The epic drama ?Heroes? chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities. As a total eclipse casts it shadow across the globe, viewers follow a genetics professor (Sendhil Ramamurthy, ?Blind Guy Driving?) in India whose father?s disappearance leads him to uncover a secret theory ? there are people with super powers living among us.


A young dreamer (Milo Ventimiglia, ?The Bedford Diaries?) tries to convince his politician brother (Adrian Pasdar, ?Judging Amy?) that he can fly. A high school cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere, ?Ice Princess?) learns that she is totally indestructible. A Las Vegas stripper (Ali Larter, ?Final Destination?), struggling to make ends meet to support her young son (Noah Gray-Cabey, ?My Wife & Kids?), uncovers that her mirror image has a secret. A prison inmate (Leonard Roberts, ?Buffy the Vampire Slayer?) mysteriously finds himself waking up outside of his cell. A gifted artist (Santiago Cabrera, ?Empire?), whose drug addiction is destroying his life and the relationship with his girlfriend (Tawny Cypress, ?Third Watch?), can paint the future. A down-on-his-luck beat cop (Greg Grunberg, ?Alias?) can hear people?s thoughts, including the secrets of a captured terrorist. In Japan, a young man (Masi Oka, ?Scrubs?) develops a way to stop time through sheer will power.


Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world. ?Heroes? is executive produced by creator/writer Tim Kring (?Crossing Jordan), Dennis Hammer (?Crossing Jordan?) and David Semel (?House?), who also directed the pilot. The drama is from NBC Universal Television Studio.