On a similar vein...
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When does the part of Heroes return and when does the next part of Bones return, and why have they broken the series!
------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke
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When does the part of Heroes return and when does the next part of Bones return, and why have they broken the series!
------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke
A lot of what you're seeing now was affected by the writers strike. I was a Heroes fan until I watched the first episode this season when I realized the writers were employing literally *every* lazy writing trick in the book and that nothing that happened within the story meant anything so I guess you could blame the writers for how Heroes got "broken". :)
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
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When does the part of Heroes return and when does the next part of Bones return, and why have they broken the series!
------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke
UK filming and transmission practice is to film an entire series, then broadcast it week-after-week once the entire series has been shot. US practice is to shoot a few episodes and broadcast them, then shoot some more. I don't know why this is, but it is. It leads to episodes being described as 'all new' to distinguish them from the repeats stuffed in on previous weeks to make up for gaps in filming. Normally if the same series is being broadcast both in the US and UK, the US are given a 'head start' until there are enough episodes filmed so that the UK can start the series, show them week-after-week, and finish on about the same day as the US. Heroes volume 3 actually showed on 12 of 13 consecutive weeks in the US (they skipped 3 November); season 1 had 11 consecutive episodes then broke for Christmas, had another seven, another break of six weeks, then the final five. Volume 4 starts again in the US on 2 February; the BBC says it's returning in February and I think we were about a week behind before (this allows BBC Three to show the 'next' episode straight after the main episode on BBC Two, without getting ahead of the US). There may be another break to absorb, though (although snooker may intervene). Likewise Bones has been on a break since 26 November and starts again with a double bill on Thursday, in the US. Wikipedia says[^] this will be broadcast in the UK on 19 February, so I would assume Sky are trying to absorb another mid-season break. Presumably they broke the series into two runs so they wouldn't end up three months behind at the beginning of the series (pushing everyone to download it!)
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