It's long been said that there are no new ideas in Hollywood. But we have to admit that there have been some pretty good new incarnations of the old ones.
-- Patrick Day
"HEROES" - Premise
A group of strangers are thrown together when they discover they each possess mysterious superhuman abilities.
"THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO" - Premise
Two strangers are thrown together when one of them gains an alien suit that imbues him with mysterious superhuman abilities.
"BEWITCHED" - Premise
A couple is no stranger to mysterious superhuman abilities when the wife reveals she's a witch and her family doesn't approve of the marriage.
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"HEROES" - Powers on display
Super strength, time travel, teleportation, flying, invincibility, invisibility, mind reading, telekinesis, precognition, transformation
"THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO" -- Powers on display
Super strength, flying, invincibility, invisibility, telekinesis, precognition, super speed, X-ray vision
"BEWITCHED" -- Powers on display
Teleportation, flying, invisibility, telekinesis, transformation
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"HEROES" - Typical angst
"Sometimes I look in the mirror and I'm not sure it's me looking back."
"THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO" -- Typical angst
"I'm not quitting my job. How am I supposed to eat? Go down to the welfare office and stand in the superhero line?"
"BEWITCHED" -- Typical angst
"You know, this has been the strangest morning. First Darren starts asking ridiculous questions and then you pop in like Lady Macbeth doing the neglected mother bit."
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"HEROES" - What's at stake
The fate of the world.
"THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO" -- What's at stake
The fate of the world.
"BEWITCHED" -- What's at stake
The fate of Darren and Samantha's marriage.
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"HEROES" - Eerie real-life parallel
The heroes catch a glimpse of a New York City after a nuclear blast that recalls many of the images seen on Sept. 11.
"THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO" - Eerie real-life parallel
The hero's name, Ralph Hinkley, was briefly changed to Hanley or shortened to Mr. H after John Hinckley Jr.'s 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan.
"BEWITCHED" - Eerie real-life parallel
Though the series was set in Westport, Conn., in 2005 TV Land chose to erect a statue commemorating Samantha and her supernatural powers in Salem, Mass., the same city where 20 men and women were put to death in the 17th century because of witchcraft fears.
