Syfy Renews Both Dominion and Defiance
Two popular Syfy shows were renewed today: “Dominion” for a second season and “Defiance” for a third. Are you a fan of either or both? If so, read on for the details and commence the celebration!
From the Press Release
Syfy has 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.”
Season to date, “Dominion” and “Defiance” are the top two cable programs in the Thursday 8-10pm time period among P25-54s. With most current Live+7 data, both series are averaging 2.7 million total viewers, 1.2 million viewers 18-49, and 1.4 million viewers 25-54. Drawing an especially engaged social audience, “Dominion” was the most social drama on Thursdays across all of TV in tweets (15.4K) and tweets per unique (8.0).
Set in the near future, “Defiance” features an exotically transformed planet Earth, its landscapes permanently altered following the sudden – and tumultuous – arrival of seven unique alien races. In this somewhat unknown and unpredictable landscape, the richly diverse, newly-formed civilization of humans and aliens must learn to co-exist peacefully. Redefining the transmedia experience, “Defiance” has distinguished itself with an unprecedented partnership between Syfy and Trion Worlds by creating the first-ever true convergence of television and online gaming.
Based on characters from the hit theatrical film Legion (2010), “Dominion” is an epic supernatural drama set in a transformed post-apocalyptic future, 25 years after an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, waged a war of possession against mankind. The archangel Michael, turning against his own kind, chose to side with humanity. Rising out of the ashes are newly fortified cities which protect the human survivors. In Vega (formerly Las Vegas), the largest of these cities, two houses vie for control over the people, and the stage is set for political upheaval and a dangerous power shift. Meanwhile, a rebellious young soldier begins a perilous journey as the war escalates between the human race and the angels that are hell-bent on destroying humanity. “Dominion” is produced by Universal Cable Productions and Bold Films.
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