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New Earth.\u00a0 New Rules.\u00a0 New Records.\u00a0 Syfy\u2019s groundbreaking transmedia event Defiance \"Defiance1\"<\/a><\/i>became the channel\u2019s most-watched scripted series premiere among Adults 18-49 (1.3 million) since 2006 (Eureka)<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Defiance <\/i>also delivered Syfy\u2019s top performance in total viewers (2.7 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.4 million) since 2009 (Warehouse 13<\/i>) during its two-hour telecast on Monday, April 15 from 9-11PM (ET\/PT). While averaging a 2.0 HH rating, Defiance <\/i>also averaged 479,000 Adults 18-34, the most for a scripted series premiere since 2006.<\/p>\n

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Since launching worldwide on April 2nd, the Trion Worlds game Defiance <\/i>has seen players log more than six million hours of gameplay.<\/p>\n

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Defiance<\/i> ranked among the top five scripted cable shows in social activity on premiere day, earning 59K social exposures to rank as Syfy\u2019s best series premiere day and its most social scripted telecast ever.\u00a0 It outperformed HBO\u2019s Game of Thrones<\/i> and The Newsroom<\/i>, FX\u2019s The Americans<\/i>, TNT\u2019s Falling Skies<\/i> and MTV\u2019s Teen Wolf<\/i> on their respective premiere days.\u00a0 In addition, Syfy Sync \u2013 Syfy\u2019s second screen tablet offering – posted its best day ever in uniques and visits as well as the 2nd<\/sup> best performance in page views.<\/p>\n

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Defiance<\/i> became Syfy.com\u2019s best series premiere day ever in uniques, page views and visits, while ranking as the #1 section of Syfy\u2019s Digital Portfolio across key metrics.<\/p>\n

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Defiance is NBC Universal\u2019s biggest day-and-date launch ever, premiering in over 55 countries on April 15th and 16th including the UK, Canada, Germany and France.<\/p>\n

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Beginning next Monday, April 22, Defiance<\/i> will assume its regular 9PM time period, followed on Monday, April 29 by the season return of Warehouse 13<\/i> at 10PM, comprising Syfy\u2019s Powerful Mondays<\/i> programming bloc.<\/p>\n

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Defiance<\/i>\u2019s luminous cast includes Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, Graham Greene and Mia Kirshner. Set in the near future, Defiance<\/i> introduces an exotically transformed planet Earth, its landscapes permanently altered following the sudden \u2013 and tumultuous \u2013 arrival of seven unique alien races.\u00a0 In this somewhat unknown and unpredictable landscape, the richly diverse, newly-formed civilization of humans and aliens must learn to co-exist peacefully.\u00a0 Each week, viewers will follow an immersive character drama set in the boom-town of Defiance, which sits atop the ruins of St. Louis, Missouri, while in the game, players will experience the new frontier of the San Francisco Bay area.<\/p>\n

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The series is executive produced by Kevin Murphy (Desperate Housewives<\/i>, Caprica<\/i>, Hellcats<\/i>), who also serves as showrunner, Michael Taylor (Battlestar Galactica<\/i>) and Rockne O\u2019Bannon (Farscape<\/i>).\u00a0 Scott Stewart (Legion<\/i>, Priest<\/i>) directed the pilot; Michael Nankin serves as supervising producer\/director on the series.\u00a0 Defiance<\/i> is produced by Universal Cable Productions.<\/p>\n

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