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HAYDEN PANETTIERE, HEROES
Mitch Haaseth

13. Heroes
heroescast.com

Launch Date October 2006

What You'll Find A user-friendly fansite that offers visitors everything from episode feedback to fan fiction. Tech-savvy followers of the show will also enjoy podcast recaps led by the site's webmasters, as well as audio roundtable discussions on such topics as Adam's regenerative powers and Hiro's time-traveling abilities.

Why It's Essential Mythologizing devotees may balk at the site's somewhat idle Theories forum, but the podcasts' in-depth character breakdowns (''Do you think maybe that H.R.G.'s body was just colonized by, say, some regenerative force that he now has of his own?'') and enthusiastic episode analyses more than make up for it.

Official Site nbc.com/Heroes
NBC's jam-packed Heroes hub allows surfers the power to bid in Web auctions for souvenirs from the show (e.g., Claire's teddy bear collection) and help create a hero who will star in a new online live-action series early next year. — Kate Ward