Tim Kring, the creator and executive producer of Heroes, liveblogged the primere of the show. As our sister site, the Writer's Blog, explains, liveblogging and character blogs are becoming standard in the television industry.
The bottom line is this: if you want to be the next J.J. Abrams, Aaron Sorkin or Tim Kring, you better brush up on your blogging skills. Because it's not enough to write a hit show anymore. You have to interact with fans online, liveblog events and be ready with the pithy (yet not too revealing) commentary. Writing for tv sure isn't what it used to be.
Tim Kring liveblogged about character development, storytelling, comic books and the "origin" story. He also says the X-Men comparisons will fade.
I think there is a shorthand to compare it to X-men when you have not yet seen the show. However, my guess is that that comparison will go away once you have seen what we are doing.
Kring also admits being worried about competition from other serialized dramas.
Yes it worries me. There is only so much time commitment that an audience has for this kind of show. However, the only honest answer that I can give to this questions is that I have to hope and believe that Heroes will be one of the few that really hits for the audience. I think we are different enough in both premise and execution to stand out from the pack.
In addition to to Kring's blog the site also offers a blog for Hiro, one of the most appealing characters in the show. There's also an official/unofficial fan site for Heroes called 9th Wonders.com.
It's amazing how fast tv show blogs and fansites develop. Heroes had big ratings (see here and here) and an audience of 14.3 million so it is likely there will be many more Heroes blogs and fansites launching to cover the show.
Tim Kring, the creator and executive producer of 
