Heroes News, Bits & Pieces

The big news out in Hollywood is a possible writer's strike, which could potentially harm many TV shows, new and old. LA Times discusses the impending strike and how several production and film teams are racing to get as many episodes as possible filmed:

"Studios are cramming to shoot as many episodes of existing series as they can before any work stoppage. Crews on NBC's "Heroes" and ABC's "Ugly Betty" have been hustling like crazy, with multiple units racing to shoot two episodes simultaneously last week. "The studio wants to get as much stuff shot as we can by Nov. 1, but we can only write the show as fast as we can write it," Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, executive producers of "Lost," wrote me in an e-mail. (Cuse sits on the guild's 17-member negotiating committee.)" (Source: LA Times) Read the full story here.

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- Heroes edged out ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" in the big ratings battle last week.

- The G4 and MOJO Cable networks have picked up re-runs of Heroes and will be running marathons of Season 1 later this month. Heroes will be shown in Standard definition on G4 and Hi-def on MOJO. Read more about that here.

- Hayden Pannetierre continues to be a paparazzi and gossip site favorite. TMZ.com reported and provided a pic of Hayden's family outing to attend a party for the popular new Xbox game, Halo 3. In case you're interested, they also have pictures of Hayden pumping gas.

- Kristen Bell 's character "Elle" should be joining the Heroes cast on next week's episode and will cross paths most likely with Claire, West, and Dr. Suresh.