Sorry, Heroes fans, NBC has officially killed off the possibility that there could have been at least a season 2 of Heroes Reborn.
NBC's entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt confirmed on Wednesday during the Television Critics Association's press tour that Heroes Reborn has been cancelled.
Heroes Reborn was the next chapter in the series that originally aired back in 2006 starring Hayden Panettiere, Jack Coleman, Milo Ventimiglia and Masi Oka, which ran for four seasons. Some of the original cast members joined the new characters played by Zachary Levi and Ryan Guzman in the reboot.
"[One season] was always the plan, unless [creator Tim Kring] woke up one day and said, 'I have another chapter to tell,'" Greenblatt said. "But I think we're coming to the end of the world, maybe. Stay tuned. As far as I know, there are no more incarnations of Heroes coming."
Heroes was initially very popular among viewers when it first debuted, but its fandom eventually fizzled out. Regardless, if Heroes Reborn was initially planned to be a limited series, chances are, if it was a ratings hit (it has the Thursday 8 p.m. slot), NBC would not have pulled the plug on it. When the series aired on Jan. 7, it only received 3.7 million total viewers and a 1.0 demo rating.
It will be interesting to see if this will be one of many examples of TV reboots that don't live up to their original series. Fox is preparing to premiere its rival of The X-Files later this month, which is also a limited six-episode series, and Netflix will be bringing back the Tanners for Fuller House in February, which could either be exactly what fans want or straight up terrible.
At least die-hard Heroes fans get to return to the world of these metahumans one last time.
The series finale of Heroes Reborn will air on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 8 p.m. EST on NBC.
Source: Deadline
