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Preview: 'Defiance' Is Best New Series Of 2013 ... Period

New Syfy outing seeks return to 'Battlestar Galactica' glory days

This preview contains minor spoilers for "Defiance." Science-fiction writers sure like to talk about alien invasions, from life before the invasion right up to the event itself. And of course, you have your very human heroes who step in to save the day just in time. But what about life after t ...

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'Defiance' Sets Up First Crossover Between TV, Game

Alien convict appears on both platforms to add to the fun

Outside of the fact they take place with the same aliens, same planet and pretty much the same country, there has been a lot separating "Defiance" the online game from Trion Worlds and "Defiance" the television series from Syfy. And it only starts with one taking place in what used to be San Francis ...

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'Defiance' Holds On In Week 2

Viewership drops just 11 percent in second outing

Fans are coming back for more "Defiance," giving it a solid second week with just an 11 percent drop in overall viewers. Typically, many shows -- especially those with a huge promotional campaign behind it -- can lose as much as 30 percent of its premiere audience. But "Defiance" seemed to have e ...

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Big Premiere Night For 'Defiance'

New Syfy show brings in just under 3 million viewers Monday

There is something to celebrate at the Syfy corporate offices ... at least for now. "Defiance," the cable channel's high-priced alien frontier epic earned Syfy's biggest audience in years Monday, pulling in more than 2.7 million viewers, including more than half from the coveted adults 25-54 adve ...

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Syfy Imports Another Original Series, 'Sinbad'

Will broadcast the 12-part miniseries beginning in April

With the success of shows like "Lost Girl," Syfy is continuing to look across the border and even overseas for new series, and this time has centered its attention on BBC's 12-part series "Sinbad." The series, starring Elliot Knight, will air in April, and feature the title character's sea-bound ...

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Soap Star Brittany Allen Joins Syfy's 'Defiance'

Will work closely with series star Mia Kirshner

Brittany Allen will have a chance to work a lot closer to her Toronto home after signing on to a recurring role in the much-hyped new Syfy series "Defiance." Allen, who won a Daytime Emmy for her work in the soap opera "All My Children," will play Tirra, who works for the Defiance town madam Keny ...

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Syfy Takes Over San Diego With 'Defiance'

Panels will be lighter, however, with only returning shows

The annual party that welcomed some of television and movie's biggest celebrities on the red carpet each year will not be back at San Diego Comic-Con next week, but that doesn't mean Syfy hasn't put together an exhaustive lineup. While the cable channel's panels will focus on returning shows such ...

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Syfy Ignites Base With 9 Scripted Shows In Development

Based on history, however, only a few will actually ever see the light of day

When Syfy starts to talk about its slate of scripted programs in development, it's best to try and imagine baby tadpoles swimming in the pond, trying to find a safe haven. So many of them are there, strong, fascinating, maybe even unique. But by the time shelter is found, most of the tadpoles are ...

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Two More Added To Syfy's 'Defiance' Pilot

Mia Kirshner, Fionnula Flanagan both have genre fred

Syfy is not looking too far past the genre for some quality actors to take on roles in upcoming pilots. And "Defiance," from "Farscape" great Rockne S. O'Bannon, is no exception. The Syfy pilot has cast Mia Kirshner and Fionnula Flanagan, joining a group that already includes "True Blood's" Gr ...

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Syfy To Link 'Defiance' Series With MMO

'True Blood's' Grant Bowler joins Rockne S. O'Bannon's frontier series

Syfy's experiment to debut a television series alongside a multi-platform shooter game is set to move forward, with actor Grant Bowler as the star. Bowler is probably best known to genre fans in a seven-episode stint as Cooter in HBO's "True Blood" as well as Capt. Gault in the "Lost" episodes "C ...

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