Heroes Will Air In A Block NBC's returning genre shows--Heroes, Chuck and Medium--will each air a full complement of original episodes next season, in contrast to this year's strike-truncated season, with Heroes and Chuck set to air without repeats through December.
The announcements came at the network's presentation to advertisers in New York on April 2. "We not only have the biggest star of TV, we have movie stars on NBC," Ben Silverman, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, said during the presentation. "The talent on NBC are the breakout talent and the cultural, relevant, leading icons of all of television. It's a hallmark of what we do, and as you'll see, ... all of your favorites are coming back." Heroes will return to the schedule on Sept. 15 with an hourlong clip show premiering at 8 p.m. ET/PT and a two-hour season premiere airing at 9 p.m., its regular timeslot. Chuck, meanwhile, will debut in the fall in its regular Monday 8 p.m. timeslot. Rounding out a night of genre fare, newcomer My Own Worst Enemy--starring Christian Slater as a man with a Mr. Hyde-like alter ego--will air at 10 p.m. Medium was one of several surprise renewals. It, along with Lipstick Jungle and Friday Night Lights, was considered on the bubble, as likely to be axed as to return. The Patricia Arquette series, about a psychic family woman who helps solve crimes, will return to the schedule in either late 2008 or early 2009 in a new timeslot. "Medium is on Sunday nights at 9 right now, following [newcomer] Merlin into [the previously announced new series ] Kings," Silverman said. "I don't know the exact day we premiere all of that. I think it's February 23, but I'm not sure." (NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.) --Ian Spelling http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=51670
