Heroes coming to NBC

Fourth-place network NBC announced their fall schedule this morning, which includes a new show called Heroes. The one-hour drama features "ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities."

From the press release: 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 will air 9-10 p.m. ET on Monday nights.

They also announced plans for promoting more of their shows online:

They include 30 standalone Webisodes for The Office, a new interactive online detective game for Law & Order: Criminal Intent, an online animated comic book for new drama Heroes and a weekly online yearbook Webisode for Friday Night Lights. NBC will also run the fictional sketches from its new Tina Fey comedy 30 Rock online only.

The other networks will announce their schedules later this week. Will Ultra make it onto CBS? Will Mercy Reef swim with The CW? Will I have to give up on network TV altogether because The CW passes on Veronica Mars? Wait and see ...