Heroes Gets Renewed for a Fourth Season

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Now I’m a huge fan of Heroes, despite it’s third season being panned by critics for cramming too many subplots into each episode and not creating enough character development. Well, it seems there’s no stopping the show as recent news from the Hollywood Reporter states that the show was recently renewed for a fourth season. Sufficed to say it’s been a difficult year or two for the show. It’s third season was effectively split into two volumes as a result of last year’s writers’ strike (episodes 1-13 comprise the volume ‘Villians’ while episodes 14-23 of its third season comprised the current second-half volume entitled ‘Fugitives’). Changes to the writing staff, including the firing of Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb and the rehiring of Bryan Fuller after the cancellation of his show ‘Pushing Daisies‘, have also stalled the show.

It’s also worth noting that ratings decline since the show’s third season have led to speculation as to whether or not the show would be renewed for next fall. The network ordered 18-20 episodes for the new season, a slight decrease from the previous season of 23 episodes. Show creator, Tim Kring, has also tentatively titled its fourth season ‘Redemption’.