The website tvsquad.com has a mention of HEROES and a lot of positive reader comments follow.

http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/06/12/sneak-peek-at-nbcs-heroes/

"... I quite liked it. And I really wasn?t expecting to. It?s not all twenty year olds playing high schoolers, which makes a change. It?s international. The characters are rough, and don?t fit into all the usual stereotypes. They even play around with the idea of what a ?hero? means, and the motivations behind that. There are some links between the people, common interests or people. Presumably as the show continues, we will discover more links that will draw them together. But right now it?s beautifully disjointed - as are many of the people whose lives we follow ... "

http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=186

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.

Heroes is a serial saga about people all over the world discovering that they have superpowers and trying to deal with how this change affects their lives. The relatable superheroes include Peter Petrelli, a 30-year-old male nurse who believes can fly, Diego Medina, a 28-year-old junkie who has the ability to paint images of the future when he is high, Niki Sanders, a 33-year-old Las Vegas showgirl who can do incredible things with mirrors, Hiro Makamura, a 24-year-old Japanese comic-book geek who literally makes time stand still, D.L. Hawkins, a 31-year-old inmate who can transport himself through walls, Matt Parkman, a beat cop who can hears other people's thoughts, and Claire Bennet, 17-year-old cheerleader who defies death at every turn. Not only are they discovering what having superpowers means to them but also the larger picture of where their superpowers come from. Eventually their superpowers draw them together when they try to evade the series' antagonist who wants to harness their super-DNA for himself. Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world. The series will star Greg Grunberg (Alias), Leonard Roberts (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Milo Ventimiglia (Gilmore Girls), and Hayden Panettiere (Ally McBeal, Guiding Light). Tim Kring (Crossing Jordan, Chicago Hope) is the series' creator. The pilot is set to be directed by Dave Semel (American Dreams, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Beverly Hills, 90210). Heroes will be produced by NBC/Universal/Tailwind.

Source: TV.com

They thought they were like everyone else... until they woke with incredible abilities. In Japan, a lowly office worker can teleport at will. In New York, a struggling artist can paint the future. In Los Angeles, a discontented beat cop can hear the thoughts of others. Elsewhere, a high school cheerleader discovers she is unbreakable and a single mom realizes she has a powerful alter ego. Heroes chronicles the lives of these people and the lives of others like them ? whose destiny just might be saving humankind.


Cast
Santiago Cabrera Isaac Mendez
Tawny Cypress Simone Deveraux
Greg Grunberg Matt Parkman
Ali Larter Niki Sanders
Masi Oka Hiro Nakamura
Adrian Pasdar Nathan Petrelli
Hayden Panettiere Claire Bennet
Sendhil Ramamurthy Mohinder Suresh
Leonard Roberts D.L. Hawkins
Milo Ventimiglia Peter Petrelli
Noah Gray-Cabey Micah Sanders

Studio
NBC Universal Television Studio

Executive Producer/Writer
Tim Kring Crossing Jordan, Providence

Executive Producer/Director
David Semel American Dreams, Revelations

Executive Producer
Dennis Hammer Crossing Jordan