# 24 versus Heroes. (wait, that sounds wrong) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984 "2007-01-22T18:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/1 "2007-01-22T18:04:03Z")
[i’m torn – can’t quite decide if this was meant for General Questions or Cafe Society. but since this is where i generally go first…] ok, who was the genius that scheduled 24 to run at the same time as Heroes on Monday night??? damn them, **DAMN THEM!** since i don’t trust my VCR hookup, can some kind soul tell me if the Heroes broadcast on Friday night on the SciFi channel is going to be a repeat of tonight’s episode, like they did last season? or, tell the dummy where she can look it up for herself? if not, wish me luck with the VCR programming tonight. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/2 "2007-01-22T18:22:19Z")
Programming your VCR should be easy. Just open a socket. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/3 "2007-01-22T18:38:17Z")
Jack Bauer wins, preparation be darned. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/4 "2007-01-22T19:22:02Z")
Excuse me, while I kiss my dual-tuner TiVo… ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/5 "2007-01-22T19:57:58Z")
[QUOTE=Skammer] Excuse me, while I kiss my dual-tuner TiVo… [/QUOTE] 😛 or to put it more emphatically – :-P ~~~~~ \* ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/6 "2007-01-22T20:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=lachesis] since i don’t trust my VCR hookup, can some kind soul tell me if the Heroes broadcast on Friday night on the SciFi channel is going to be a repeat of tonight’s episode, like they did last season? or, tell the dummy where she can look it up for herself? [/QUOTE] Yes, the one at 7 is the same as tonight’s: “Godsend.” I found it just by looking it up on a guide and looking at the “original air date.” My guide was at Excite, but there are others. ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/7 "2007-01-22T20:06:08Z")
bless you! you are indeed a goddess among Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/8 "2007-01-22T21:23:29Z")
Save the cheerleader, save the world. OR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL DIE! ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/9 "2007-01-22T21:30:03Z")
Heroes by a longshot for me. I’ve watched 24 since the beginning, but I’m DYING to see what’s next in Heroes. DYING I TELLS YOU. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/10 "2007-01-22T21:37:53Z")
[QUOTE=Slacker] Heroes by a longshot for me. I’ve watched 24 since the beginning, but I’m DYING to see what’s next in Heroes. DYING I TELLS YOU. [/QUOTE] Hero: Are you on the list? Jack: DROP THE LIST! **NOW!** _BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM_ Heroes for me too. I gave up on Jack years ago. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/11 "2007-01-22T21:38:44Z")
This is one of the good things about TV in Canada; Global is showing Prison Break, 24, and Heroes one after the other tonight. Of course we pay for it in two weeks when we don’t get the super bowl ads. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/12 "2007-01-22T22:17:26Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Save the cheerleader, save the world. OR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL DIE! [/QUOTE] [Tee hee](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8122772&postcount=9) ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/13 "2007-01-22T22:26:39Z")
[QUOTE=MaxTheVool] Programming your VCR should be easy. Just open a socket. [/QUOTE] After setting up a Parameter! ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Broken\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Wind)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/14 "2007-01-22T22:30:52Z")
[QUOTE=5que] After setting up a Parameter! [/QUOTE] …or a perimeter. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/15 "2007-01-22T22:32:31Z")
If you don’t want to wait until Friday night to see it, you can watch it on the NBC website (with, I think, only 2 or 3 commercial interruptions, IIRC). [Heroes - NBC.com](http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/) They keep each week’s episode up until the next episode airs. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/16 "2007-01-22T23:54:17Z")
“Heroes” is more interesting than “24” could ever dream of being. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/17 "2007-01-23T00:08:44Z")
[QUOTE=lachesis] ok, who was the genius that scheduled 24 to run at the same time as Heroes on Monday night??? damn them, **DAMN THEM!** [/QUOTE] Well, technically, this has been 24’s regular time slot for quite a few years now. So perhaps it should be phrased, “who was the genius that scheduled Heroes to run at the same time as 24…” ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/18 "2007-01-23T02:21:16Z")
[Tim Goodman](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=24&entry_id=12851) at the Chronicle is wondering the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-versus-heroes-wait-that-sounds-wrong/388984/19 "2007-01-23T05:37:12Z")
[QUOTE=lachesisok, who was the genius that scheduled 24 to run at the same time as Heroes on Monday night???[/QUOTE] And against **The Sopranos** and **Six Feet Under**? Life just ain’t fair, I tell ya.