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Oh No They Didn't! —
... last year's 11.6 million average. Loeb and Alexander are celebrities in their own right among the fanboys. Loeb is an author of many comic books, including Batman, The Hulk, and Superman For All Seasons, which inspired the creation of Smallville. Loeb joined the then-WB drama in its second season. Alexander was previously a co-exeutive producer on Lost and Alias. It's unclear whether Heroes creator/executive producer Tim Kring will replace the two writer/producers. Source. I realize that Heroes will probably never be cancelled, but news like this ...
How 'Heroes' Lost Its Powers
Pressed —
... NBC's Heroes, once one of the networks most promising new hits, is in serious trouble. Despite heavy promotion, ratings are way down this season, and yesterday the show tossed two of its key writer-producers. ...
Has Firing Loeb And Alexander Saved Heroes? [Heroes]
io9 —
... , as well, but at least we didn't get anyone fired) were story-based - but without Loeb and Alexander there, who is in charge of the writing of the show? EW's own report of the firings said that it "was unclear" if the two producers would be replaced (although subsequent reports are now suggesting otherwise), which leaves it equally unclear who'll step in to provide the show's direction, storywise, from now on. ...
Heroes Deathwatch '08
Jossip —
... more of a convoluted snore than a relevant look at growing up different. Or something.
Was Heroes ever an analogy, or just a conglomeration of recycled X-Men plot-lines and bad accents? First season was awesome, second season was confusing, and this season is the special abilities version of the Saw films. What crazy/nonsensical combination of powers can we string together with an overly-complicated narrative structure?
And now Heroes has fired two of its producers/writers, ratings are way, way down, and even the show's creator ...
Heroes Might Actually Stop Sucking: The Details
Topless Robot —
... Yes. I'm fortunate to be coming into a very exciting story line. [Former co-exec producers] Jeph [Loeb] and Jesse [Alexander], before they left the show,
set so many great events in motion with the "Fugitives" arc [kicking
off Feb. 2]. It really is a fresh start. All of the characters are back
in their real lives. You see Peter as a paramedic. Claire is looking
for colleges. We get away from the world of formulas and quasi-magic. ...
'Day One': What do you think of the trailer for NBC's midseason hope?
PopWatch —
... Day , for its part, follows a group of California apartment dwellers as they attempt to rebound after a strange, global occurrence. Yes, it all sounds very V -- another apocalyptic-type drama in the works for ABC this season. But Day has a couple of things going for it that the other doomsday dramas don't: It's from the brilliant mind of Jesse Alexander, a former Lost and Alias scribe who, together with Jeph Loeb, gave Heroes its zeitgeist-capturing appeal before they were regrettably canned last November ; and two, it has some pretty cool-looking smoke columns that ...
