The future was looking grim for Heroes, seeing as how ratings have been continuously dropping for the once revered television series. However, the show has found its savior in the form of its network NBC who plans to bring the series back for a fourth season.

This was confirmed by NBC Entertainment President Angela Bromstad who said that the network plans to order 18-20 episodes of the show for the next season. They are also privately discussing setting a series end date allowing the writers time to develop the storylines in such a way that would wrap things up properly. It likely won’t happen next season, though.

Bromstad also said that the show continues to perform well among the core 18-49 demographic; it also does well internationally.