Following the writers strike induced hiatus, NBC’s popular TV series Heroes is going back on air in September.

SCI FI Wire writes that the network will broadcast a full complement of 13 original episodes without repeats. Heroes returns to the schedule in its third season on September 15. An hour-long clip show will premiere at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with the extended two-hour season opener airing at 9 p.m., its regular timeslot.

Meanwhile, network executives have confirmed that the plug’s officially been pulled on the proposed prequel spin-off Heroes: Origins. “We were taxing our creative team to do too much around that,” NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman said. “We wanted 35 Heroes [episodes] and 12 Heroes: Origins, each of which was supposed to be a mini-movie and backdoor pilot. We reached far and challenged our people, and we decided it was better to focus on keeping the Heroes mothership as strong as possible.”

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