Greg Beeman, the producer/director of the Heroes television series on NBC has been given his walking papers. Beeman doesn’t seem too upset over the announcement. You see, I will not be returning to HEROES for Season 4. Ultimately this was a financially motivated decision made by NBC. They no longer want to have a Producer/Director position on the show. But it coincides well with my own innate wanderlust, and so, while sad to leave so many friends and comrades, I am excited for the future. The good news is, he will be continuing his Beeman’s blog with all of his…
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NBC has announced it has ordered another 18-20 episodes Heroes. While the show has stumbled a bit this season as far as ratings go, it is tied with The Office as the network’s top rated series for the 18-49 crowd. What do you want to see in season 4? The introduction of a character with magical powers that turns back time to a point where none of the mutants Heroes exist? Giant robots programmed by the gov’ment that are released into society to hunt down those mutants Heroes who haven’t registered? Or maybe the mutants Heroes will have some infighting…
Milo Ventimiglia, from NBC’s Heroes, was on the Today Show this week pimping the return of the television show, and in the process talking about his interest in comic books, and more specifically, his own Berserker series from Top Cow. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Now that Pushing Daisies is dead, Brian Fuller has signed a deal to return to NBC’s Heroes beginning with episode 20. His exact role on the sci-fi drama has not been determined, but he is expected to play a key role in the writers room alongside “Heroes” creator/executive producer/showrunner Tim Kring. After the end of the season, Fuller might continue on “Heroes” or join another UMS-produced series while also developing his own projects. That last line might be pretty telling. If the ratings don’t rise, the show may find itself on the chopping block, so Fuller’s seven-figure deal to work…
NBC announced its midseason lineup yesterday, and while the network has stated Heroes will return in February, no start date was attached. Compare that to Knight Rider, which is getting a series reboot, and a confirmed January 7th start date. There are a couple of reasons both Chuck and Heroes are being vaguely scheduled for a February launch; the first being two reality contest shows the network wants to try out, and the other being those really low ratings. On the plus side, it looks like Pushing Daisies may get the axe from ABC, which means show creator Bryan Fuller…
NBC is really scrambling to fix its lineup of shows that are not delivering as expected. First it was the firing of Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander from Heroes, and now it has been announced the studio is going after Knight Rider. Reports from Hollywood indicate the show is going through a retooling process to bring it back its ’80’s origins. “It’s a reboot,” “Knight” executive producer/showrunner Gary Scott Thompson said. “We’re moving away from the terrorist-of-the-week formula and closer to the original, making it a show about a man and his car going out and helping more regular people,…
It was only a matter of time before fan and reviewer trashing of the third season of Heroes led to changes in the show. The first casualties of the shakeup find co-executive producers Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb being shown the exit. It’s understood that Alexander and Loeb were let go because of Peacock execs’ frustration with the creative direction of the show. The show is also said to have been grappling with hefty budget overruns this season, that are going well beyond its already sizable $4 million per-seg pricetag. I can’t say that I’m not surprised, but I axing…
Another week, and another week of tumbling ratings for NBC’s Heroes. Once on of the best rated show on television (can you believe it was only a short two years ago?), Heroes has slumped into the red warning zone following Monday night’s ratings. Not to gawk at the overturned semi-truck on the freeway, but that “Heroes” number is startling — a series low by far (as is “Chuck”) and marking the drama’s third week of decline. “Heroes” was NBC’s strongest scripted series the past couple years and its now fading quickly. It’s a clear problem without a clear solution. Episodes…
I think I mentioned Greg Beeman’s website about this time last year (yeah, it was during THAT time), and I think it needs to be mentioned again. If you are a fan of Heroes, or if you are someone that digs the behind the scenes look at the process of making a television series, then the Beaming Beeman website is worthy of checking out. I love reading Director/Producer Greg Beeman’s take on each episode of NBC’s Heroes, not only for the behind the scenes stories, but for the behind the scenes photos. A site worthy of checking out.
There were a lot of complaints about the second season of NBC’s Heroes – from the lackluster storyline to the writer’s strike causing the season to end abruptly, fans were less than amused with the sophomore trials of the series. Unfortunately, those feelings are still reverberating into the third season. The Hollywood Reporter has viewership for the season three two-hour premiere down 25% from last year. The “Heroes” debut (9.9 million viewers, 4.9 preliminary adults 18-49 rating and a 12 share and matched its lowest original episode rating ever. (“Heroes” was actually down even more, 33%, if you include NBC’s…
NBC has released a series of promo images hyping the upcoming third season of Heroes. While season 2 ended up being rather wonky, I’m hoping the third volume of tales gets the action up and moving in the first two episodes. The season premiere of Heroes: Villains kicks off on September 22 at 9:00 PM EST.
NBC has given the go ahead for a full season of Chuck, ordering nine more for the second half of the year. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending), that only brings the total number of episodes to 15 for the year, which makes no freakin’ sense to me. I remember a time when a full season of episodes amounted to 23-30+ shows a season. And it isn’t just Chuck that goes this shortened season route – Burn Notice anyone? The second season of Chuck returns to NBC on September 29, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. via THR
Check out NBC’s Heroes Primetime Preview special, that is supposed to air on August 30, but thanks to the YouTube, we have it here early.
I think this is probably the last San Diego Comic Con post I’ll make for a couple of months. Here’s the video from NBC’s Chuck Panel held at the show.