“Heroes” creator Tim Kring isn’t happy that NBC has decided to part ways with his show after four seasons.
Kring issued a statement about the situation and says he still holds out hope that fans might get a two-hour movie to wrap up the series.
Here’s what he said:
Regarding NBC’s decision not to renew the international hit Heroes for a fifth season, creator and executive producer, and award winning transmedia storyteller, Tim Kring commented: “I want to first extend my deepest gratitude and heartfelt appreciation to the legion of enthusiastic fans who have watched Heroes on TV, online, DVR, DVD and mobile over the last four seasons.
Every week more than 45 million TV viewers around the world, as well as millions of social and digital media-based fans, have made Heroes one of the five most-watched shows across traditional and digital media screens in the history of television.
For NBC, I certainly understand the challenge of creating a business model around a show which arrived precisely as the audience was finding new ways to watch traditional content on multiple screens.
I personally have had 12 great years with my friends at NBC, and with Heroes, they provided me a rare opportunity to put a message of hope, interconnectivity and global consciousness into the world. For that I am grateful and look forward to finalizing our discussion about a number of ways to keep the Heroes universe alive for its fans.”
KG from DC says
When you looked at the DVR and bittorrent number, Heroes was BY FAR one of the most watched programs on TV. With that said, it’s not a business model most networks can get their heads around yet and the show definitely suffered in writting [less so during season 4].
AndyMac says
Itty boo. The show went into the crapper after season 2. Even adding lesbians didn’t help.
I was sad to see it go-2 seasons ago. Now at least it’s official.
chavalier says
All I can say is that the show had so much promise in season 1, arguably one of the most intriguing shows I’d ever seen. I wanted to see the future where Samauri Hiro came to be and epic clashes between Peter and Sylar, while shadowy organisations worked through their catspaws to avert or create catastrophe, I wanted to see a world where the stakes were high and was not only a possibility, but a probability. Instead, we get carnies with abandonment issues. Give me Chuck any day.
David says
Heroes has been going for 12 years? Feels like it!
guardianali says
The show was expensive to make. Besides salaries, the special effects alone was huge. They make up that money back in advertisements. Some one DVDs and merchandise but the main part is the advertising revenue.
Sure it was the ‘most’ watched when you factor in bitorrent and DVR but the torrents have the commercials cut from the show, and the DVR crowd fastforwards through them.
NBC has to justify the cost to benefit ratio…and with the ratings down very large amount on the traditional medium of TV (where they get their advertising money from), then they had no reason to keep it.
guardianaj says
I’m glad shows gone.
Kurt says
While I’m somewhat glad someone at NBC realized Heroes was done and put a fork in it.; I’m sorry the show I originally loved fell so far so fast. We really don’t have that many really good fantasy or SciFi shows on at one time. When one of them looses its direction and starts to go off a cliff we all loose out.
Keiran Halcyon says
@guardianali – I’m starting to think that it’s a curse of “intelligent audiences” to see their favorite shows canceled – because intelligent audiences are largely immune to advertisers’ propaganda (be it though DVR fast-forwards, bittorrent, or just ignoring it).
That said – I agree that Heroes peaked during season 1. I am intrigued by the direction they took in the last minutes of the season 4 finale, but only just so.