Because I live under the brutal dictatorship of Time-Warner and my cable has been out for FOUR FRACKIN WEEKS, I too was forced into the online underground to view Heroes. Its interesting, because with online shows and DVRs (when the cable works) I rarely see television "on-time" any longer. Curious how all of this affects ratings/viewership.
Oh yes... though Heroes still shamelessly rips off every popular sci- fi story of the past few decades (everything from the X-Men to Jeff Goldblum's role as "Brundle-Fly") and I'm not certain what purpose black-oil-crying-girl serves other than being the "hot Latin chick," still rather enjoyed the season debut. Sin --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 'Heroes' Weak on TV, Super Online > > > 25 September 2008 10:34 AM, PDT > > http://ia.media- imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTkxNTI1NTI3NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjA2MD > U1MQ@@._V1._SY90_.jpg > > Although the season debut of NBC's Heroes > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813715/> was a disappointing bust Monday > night with ratings plummeting 23 percent from last year's season starter, > the episode turned out to be an enormous hit among those who watch pirated > copies of TV shows online. According to the website TorrentFreak, on > Tuesday, the day following the broadcast, Heroes > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813715/> was downloaded "well over a million > times by BitTorrent users all over the world." The website observed that the > downloads represented "the busiest day ever on many torrent sites." Heroes > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813715/> executive producer Jesse > <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0018504/> Alexander told the website that he > believes the illegal downloads actually helps the show, particularly > overseas, building a fan base before it arrives on the air. "People watching > shows such as Lost <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/> and Heroes > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813715/> on BitTorrent is the present world > reality," he said. "TV networks have to recognize this, give their viewers > more ways to interact with the shows, and find ways to generate revenue from > every member of the global audience," > > http://www.imdb.com/news/ns0000003/#ni0572937 >
