Heroes

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 25, 2006
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29
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Critic Reviews

  1. Time
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    60
    The writing is uneven... but the idea is audacious enough to keep you following the loose threads.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    60
    If you don't take it too seriously, it can be tremendous fun in a Saturday matinee kind of way.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    60
    It does get a little pretentious at times, especially during the opening and closing narrations, but its pretensions are very much comic-book pretensions, and therefore allowable in what is, fundamentally, a comic book.
  5. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    60
    If not exactly compelling, the pilot episode is engaging and often quirkily funny.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    “Heroes” tries very hard to spook viewers with hints of science fiction and dark conspiracies. But its main appeal is the curious link among complete strangers.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    50
    This is... one of those concepts seemingly destined to leave a small but outspoken fan contingent grumbling next summer at Comic-Con about its cancellation.
  8. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    50
    Too much pretentious hooey about destiny obscures an unfocused saga of normal folks with odd powers.

Awards & Rankings

37
#37 Best TV Season of 2006
5
#5 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006
22
#22 Most Shared TV Season of 2006

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 466 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 415 out of 466
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 466
  3. Negative: 25 out of 466
  1. Paxster
    Oct 3, 2010
    10
    The first series of Heroes was the best television I have ever seen. So inventive and so clever it really did eclipse anything I had ever seenThe first series of Heroes was the best television I have ever seen. So inventive and so clever it really did eclipse anything I had ever seen before. I think its that idea of aspiring to achieve your goals whether you can time travel or are just a normal human being that really shines through. Shame that the writers strike killed the rest though.… Full Review »
  2. AWasserman
    Dec 29, 2015
    10
    Without a doubt the single best outing in TV history. Heroes captivated me from the very beginning. There is not a show around today that hadWithout a doubt the single best outing in TV history. Heroes captivated me from the very beginning. There is not a show around today that had the buzz and the ratings of Heroes. Season 1 introduced the world to a as realistic as you can have world where people had superpowers. From good to evil, minor to major, all these characters were compelling. This show was full of great action, drama, mystery, and intrigue. There is not a series around today that had the same magic as Heroes had.… Full Review »
  3. cameronmorewood
    Nov 9, 2012
    10
    An absolutely captivating genre-beding show. It is nearly flawless.
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