| Defiance canceled by Syfy, No season 4 | | 2015-10-16 | thepoperope | discuss | thr reported:
The futuristic drama, from showrunner Kevin Murphy and starring Grant Bowler and Julie Benz, ended its third season Aug. 28 with 1.17 million total viewers after notching a string of series lows. The overall third-season average of 1.12 million total viewers is down a far cry from both its freshman and sophomore runs. At the time of its debut, Defiance was Syfy's second-largest series premiere in network history and was a proven performer on Monday nights among adults under 50.
Syfy and UCP parent NBCUniversal made a historic $100 million gamble on Defiance when it debuted in 2013 as the first TV series and video game to launch in tandem. The experiment created the most expensive series in the cable network's history at the time with an equally pricey massively multiplayer online video game. The series needed both viewers and gamers to invest time in both in order to justify the franchise's future.
"Defiance was a truly groundbreaking series, delivering an immersive, cross-platform experience that transcended the television screen in a way that viewers had never seen before," the network said in a statement. "We are incredibly proud of the work of the extraordinary cast, writers, artists and designers â" and especially showrunner Kevin Murphy â" who together brought the rich world of Defiance to life over its three-season arc." |
| | Defiance renewed for season 3 | | 2014-09-29 | thepoperope | discuss | "NEW YORK â" September 25, 2014 â" Syfy today announced a third season for its original series Defiance, giving a 13-episode order to the action packed drama, and a second season for the epic supernatural thriller Dominion, which will also consist of 13 episodes. Both series are produced by Universal Cable Productions and are slated to return with all-new episodes in 2015.
Kevin Murphy (Desperate Housewives, Caprica, Hellcats) will resume his role as executive producer and showrunner of Defiance while Vaun Wilmott (Sons of Anarchy) will continue to fill the same posts for Dominion." |
| | Defiance season 2 trailer | | 2014-06-27 | thepoperope | discuss | |
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| | episode | air date | countdown | title |
| S03E13 | 2015-08-28 | | Upon the March We Fittest Die | |
| S03E12 | 2015-08-21 | | The Awakening | |
| S03E11 | 2015-08-14 | | Of a Demon in My View | |
| S03E10 | 2015-08-07 | | When Twilight Dims the Sky Above | |
| S03E09 | 2015-07-31 | | Ostinato in White | |
| S03E08 | 2015-07-24 | | My Name Is Datak Tarr and I Have Come to Kill | |
| S03E07 | 2015-07-17 | | The Beauty of Our Weapons | |
| S03E06 | 2015-07-10 | | Where the Apples Fell | |
| S03E05 | 2015-07-03 | | History Rhymes | |
| S03E04 | 2015-06-26 | | Dead Air | |
| S03E03 | 2015-06-19 | | Broken Bough | |
| S03E02 | 2015-06-12 | | The Last Unicorns | |
| S03E01 | 2015-06-12 | | The World We Seize | |
| | | | S02E13 | 2014-08-28 | | I Almost Prayed | |
| S02E12 | 2014-08-28 | | All Things Must Pass | |
| S02E11 | 2014-08-21 | | Doll Parts | |
| S02E10 | 2014-08-21 | | Bottom of the World | |
| S02E09 | 2014-08-14 | | Painted from Memory | |
| S02E08 | 2014-08-07 | | Slouching Towards Bethlehem | |
| S02E07 | 2014-07-31 | | If You Could See Her Through My Eyes | |
| S02E06 | 2014-07-24 | | This Woman's Work | |
| S02E05 | 2014-07-17 | | Put the Damage On | |
| S02E04 | 2014-07-10 | | Beasts of Burden | |
| S02E03 | 2014-07-03 | | The Cord and the Ax | |
| S02E02 | 2014-06-26 | | In My Secret Life | |
| S02E01 | 2014-06-19 | | The Opposite of Hallelujah | |
| | | | S01E12 | 2013-07-08 | | Everything is Broken | |
| S01E11 | 2013-07-01 | | Past is Prologue | |
| S01E10 | 2013-06-24 | | The Bride Wore Black | |
| S01E09 | 2013-06-17 | | If I Ever Leave This World Alive | |
| S01E08 | 2013-06-10 | | I Just Wasn't Made for These Times | |
| S01E07 | 2013-06-03 | | Goodbye Blue Sky | |
| S01E06 | 2013-05-20 | | Brothers in Arms | |
| S01E05 | 2013-05-13 | | The Serpent's Egg | |
| S01E04 | 2013-05-06 | | A Well Respected Man | |
| S01E03 | 2013-04-29 | | The Devil in the Dark | |
| S01E02 | 2013-04-22 | | Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go | |
| S01E01 | 2013-04-15 | | Pilot | |
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