Heroes - NBC Primetime Drama

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NBC announced there 2006-07 prime-time schedule today and one show stood out. Its called Heroes and looks to be a generic super-hero drama. With Ali Larter as a stripper?. Ok NBC, I’ll bite.

�HEROES� — The epic drama �Heroes� chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities. As a total eclipse casts it shadow across the globe, viewers follow a genetics professor (Sendhil Ramamurthy, �Blind Guy Driving�) in India whose father’s disappearance leads him to uncover a secret theory — there are people with super powers living among us. A young dreamer (Milo Ventimiglia, �The Bedford Diaries�) tries to convince his politician brother (Adrian Pasdar, �Judging Amy�) that he can fly. A high school cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere, �Ice Princess�) learns that she is totally indestructible. A Las Vegas stripper (Ali Larter, �Final Destination�), struggling to make ends meet to support her young son (Noah Gray-Cabey, �My Wife & Kids�), uncovers that her mirror image has a secret. A prison inmate (Leonard Roberts, �Buffy the Vampire Slayer�) mysteriously finds himself waking up outside of his cell. A gifted artist (Santiago Cabrera, �Empire�), whose drug addiction is destroying his life and the relationship with his girlfriend (Tawny Cypress, �Third Watch�), can paint the future. A down-on-his-luck beat cop (Greg Grunberg, �Alias�) can hear people’s thoughts, including the secrets of a captured terrorist. In Japan, a young man (Masi Oka, �Scrubs�) develops a way to stop time through sheer will power. Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world. �Heroes� is executive produced by creator/writer Tim Kring (�Crossing Jordan), Dennis Hammer (�Crossing Jordan�) and David Semel (�House�), who also directed the pilot. The drama is from NBC Universal Television Studio.