Heroes Save the World on NBC Monday Night Line-Up

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's - Adrian Pasdar? Flying into town by his own abilities, Nathan Petrelli (played by Pasdar, "Judging Amy") proves that Spiderman and Superman are no longer the only "ordinary" people in the neighborhood with special abilities. Creator/writer Tim Kring (NBC's "Crossing Jordan") brings to life the stories of "regular" people with special abilities in his new epic drama, "Heroes."

Nathan is just one of the many heroes that continue to be revealed in Kring's dynamic series that unfolds each episode like a season finale. Nathan is on the campaign trail, rising quickly in his political agenda to becoming the next President of the United States. Supporting Nathan in his career goals are his mom (played by Christine Rose), his crippled wife (played by Rena Sofer), and his brother Peter (Milo Ventimiglia, "Gilmore Girls"). While questions still abound to whether Nathan's mom holds any special abilities, Kring has already revealed that Peter can absorb other hero's powers, possibly making him one of the most important heroes of all.

Kring began the first season of this edge-of-your-seat drama by introducing high school cheerleader, Claire Bennet (Hayden Panettiere, "Ice Princess"), an extraordinary young woman who can heal herself. The dynamic first episode opens with Claire recording herself falling to her death - a death from which she quickly recovers. In fact, for several episodes the viewer is forced to ponder the message, "Save the cheerleader, save the world." Adopted by a father (Jack Coleman) whose hidden agenda seems to be a bit dark, Claire is shocked to discover that her true father is none other than Nathan Petrelli. In an effort to find her birth parents, Claire also discovers that her birth mom has the unique ability to start fire from her own hands, an ability that caused the fire that supposedly killed Claire as a baby.