I note that Heroes has been guaranteed a second season. As well, the producers have consistently shown their ability to create a serial story that actually pays off the plot cheques it writes. We have every reason to believe that we're ramping up to a season finale that will lead to hiatus speculation and chatter, not to mention at the beginning of S2 the need to look back on what we speculated about, et cetera.

It quite adequately passes the "do I honestly think I'll care about this show a year from now, and will enough others do likewise?" test for me.

(If we're looking to split up Box Set into two manageable threads, how about SciFi Channel shows and those that aren't?)

One of the problems I have with Boxed Set right now, is that I can't go in there to talk about one show I have seen without being spoiled for a show that might still be waiting on my DVR unwatched. A Heroes thread won't totally solve that problem, but Heroes is the show in Boxed Set I most want to talk about right now. I like the idea of being able to chat about it without being spoiled for Dresden Files, etc.

(If we're looking to split up Box Set into two manageable threads, how about SciFi Channel shows and those that aren't?)

I like this idea, as I am currently without access to SciFi shows except though DVD and tape fairies. I would like to remain unspoiled for the ones I have to wait for, while I really enjoy the post-n-watch of the broadcast shows.

I note that Heroes has been guaranteed a second season.

For me it's not about whether the show will exist, or whether it will even be good in the second season. Just that it's soon in the enjoyment lifecycle.

(If we're looking to split up Box Set into two manageable threads, how about SciFi Channel shows and those that aren't?)

And for no net change in thread numbers, we could roll Lost up into non SciFi Channel show thread.

Oh, and it's also on major network broadcast TV, which once again speaks to the reason most Buffistas may find it literally accessible.

(If we're looking to split up Box Set into two manageable threads, how about SciFi Channel shows and those that aren't?)

I'll just note that I would take part in discussion of Heroes (and Supernatural) but I hadn't set foot in Boxed Set until this week because I can't watch any of the other shows (outside of extreme DVD delay). It would make sense to me for Boxed Set to cover the non-premium cable shows (that it already has) with the network shows living elsewhere. I don't have an objection to new show threads (although personally, I'd be just as happy if Heroes and Supernatural lived in Natter).

I am aurelia. No cable. No enter Box Set. Would like to talk about Heroes. No objection to new threads. Wouldn't minds Heroes and SPN in Natter

The funny thing is, after fifty cabillion of these thread openings, I feel like I can anticipate what everyone is going to say, because the divide seems to be proliferationista v. antiproliferationista.

You know, as generally anti-prolif as I tend to be, I do feel like Heroes overwhelms Boxed Set to the point that I've occasionally considered it in need of its own thread.

I've always been antiprolif, but I've come around to liking premium (even though I was once agin it). OTOH, I really don't like having a lot of show-specific threads, because I prefer some cross-pollination and the more everything is off in its own corner, the more it feels like a (gasp!) threaded board. So that leads me to not like a Heroes thread (or an SPN one), to like the SciFi boxed set idea okay, and to really be intrigued at the thought of a broadcast/basic/premium split -- broken down enough for the volume to be more manageable, easy enough to understand where to go, spoilers more manageable for the cable-less or premium-less, and more likely to sustain itself than any single-show thread.

plus, then those crazy kids can take their freaky heroes and spns and whatever those crazy kids are watching these days off somewheres and stop putting their chocolate in my (natural) peanut butter