Ratings Plummet 

Heroes Reborn aired its fifth episode of the season last week. The episode titled “The Lion’s Den” continued the steady four week decline in ratings for the show. The episode earned a mere 1.1 rating, down from 1.2 the previous week. However, the show was pretty average in terms of its competitors such as Bones which received a 1.1, as well, and Vampire Diaries which received a 0.6. The show’s main competition, Grey’s Anatomy and Thursday Night Football pregame only received 2.3 and 2.0 ratings, respectively. Heroes Reborn was relatively average for the 8pm broadcast time spot. These low ratings for broadcast may be due to viewers attracted to cable programs such as the MLB Championship Series games on TBSC which also aired on Thursday night at 8pm and ranked #12 in “TV By the Numbers” top 25 cable programs.

Many also see the cause of this downfall to be the show’s content. Reviews have stated the show is simply not good enough to retain an audience with so many better options to chose from. Likely, the remaining viewers are the true Heroes fans, thankful for the revival of a beloved show.

Though Heroes Reborn has been showing a consistent decrease in ratings, reports of NBC canceling the mini-series have not surfaced. It is expected that the network will let the show play out for the remaining eight episodes.