After a first-season when it was being declared a Lost-level phenomenon, and a second-season cut short by the Hollywood writers strike, Heroes is back. But for how long?

The show has plummeted in the ratings, this week snagging nearly 60 percent fewer viewers than time-period rival Dancing With the Stars, and scoring even less than a rerun of Gary Unmarried.

"The plot is confusing and unoriginal, and making the former good guys into bad guys and vice versa was a bad idea," one leading TV critic told RADAR.

Whether it was a fatal idea remains to be seen.

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