According to Variety, the catchphrase from the first season of HEROES was “save the cheerleader.” This season, it could be “save the scripts.”

Tim Kring, the series creator and executive producer has axed his co-exec producers and writing team, Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb, in an effort to prove to the network that he will be taking a more personal hands-on approach to the upcoming season.  NBC has been hinting that he’d delegated too much of the story development to the two and that the series had gone from a fan-favorite good-vs.-evil virtual live comic book to an overly convoluted, overly plotted confusing mess.   Given the $4M an episode price tag, NBC is definitely interested in getting the show back to its old numbers.  (Viewership dropped almost 21% from season 2 in the main demographics.)

The firing, however, may now prove a little awkward: On Nov. 15, Kring is supposed to appear at the Screenwriting Expo at the L.A. Convention Center, with Alexander and Loeb.  (Oops.)  However, it looks like it may be great for us fans if we can get back to the characters we all love to hate and hate to love…

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