Tim Kring Apologizes for Disappointing ‘Heroes’ Sophomore Season
Series Creator Discusses What’s Gone Wrong
Well, I’ll give Heroes creator, executive producer, and writer Tim Kring one thing: It’s nice to see a Hollywood type who has the balls to not only refuse to cross the picket line on his own high-profile series, but to offer a fan-wide apology for its lackluster, scattered second season, as well.
Earlier today, industry magazine Entertainment Weekly posted the article “‘Heroes’ Creator Apologizes to Fans” on its Web site. The piece basically comprises snippets of quotes from Kring, in which the Heroes showrunner touches on various things he thinks are responsible for decreased ratings and decreased interest in his signature show this fall. The list includes a number of observations that others have discussed elsewhere.
- The show’s pace is too slow
- The world-saving stakes should have been established sooner
- The rookies didn’t greet [ground?] themselves properly
- Hiro was in Japan way too long
- Young love stinks
I agree with each and every one of those assessments, a couple of which I mentioned in my recent notes on Monday’s “Out of Time” episode. That installment went quite a ways toward bringing the series back from the brink of irrelevancy in my eyes, and I appreciate Kring’s awareness of what’s broken and what urgently needs to be fixed.
The big issue now, considering the writers strike and all the walkout entails, is how long it will be before Heroes begins to climb back to the top instead of continuing its spiral downwards. Only time will tell, I suppose; yet, this unexpected public apology and promise of improvement is a good sign just the same.
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Heroes currently airs Mondays on NBC at 9pm EST
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