recruits Reveille head

May 29, 07 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kevin Reilly is bolting from his gig as NBC's entertainment president, reports Variety, after network capo Jeff Zucker recruited Reveille head Ben Silverman for a position over him. Reilly—who produced several hits including Heroes and Deal or No Deal—will take his multi-million dollar severance package and most likely... More »

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Heroes • NBC • CEO • NBC Universal • Jeff Zucker • Kevin Reilly • Ben Silverman • Ugly Betty • The Office • Deal or No Deal

Fourth-Place Peacock
Goes Light
on New Shows

NBC puts quality ahead of quantity, sticks with light, cerebral, heroic for fall

May 15, 07 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - NBC offered surprising few new plays for its 2007-08 season, with only one new comedy, five new dramas and a slew of cancellations. The network has been bringing up the rear in a generally bearish market, but signaled it would continue to push shows with critical acclaim but middling commercial... More »

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entertainment • television • Heroes • NBC • The Office • network television

Big Guns Battle Video Sharing With Free TV Shows

Copyright-protected content will be available for free online in new NBC-News Corp. partnernship

Mar 23, 07 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - TV biggies NBC Universal and News Corp. are teaming up to hit YouTube with the full force of their their combined TV content, offered online for free. Starting this summer, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp. subsidiary MySpace will hope to win over internet users (and the advertising that... More »

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television • Yahoo • Google • Internet • YouTube • AOL • Microsoft • MSN • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Heroes • 24 • NBC • advertising • intellectual property • consumer • copyright • file sharing • Internet advertising • News Corp

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