Heroes Gag Reels

WELL.....not yet. Though I would kiill for some outtakes...

But, to lighten things up.....

Yes and here's more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkQLmt2zJ6w

Sifr's Greatest Hits

There is this person named Sifr on 9th Wonders who has been delighting in taking great licence with some of the Heroes Official continuity.

Bless'em!

Here are some of Sifr's better RECENT works!
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New York City - One Year Ago

*Noah is in the van watching Elle and Sylar on surviellance*

Elle: But you are special just the wa...

*Noah turns down the volume*

Noah: Eugh... come on... who is she kidding?

Few Hours Later

*Noah is playing with some dolls*

Noah-as-Elle: You're weird and kinda cute looking...
Noah-as-Sylar: I'm gonna be a serial killer, wanna play?
Noah-as-Elle: Sure! I have mental issues too!
Noah-as-Sylar: Cool!
Noah-as-Elle: Lets make out!

*He makes them kiss noisely*

Elle: AHEM!

*Noah turns to see them both at the door of the truck*

Sylar: Dude... not cool...

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Pinehearst

*Arthur rips off the head of a random lackey who does not even get a name*

Arthur: Aaaah... thats the stuff.
Sylar: What power did you take dad?
Arthur: I'm not sure... wait... hey you!

*Another lackey comes over*

Arthur: You're a precog!
Lackey: Erm... yes?
Arthur: You've been dreaming about me, haven't you...
Lackey: Maybe, but thats not my fault, you see, my little sister broke her banjo and-
Arthur: SILENCE!... I KEEEEELL YOU!

*Rips his head off*

Sylar: I guess you got the power to plagarise...
Arthur: Guess so... ikeeellyou...
Sylar: What was that?
Arthur: Nothing... nothing... infidel

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Sifr's House

*There is a knock on the door*

Sifr: Yes?
Arthur: I believe you've been writing about me...

*He grabs Sifr's head*

Inside Si's Head

*Arthur is singing in a bikini*

Arthur: Bend me, shake me, anyway you want me...

*Sifr starts to scream*

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Japan

Ando: Hiro! You must understand! You are not 10!
Hiro: Silly Ando... course I am!
Ando: You're 28!
Hiro: Prove it!

Toilets

*There is a scream from the men's toilets and Hiro comes running out*

Hiro: Aaaargh!
Ando: I told you!
Hiro: What happened! Why is ZZ-Top down... there?
Ando: I'm sorry I had to show you!
Hiro: You better be! Its paedophilia!
Ando: YOU'RE NOT 10!
Hiro: Then its homoerotic!
Ando: Argh!

*Ando walks off exasperated*

Hiro: *Sniffs the air* Oooh... waffles
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Haiti

Nathan: When you jumped off that roof like a moron, who caught you? Who pulled you out of Kirby Plaza when you were about to blow up? You want my respect, you want my approval, earn it!
Peter: Why would I want your respect? You're a PUPPET!
Nathan: Excuse me?

*Cut to Arthur, playing with puppets of the cast*

Arthur-as-Nathan: I'm a US Sentator-
Arthur-as-Peter: No
Arthur-as-Nathan: -you're a nurse...

*Arthur gets punched in the back of the head*

Arthur: What the hell?
Doyle: Thats for stealing my thing!

*Arthur gets punched again*

Doyle: You wanna be the puppet-master now, huh b**ch?!

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Pinehearst Lab

Mohinder: Its a miracle... complete remisson, all effects of the forumla have disappeared, scales, abilities, I have no idea how or why? Some correlation to the eclipse? Further research is warranted... but not yet...

*Looks up Maya's address*

Arthur: You're not going anywhere... that bootycall with Maya was one of the worse parts of this season! I mean, first Sylar, then you, is she THAT sl*tty? Its weak character writing!
Mohinder: What about Tracy? She hopped beds from that guy to Nathan pretty quickly? Or Daphne falling for Matt? And Sylar and Elle? And whats with Peter forgetting that Irish chick from last season?

*Flint pins Mohinder to the wall*

Flint: Last season NEVER happened...
Tim Kring: He's right Mohinder, it never happened...
Mohinder: But I remember... George Takei and Nichelle Nichols?
Arthur: He's proving difficult to work with... you wanna do it or shall I?
Tim Kring: I'll do it...

*Tim Kring goes into the vault and presses the Reset Button, immediately everyone relaxes*

Tim Kring: God I love this thing...

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Haiti

Peter: You know, I've been thinking...
Nathan: Don't say it...
Peter: I'm gonna!
Nathan: DON'T!
Peter: In the event of a water-landing, the exits are here... here... and-

*Nathan and Peter crash into the Swamp*

Nathan: You HAD to say it didn't you...
Peter: Dude, you gotta admit, the timing of that was awesome!

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Primatech

*Matt cuffs Nathan*

Nathan: Matt, what are you doing?! *under his breath* Ithoughtweweredoingthislater?
Matt: Sorry Nate-dog, but I'm a cop, and I'm gonna have to bring you in...
Nathan: What for?!

*Matt looks at his notebook*

Matt: Repeatedly exceeding the Sound Barrier over Residential Areas, flying without a licence, general ignorance of the FAA, no safety talk, flying without the drinks cart, flying without hot stewardesses to Mile High it with-
Nathan: Hey I'm working on convincing Tracy!
Matt: -and the worst crime of all-
Nathan: Don't start this again...
Matt: WHERE ARE MY FREE HEADPHONES?
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I did wonder about this in the IABD episode, with all those guys in suits flying around, do you reckon this ever happens...

FOUR YEARS IN THE FUTURE

Flying-Cop: Well well... if it isn't Spike Hutchinson...
Spike: What is it now?
Flying-Cop: You were speeding...
Spike: Was I?
Flying-Cop: Don't play coy with me, you were clocked doing Mach 2 in a Mach 0.3 zone!
Spike: No I wasn't!
Flying-Cop: And your tail-light was out...
Spike: I'm not even wearing lights!
Flying-Cop: I know, I just wanted you to admit it *notes down* Not-wearing-lights...
Spike: You're a sadist, you know that?
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First promo for "Fugitives"

Back the Monday after the Super Bowl

S3E13: Dual (full episode)

The last episode of 2008. RIP Meredith

Heroes Solid Swan Song for 2008

By Toni Fitzgerald
Dec 16, 2008

CBS’s comedy lineup carried the network to an easy win last night with several season- and series-high performances.

“The Big Bang Theory” and “How I Met Your Mother” both hit season highs among adults 18-49, with “Theory” also setting series records among total viewers and in the demo.

But the biggest numbers came at 9 p.m., where “Two and a Half Men” rang up a season-high 17.9 million viewers and a 5.6 adults 18-49 rating, according to Nielsen overnights.

The episode featured a cameo from Emilio Estevez, brother of series star Charlie Sheen, and it was easily the highest-rated show of the night on any network.

Earlier in the evening, 8 p.m.’s “Bang” set a new series high in viewers with 11.4 million and among 18-49s with a 4.2 rating. Lead-out “Mother” rose to a 4.6 in the demo, besting last season’s first Britney Spears cameo by 0.1.

That led CBS to a dominant victory on the evening with a 4.3 average overnight rating and an 11 share. NBC was second at 2.6/7, Fox third at 2.1/5, Univision fourth at 1.7/4, ABC fifth at 1.5/4 and CW sixth at 0.6/1.

As a reminder, all ratings are based on live-plus-same-day DVR playback. Seven-day DVR data won’t be available for several weeks. Twenty-eight percent of Nielsen households have DVRs.

At 8 p.m. CBS was first with a 4.4 for “Bang” (4.2) and “Mother” (4.6), followed by NBC with a 2.6 for “Chuck.” ABC was third with a 2.2 for “I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown,” Fox fourth with a 1.9 for “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” Univision fifth with a 1.8 for “Cuidado con el Angel” and CW sixth with a 0.7 for a repeat of “Gossip Girl.”

CBS finished first again at 9 p.m. with a 4.6 for “Men” (5.6) and “Worst Week” (3.6), while NBC remained second with a 3.6 for “Heroes.” Fox was third with a 2.2 for “Prison Break,” Univision fourth with a 1.9 for “Fuego en la Sangre,” ABC fifth with a 1.2 for “20/20” and CW sixth with a 0.5 for a repeat of “One Tree Hill.”

At 10 p.m. CBS led with a 3.8 for “CSI: Miami,” with NBC second with a 1.7 for the series finale of “My Own Worst Enemy.” Univision was third with a 1.3 for “Cristina” and ABC fourth with a 1.2 for “20/20.”

CBS also led the night among households with an 8.3 average overnight rating and a 13 share. NBC was second at 4.0/6, Fox third at 3.4/5, ABC fourth at 3.1/5, Univision fifth at 2.0/3 and CW sixth at 1.0/1.

S3E13: Dual {final episode of "Villians"/First Episode of "Fugitives"}

Heroes Season 3: Episode 13: Dual

Heroes Review for Season 3 Episode 13

What Occurred During This Episode:
+ Recap of most recent episodes
+ Sylar is saying a soliloquy about what have happened
+ Peter is by Arthur’s dead body as Nathan walks in
+ Peter tells Nathan that him and Sylar killed Arthur
+ Nathan tells Peter that it’s too late to destroy the formula
+ Nathan mentions that a plan to make the world a better place is everyone’s plan and that Peter shouldn’t get in the way.
+ Nathan and Peter both stood up as Peter refuses to let Nathan to follow through with Arthur’s plan.
+ Peter knocks Nathan out as he is headeing to destroy the formula.
+ Mr. Bennet, Meredith, Claire, and Angela get weapons to help Peter out
+ They find dead bodies all around and Sylar shuts off all the lights and close all the windows
+ Sylar is telling them that they are all monsters just like him and that he’ll prove that to all of them

COMMERCIAL BREAK!!

+ Mr. Bennet gives Claire a gun and they are heading over to the security station to get Sylar
+ Claire tells them that stabbing her or Sylar in the back of the head will cut off their powers
+ Mr. Bennet and Sylar end up in the security station as Sylar mentions that he is hunting him and it’s not the other way around.
+ Hiro is hanging on a pole talking to a pigeon
+ Ando, Matt, and Daphne end up in Mohinder’s old lab and looking for him for the formula
+ Daphne suggests that she’ll get Mohinder at Pinehearst
+ Mohinder is making a recording on hoping that the formula will make him better
+ Mohinder and Peter are talking about their first meeting and how that they talked about powers
+ Daphne steals the formula and Mohinder knocks Peter all over
+ Flint and Knox saves Peter from Mohinder and they start messing up the lab
+ One of the soldiers helps Nathan up and plans to stop Peter
+ Knox comes up and snaps his neck and prevents Nathan from going anywhere
+ Daphne comes back with the formula as Ando stabs himself with the formula and he starts convulsing and falls to the floor
+ Hiro shimmies down the pole and sits up, he then climbs to the roof and falls over
+ Hiro walks back into the house and sees little Hiro sitting their sad and thinking about their mom
+ Hiro asks little Hiro to look for the half of the formula sheet that Kaito has.
+ Claire and Angela talk about how Sylar is making everyone crazy
+ Sylar tells Claire that he’ll let Mr. Bennet, Meredith, and her escape as long as she kills Angela
+ Sylar tells Claire that its Mr. Bennet and Elle’s fault for what Sylar became.
+ Claire shoots the phone with the shotgun
COMMERCIAL BREAK!!

+ Meredith and Mr. Bennet release the prisoners as Mr. Bennet offers them a deal to release all of them
+ Mr. Bennet tells Meredith that they are bait
+ Mohinder is trying to get Peter to stop destroying the formula
+ Flint throws Mohinder into the wall as he is probably knocked out
+ Flint continues to destroy the formula
+ Ando wakes up and tries to use his power as he tries imitating Hiro and squints his eyes
+ Ando fires a red bolt of lightning in a fit of anger
+ Meredith is walking around looking for Sylar
+ Sylar appears behind Sylar and throws her gun away
+ The Puppet master controls Sylar and Sylar kills him
+ Mr. Bennet finds Meredith in a room and is locked inside by Sylar with a pistol with one bullet
+ Meredith can’t control her powers
+ Sylar asks Mr. Bennet what would he would tell Claire after he kills Meredith.

COMMERCIAL BREAK!!

+ Nathan is sitting down as he is trying to convince Knox that Peter is a failure.
+ Knox notices that Nathan is afraid as they start fighting
+ Tracy comes in and freezes Knox
+ Ando has the ability to amplify powers as Matt had the ability to hear everyone’s thoughts and Daphne was able to travel back in time
+ Claire wants to go and save them as Angela is telling her that it is a trap
+ Claire leaves the room with Angela as Sylar appears behind Claire
+ Sylar asks Claire why she is going to save her dad when she knew that he lied to them
+ Claire arrives and tries to help them escape
+ Meredith heats up the glass as Mr. Bennet shoots it and Claire runs through the window
+ They break open the window as Meredith tells them to run ahead as Claire and Mr. Bennet run out.

COMMERCIAL BREAK!!

+ Tracy tells Nathan that he has to get him out of there and that in order to save him that they must leave
+ Nathan fires Tracy as he goes off to stop Peter
+ They figure out that Ando can “supercharge” other people’s powers
+ Daphne and Ando use their powers together to go back in time
+ Hiro and little Hiro find the formula
+ Kaito knows that Hiro opened the safe and starts attacking him
+ Hiro cuts the formula in two as Daphne and Ando come in time to rescue Hiro from getting cut in half
+ Daphne, Hiro, and Ando arrive back as Hiro and Daphne go to Primatech
+ Tracy takes the formula as Hiro punches Tracy in the face and takes the formula and Daphne and Tracy leave
+ Mohinder gets soaked in the formula as Peter and Flint overturn the last canister
+ Nathan knocks Flint out and punches Peter
+ Nathan starts beating up Peter with a metal pole as Flint decides to burn the place
+ Peter grabs a formula and stabs himself with it as he takes Nathan’s power and flies off with him as Pinehearst explodes.

COMMERCIAL BREAK!!

+ Angela is talking to Sylar about how he killed Arthur
+ Angela tells Sylar that she had always planned this for him
+ He doesn’t believe her as Sylar knows when he could tell the truth
+ Angela tries to lie to Sylar as she tells him that she originally wanted him to work for the company
+ Angela tells Sylar that she knows who his Parents were as Claire comes in and stabs him in the back of the head.
+ Angela is sitting in the room as Mr. Bennet saves her
+ Claire tries to save Meredith as Meredith explodes in a flame of explosion
+ Peter and Nathan land
+ Peter tells Nathan that he loved him and that’s why he saved him as Nathan tells him that is not what he would have done.
+ Daphne and Hiro appear back in Mohinder’s laboratory
+ Mohinder is cured as Tracy picks him up
+ Nathan flies away
+ Mr. Bennet, Angela, and Claire are watching the flames of the Company building
+ Utsutu is in Mohinder’s laboratory

END OF VOLUME 3

Volum 4 Fugitives
+ Nathan is sitting in a limo as he tells someone that he wants to round up all these people with abilities and lock them up.
+ He was talking to the president.
+ Nathan is in Washington D.C.

IT’S FINALLY OVER!!

Happy holidays....see ya in Feb!

Good Night for Heroes; Goodnight to Denny Crane

Quirky drama averages 10.2 million total viewers

By Toni Fitzgerald
Dec 9, 2008

The series finale of David E. Kelley’s “Boston Legal” was predictably unpredictable, with an unlikely twosome tying the knot in the end (spoiler alert – the names appear further down in the story).

The show’s two-hour sendoff drew decent numbers, too, despite airing against originals on CBS and ESPN’s always-dominant “Monday Night Football.”

“Legal” averaged 10.2 million total viewers from 9 to 11 p.m., according to Nielsen overnights, 11 percent above its season average of 9.2 million.

The show averaged a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating, matching its season average, though that was still a decent showing considering it was without sometime lead-in “Dancing with the Stars,” which boosted ABC’s entire Monday lineup until its midseason finale two weeks ago.

“Legal” was never a huge ratings draw, though it enjoyed some critical acclaim and lots of Emmy love. The show finished its five-year run on a surprising note when platonic friends Denny and Alan got married.

With “Legal’s” departure, Kelley is now without a show in primetime for the first time in two decades.

As a reminder, all ratings are based on live-plus-same-day DVR playback. Seven-day DVR data won’t be available for several weeks. Twenty-eight percent of Nielsen households have DVRs.

CBS led the night among viewers 18-49 with a 4.1 average overnight Nielsen rating and a 10 share. ABC was second at 2.9/7, NBC third at 2.6/7, Fox fourth at 2.0/5, Univision fifth at 1.7/4 and CW sixth at 1.2/3.

At 8 p.m. CBS was first with a 4.0 for “The Big Bang Theory” (3.7) and “How I Met Your Mother” (4.2), followed by ABC with a 3.8 for “Charlie Brown Christmas.” NBC was third with a 2.4 for “Chuck,” Fox fourth with a 1.8 for “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” Univision fifth with a 1.7 for “Cuidado con el Angel” and CW sixth with a 1.5 for “Gossip Girl.”

CBS was first again at 9 p.m. with a 4.3 for “Two and a Half Men” (5.2) and “Worst Week” (3.5), with NBC second with a 3.6 for “Heroes.” ABC was third with a 2.3 for “Legal,” Fox fourth with a 2.1 for “Prison Break,” Univision fifth with a 1.8 for “Fuego en la Sangre” and CW sixth with a 1.0 for “Privileged.” (note that once again "Heroes" was #1 in its time slot in its last half against "Worst," "Boston," "Break," and whatever the CW and Univision had on)

At 10 p.m. CBS completed the nightly sweep with a 4.0 for “CSI: Miami,” while ABC moved to second with a 2.6 for more “Legal.” NBC was third with a 1.8 for “My Own Worst Enemy” and Univision fourth with a 1.5 for “Cristina.”

CBS also finished first for the night among households with a 7.9 average overnight rating and a 12 share. ABC was second at 6.4/10, NBC third at 3.9/6, Fox fourth at 3.3/5, Univision fifth at 2.2/3 and CW sixth at 1.7/3.
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Overnights_50/Solid_finale_for_ABC_s_Boston_Legal.asp

so she may NOT be dead after all.......?

Heroes at the Paley Center: Grunny on Parkman

Actor Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman) and series creator/executive producer Tim Kring discuss the character of Matt Parkman.

Heroes at Paley Center: Ali on Niki/jessica

Actress Ali Larter (Niki Sanders) opens up about getting the part and playing Niki Sanders.

Heroes at the Paley Center: Bennett on HRG

Actor Jack Coleman (Mr. Bennet) and series creator/executive producer Tim Kring discuss the creation of Mr. Bennet.

Why can't they be like this on the damned show???

Heroes at the Paley Center:Nathan Landing at the Parking Lot

Remember when Nathan landed in the parking lot in S1?

S3E11: Our Father (Full episode)

Claire and Hiro change the course of the catalyst 16 years ago, while Nathan experiments with it in the present.

S3E11: The Eclipse II (Fulle Episode)

Sorry for the delay.

As the eclipse wanes, powers return with unforeseen results.

R.I.P., Elle.

S3E12: Our Father (recap)

Heroes Review for Season 3 Episode 12

What Occurred During This Episode:

+ Hiro and Claire watch the scene between HRG and Kaito giving Claire to him a while back
+ Claire knows who Hiro is.
+ Hiro only knows a few words
+ Hiro hears about his mother and travels to look for her
+ Claire decides to follow Hiro
+ Hiro's mom and Kaito are talking about making arrangements for the catalyst because she will die
+ Hiro's mom wanted to keep the catalyst within the family but Kaito proved otherwise
+ Hiro's mom holds a bird that has died and kisses it, the bird lives
+ Kaito sees Hiro in the kitchen and asks him to start cooking
+ Sylar is covered in blood as Arthur calls him and tells him that he won't help him anymore
+ Sylar covers Elle in lighter fluid and says goodbye.
+ He uses his power of electricity and burns her

COMMERCIAL BREAK!!

+ Angela tells Peter that he has to work with the Haitian to kill Arthur
+ He tells Peter that Arthur wanted to kill Nathan and that's why she poisoned him
+ Peter takes the gun
+ Nathan tells Arthur that he is taking over Pinehearst
+ Tracy tries to convince Arthur that they will need someone to be the "face" of the company
+ Nathan and Tracy are talking about how he will be the president of the united states
+ Tracy is updating him on the studies done with the formula
+ They arrive in a training room with soldiers forming up
+ Claire is watching her mom trying to get into her house
+ Claire introduces herself as Bonnie and helps her mom change baby Claire's diapers
+ Sue Landers enters her office as Sylar is posing as a mail delivery man
+ Her power is the ability to see through any lies
+ Sylar kills Sue in her office as her office mates come in and he closes the door on them.

COMMERCIAL BREAK!!

+ Peter is sitting in a room interrogating a sergeant about what would happen to the soldiers and that they will be injected with a drug
+ Daphne, Matt, and Ando appear in a delivery service station
+ Matt reads his mind and convinces him to go grab the book
+ The guy tries to escape on a bicycle as Daphne chases after him and scares him to give him the book
+ Hiro is in the kitchen cooking as he overhears Kaito and his mom’s conversation about Hiro being irresponsible.
+ Mr. Bennet walks in as he sees Claire there babysitting baby Claire
+ Mr. Bennet knows that Claire is lying and asks who she really is.

COMMERCIAL BREAK!!

+ Mr. Bennet and Claire are talking about Claire’s future.
+ Mr. Bennet understands that Claire is from the future and they are not friends
+ Hiro tells his mom that he can travel in time and that he is from the future
+ His mom is really happy and heals Hiro as he remembers what happened.
+ He tells his mom that he saved the world twice, and that his father and him had a great relationship.
+ Hiro tells her that he will protect the catalyst and that she always believed in him
+ Hiro’s mom gives off a glow as it enters Hiro’s body and she dies

COMMERCIAL BREAK!!

+ Peter and the Haitian are in a car talking about what is going to happen at pinehearst
+ Sylar is walking into an elevator with blood all over his clothes as another guy is standing next to him scared
+ Ando, Daphne, and Matt find the sketchbook and are reading the comic book
+ Hiro and Claire are about to leave as Arthur takes Hiro’s power and the catalyst
+ He pushes Hiro off the top of the building and he disappears
+ Hiro is hanging on a pole
+ Daphne, Ando, and Matt are reading the comic book and they decide that this incident might not be a bad thing and they could find a formula to give people powers
+ They decide to find the formula
+ Arthur puts the catalyst into the formula.

COMMERCIAL BREAK!!

+ The Haitian and Peter enter Pinehearst and just take out one guard
+ Mohinder, Nathan, Tracy, and Arthur are looking at the formula
+ Arthur notices that someone is here and tries to brush Peter away as he sees the Haitian
+ Arthur tells Peter that he won’t be able to do it
+ Nathan is overseeing the first marine getting injected with the formula
+ Mohinder injects the guy with a formula and he starts
+ The Haitian isn’t able to control his powers as he has a hard time to controlling Arthur’s power
+ As Peter shoots the bullet, Arthur cuts him on the cheek and Peter has a scar.
+ Peter shoots the bullet and Sylar stops it to ask Arthur one last question if he is really Sylar’s father
+ Sylar knows that he is lying and let’s the bullet kills Arthur
+ Peter stands over Arthur’s body as the Haitian runs after Sylar
+ The marine has the ability of super strength.

It's FINALLY OVER!!

NBC: Leno M-F at 10. Is HEROES In Danger?

NBC appears prepared to hand over the troublesome 10 o'clock weeknight slot to Jay Leno as the company barrels through a painful restructuring brought on by low ratings and a bad economy.

Leno, the soon-to-be-exiting "Tonight Show" host who's been making rumblings about heading to ABC or elsewhere, will apparently do a nightly prime-time show. This will keep Leno in the NBC fold after Conan O'Brien takes over "Tonight" next year.

A 10 p.m. Leno show would be high-risk, especially if the host generates viewing levels no higher than the 5 million or so who tune in to watch "Tonight." But such a program would presumbly be relatively low-cost and would thus help NBC balance the books in a difficult economic environment. The move probably signals an end, at least for now, to NBC's ambitious and costly 10 p.m. dramas. "ER" is ending its run this season, and new efforts like "My Own Worst Enemy" have failed to find viewers.

At an investment conference today, NBC Universal boss Jeff Zucker said that the company's flagship network may trim its programming because of the poor economy.

"Can we continue to program 22 hours of prime time? Three of our competitors don't," Zucker was quoted as saying. "Can we afford to program seven nights a week? One of our competitors doesn't. All of these questions have to be on the table. And we are actively looking at all of those questions."

Last week, the company axed three top programming execs as part of a major retrenchment. Today, the industry rumor mill buzzed with talk of more executives sent packing, including Erin Gough Wehrenberg (who, in yet another realignment this year, was made a top deputy to now-ousted studio head Katherine Pope) and Ted Frank, a three-decade-plus veteran of NBC. The network's release emphasized the return of former studio head Angela Bromstad, sidestepping mention of the latest blood-letting; a network spokeswoman declined to comment on executives exiting the company.

NBC made headlines two years ago by saying it would fill the 8 p.m. slot with low-cost fare. That maneuver has not worked out well, as the game show "Deal or No Deal" has suffered from overplaying and product-placement-heavy shows like "Knight Rider" have struggled in the ratings.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/12/jay-leno-lands.html

What this means is that NBC next fall has to cut five hours from its primetime. Thats not to mention whatever hours NBC would cut for new programs. This means that show on the downside could be sent packing....including Heroes.

Last week, Heroes held its own, winning the last half hour, but the numbers are down, and NBC is looking to cut costs. Heroes could move to NBC-owned SciFi, but that would significantly lower its audience numbers.

NBC needs to know that Heroes DOES have a strong base of fans and that cancelling the show at THIS point would be premature.

My God, I shall miss you

Elle Bishop b. August 7, 1983 d. Dec. 1, 2008

No Recaps tonight, Full episodes later in the week.

To all of our members, just to let you know that there will be no recaps tonight, and we will not be able to post full eppys until Friday morning. Same with ratings results.

Thanks for understanding.

Don

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