What is Heroes about?
Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.
Ordinary people develop extraordinary powers, their intertwined destinies building toward an epic, suspenseful confrontation.
Earnest and uplifting. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix and Tubi (free).
Heroes parents guide
Moderate sex and nudity, which is more than most TV-14 titles carry. Beyond that, some strong language and some violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- Is Heroes scary?
- Only a little. Heroes has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Heroes?
- No gore and some violence. Squeamish viewers are fine here.
- What is Heroes rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Better for teens than younger kids: it is rated TV-14, with moderate sex and nudity, and some strong language.
Cast and crew
Created byTim Kring
StarringZachary Quinto, Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka, Jack Coleman, Adrian Pasdar
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Heroes is on our Sci-fi on Tubi and Fantasy on Tubi lists.
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