NBC moves 'Heroes' in schedule shakeup

Heroes will move to a new timeslot new year after a scheduling shakeup by NBC.

The series, now in its fourth season, will begin airing at the later time of 9pm starting Monday, January 11, 2010. A special two-hour event will broadcast the week before, January 4, to welcome the show back from its midseason hiatus.

Heroes has thusfar averaged 5.66m viewers across its nine-week season four run, hitting a series low of 5.07m during Monday's episode.

NBC recently ordered three additional episodes of cancelled Trauma, however it is yet to announce whether the medical drama will take over the 8pm slot vacated by Heroes.