I would agree that Veronica Mars is a much better show than Heroes (and Kratos, I'm a fan of both shows, but there's no question which one is better in my opinion), especially when you compare their freshman seasons. Still as many have said, I just want to see Kristen Bell on air again.

I'm glad she didn't join Lost, not because I don't like the show (I don't watch it, so I can't comment) but because Heroes is a better fit for her career right now. The demographic watching Heroes is similar to VM (young adults, teens) and at least for now the future of Heroes is to be determined. Lost is going to end in two more seasons and doesn't it already have an established set of characters? Also, I did hear that Lost recovered whatever weirdness in terms of story it had going earlier this season but, walking into that is less secure in a way.

I am kind of hoping she doesn't have super powers, again I'd like to see her play a smart and confident woman, but that's me pining for Veronica Mars. If she's a totally different type of person that would be interesting to see too, because if anything Kristen Bell is a great actress.

Kratos, do yourself a favor and pick up season 1 of Veronica Mars on DVD. The difference in the quality of the writing is shocking. Heroes is decent for network television but it's slow and maybe a touch over the average level of creativity on network TV. The mediocre acting and directing are typical TV too.

I am not an avid primetime network TV viewer since about 90% of the shows are horrible and are either spinoffs of other shows (thanks Dick Wolf can you make another Friggin Law and Order garbage show) or ripoff of another networks show succes (see Dancing with the stars,Skating with the stars or an talent based slop show). Heroes is one of the well written shows on network TV that is around. Unlike other people that posted that apparently think that a 4th rated network that had a show that only lasted 3 season was far superior in writing. I don't know who Kristen Bell is since she is not in anything memorable. The beauty of Heroes is that they don't need superstar actors (case in point Eric Roberts). The writing is what makes the show a hit.

Good to see that they are adding to the crew means some older characters will most likely be eliminated and the show will stay fresh and not get stale. Kristen Bell did the right show Lost is a joke amazing how a show that was complete watercooler chat become nothing more than "Wow is that show still on?"

I am not an avid primetime network TV viewer since about 90% of the shows are horrible and are either spinoffs of other shows (thanks Dick Wolf can you make another Friggin Law and Order garbage show) or ripoff of another networks show succes (see Dancing with the stars,Skating with the stars or an talent based slop show). Heroes is one of the well written shows on network TV that is around. Unlike other people that posted that apparently think that a 4th rated network that had a show that only lasted 3 season was far superior in writing. I don't know who Kristen Bell is since she is not in anything memorable. The beauty of Heroes is that they don't need superstar actors (case in point Eric Roberts). The writing is what makes the show a hit.

Good to see that they are adding to the crew means some older characters will most likely be eliminated and the show will stay fresh and not get stale. Kristen Bell did the right show Lost is a joke amazing how a show that was complete watercooler chat become nothing more than "Wow is that show still on?"

Nooooooooo! I loved Veronica Mars and actually enjoy Heroes but god what a major stepdown in writing quality. She's going from prime scripts/style to generic-appeal-to-the-masses-spell-it-out-pop-culture. Argh. Doing Broadway is way cooler than joining the cast of Heroes. Lame news. Hopefully it's wrong.

Is anyone getting the feeling that Heroes is going to SU*K next season? They keep adding new characters and they already had too many character to follow. This looks like an extension of the old midseason rating "guest star of the week" crap that the networks pull every year.

Heroes is my favirote show on TV and Bell is a great addition. They are truely building the strongest cast of any drama on TV - I can't wait for the new season to start!!!

Let's just hope she's not added as another survivor like Nicki--as in Nicki & Paulo. You know, all woven in like she was there the whole time.

Kristen Bell is FAFH - hey, that rhymes!

I disagree that Lost would have been a better career move. Unless her character turned out to be one that was key to the big mystery then the likelihood that Jessica Collins would last long on Lost was zero.

Lost as good as it can be, isn't the best show to go on these days when you're looking for longevity. They cast actors for one storyline then once they're done that's it. Consider how many characters that were introduced in the past few years that actually still remain with the show.

Ben and Juliet are the only two introduced lately that are still around. Every other character introduced in the past few seasons have had major story arcs and then they're gone cause their done. And of the ones that stayed like Bernard and Rose, how often do we see them?

Heroes on the other hand has much more potential. They too have brought in characters and then played out their parts and bye bye. But the fact that they're still a relatively new show, now in it's second season, any actor being cast in a good part who meshes with the rest of the cast, whose storyline is good, could easily be blended with the show without suffering from the Paolo/Nikki curse. No new cast members that just don't fit in.

Heroes has managed to juggle a huge cast adequately and they tell several different stories at once, in ways that allow most of the cast to get airtime. Whether that changes in the second season is still up in the air, but it seems unlikely.

Lost on the other hand tends to focus on one character and forget others for long periods of time. And last season all but proved that the audience would prefer to get answers with the known cast rather than having to endure newbies that aren't contributing to the overall storyline.