"Heroes Reborn" TV Series (2015-)

From The TV Guide Magazine, July 13-26 Issue
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NBC begins a new chapter in the super powered saga

There's no sign of that cheerleader who caused such a fuss (word is she split for Nashville!), but the world still needs saving in Heroes Reborn. This 13-episode series (premiering Thursday, September 24) picks up five years after the end of NBC’s Heroes and begins on the first anniversary of a cataclysmic terrorist attack in Texas.

“It was an event on the level of 9/11, and the world has blamed it on people with powers," says creator and exec producer Tim Kring. “Now they are being hunted and persecuted and forced to live in the shadows.” Among those wanting payback is troubled vigilante Luke Collins, played by former Chuck star Zachary Levi. “Luke has suffered a great personal loss," Kring says. “The role is a dark, complex departure for Zachary, unlike anything his fans have seen him do.”

Several Heroes favorites return, including Hiro (Masi Oka), Matt (Greg Grunberg) and Noah Bennet, aka H.R.G. (Jack Coleman), who discovers that his memories of events in the original series have been mysteriously altered. Newbies include high-schooler Tommy (Robbie Kay), on the lam with his mom because of a power he can’t control, and ex-soldier Carlos (Ryan Guzman), who, in a Heroes first, will “actually wear a superhero costume,” Kring says. “Carlos is desperately trying to live down his past and find out if he’s a hero or a coward.” -Michael Logan