“Heroes” to Re-Run in “Sunday Night Football” Timeslot

Still haven’t gotten your fill of “Heroes”, with original episodes on Mondays and re-runs of the most recent episodes on the Sci Fi Channel the following Friday? Well you’re in luck, because NBC has decided to give its biggest show of the season even more exposure — by re-running episodes two through four on Sunday nights in primetime starting October 22, 2006, in the slot usually held by NBC’s “Sunday Night Football”, which will be going offline for a while because NFL mandate prohibits NBC from airing football during the baseball World Series.

This from MediaPost:

While “Friday Night Lights” may have offered a taste of pigskin to some viewers accustomed to it on Sunday nights (while giving NBC a much-needed opportunity to boost sampling among that group), the network decided the higher-rated “Heroes” would make it more competitive that night. Football fans, it stands to reason, are probably more likely to tune into another high-profile sports broadcast. “Heroes,” however, provides more definitive counter-programming both to baseball and ABC’s lineup that includes “Desperate Housewives.”