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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Super “Heroes” Finally Stop Jack Bauer
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Are you on the list?
Apparently lots of people were.
In the first head-to-head showdown between “24” and “Heroes” from 9-10 p.m. Monday, it was the folks with the superpowers who won out. According to Nielsen’s fast national ratings, the first original episode of “Heroes” to air in nearly two months attracted 14.8 million viewers compared to the 14.4 million who tuned in to see “24’s” Jack Bauer deal with the fallout from a suitcase nuke and — worse — family issues.
Taking down Fox and “24” represents a major triumph for “Heroes.” But there was still good news for “24,” which scored better than the 14.2 million viewers who watched it on the same Monday night a year ago, when “Heroes” was only a gleam in NBC’s eye.
And apparently, characters who can bend time and fly still are no match for a couple of randy bachelors cracking off-color jokes. “Heroes,” which returned with a new storyline surrounding a list of mutants (hence the new catchphrase, “Are you on the list?”) was only the No. 2-ranked show from 9-9:30 p.m. Coming in at No. 1 with 16 million viewers was the CBS sitcom “Two and a Half Men,” starring Charlie Sheen.
