This sci-fi action saga follows a global group of young, everyday people who, in the midst of perfectly normal lives, awake to discover they each have special powers -- from stopping time to reading people's thoughts. The newly minted unlikely superheroes eventually join forces to defeat their mutual foe, who plots to steal their super-DNA and destroy the world. Dave Semel ("American Dreams," "Beverly Hills, 90210") directs the series pilot.

The epic drama Heroes chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities. As a total eclipse casts it shadow across the globe, viewers follow a genetics professor in India whose father's disappearance leads him to uncover a secret theory -- there are people with super powers living among us.

Heroes is a serial saga about people all over the world discovering that they have superpowers and trying to deal with how this change affects their lives. Some of the superheroes who will be introduced to the viewing audience include Peter Petrelli, an almost 30-year-old male nurse who suspects he might be able to fly, Isaac Mendez, a 28-year-old junkie who has the ability to paint images of the future when he is high, Niki Sanders, a 33-year-old Las Vegas showgirl who does things that are mysteriously connected with mirrors, Hiro Nakamura, a 24-year-old Japanese comic-book geek who literally makes time stand still, D.L. Hawkins, a 31-year-old inmate who can walk through walls, Matt Parkman, a beat cop who can hear other people's thoughts, and Claire Bennet, a 17-year-old cheerleader who defies death at every turn. As the viewing audience is discovering the nature of each hero's powers, the heroes, themselves, are discovering what having superpowers means to them as well as the larger picture of where their superpowers come from.

Executive Producer: Tim Kring, Dennis Hammer, David Semel Starring: Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder Suresh), Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli), Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli), Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet), Ali Larter (Niki Sanders), Noah Gray-Cabey (Micah Sanders), Leonard Roberts (D.L. Hawkins), Santiago Cabrera (Diego Medina), Tawny Cypress (Simone Deveraux), Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman), Masi Oka (Hiro Makamura), Jack Coleman (Mr. Bennet)