Alphas

This week, the SyFy Channel -- fresh off the cinematic triumph that was Almighty Thor -- have once again thrown their hat in the grand ring of super-hero television. This time, they're going with Alphas, a new series created by Michael Karnow and Zak Penn...

The recently renamed Syfy Channel just picked up the pilot for "Alphas," a TV show about a superheroes (or "Alphas") working in a group under the NSA whose powers often come at a terrible price. The Professor Xavier of the team is a Dr. Leigh Rosen, and the premise draws heavily on themes from "The X-Men": Gary Bell, a highly functioning autistic with an ability to pr