DISTINCTIVE NEW FAMILY COMEDIES, ACTION-DRIVEN NEW DRAMAS AND QUALITY RETURNING SERIES HIGHLIGHT DIVERSE AND BALANCED 2013-14 NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
Three New Comedies Anchor Thursday Lineup, With Sean P. Hayes and Michael J. Fox Returning to Their Sitcom Roots at NBC
Coming Off Its Stellar Fourth Season, ‘The Voice’ Returns on Monday, Tuesday
Riveting Drama ‘The Blacklist’ Earns Coveted Monday Lead-Out Timeslot From ‘The Voice’
‘NBC Sunday Night Football’ Ready to Once Again Rock Ratings with Powerhouse Pigskin Schedule
NBC Using Promotional Power of Winter Olympics to Launch Four New Series, Including Jason Katims’ Comedy ‘About a Boy’ and J.J. Abrams’ Drama ‘Believe’
You've watched the show. Now play the game.SYFY RENEWS HIT SERIES DEFIANCE, PROMISING MORE ACTION AND INTRIGUE IN SEASON TWO
April 15 Premiere Second Largest Series in Network History
New York, NY – May 10, 2013 – Syfy has renewed its groundbreaking series Defiance, giving a 13-episode second season order to the critically acclaimed hit that has catapulted Syfy to the top cable drama spot in the time period among adults 18-49, adults 25-54 and total viewers for three consecutive Mondays. Season two of Defiance, produced by Universal Cable Productions, will begin production in Toronto in August for a 2014 premiere, returning as the anchor of Syfy’s Powerful Monday’s block of primetime original series.
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. To date, the game has garnered more than 1 million registered accounts while making gaming history as the first online open world shooter to launch on three platforms simultaneously. As the collaboration between show and game continue into a second season, players will have the opportunity to further influence the world of Defiance.
SYFY KICKS OFF SUMMER 2013 WITH SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND PROGRAMMING
DEFIANCE AND PARANORMAL WITNESS MARATHONS
PLUS A ROGER CORMAN FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK – May 9, 2013 – Syfy will get Summer 2013 off to a blistering start this Memorial Day weekend featuring a festival of the Roger Corman classic films Sharktopus, Piranhaconda, Dinoshark, Supergator and Dinocroc vs Supergator on Monday, May 27.
The special holiday weekend programming begins on Friday, May 24 with monstrous movie delights such as Mega Python vs Gatoroid and Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus.
That will be followed by all-day marathons of Syfy’s new hit series Defiance on Saturday, May 25, and a Paranormal Witness scream-fest on Sunday, May 26. The popular paranormal series returns for Season 3 beginning Wednesday, June 5 at 10PM (ET/PT).
Recently Syfy returned with the second half of season four of its hit series, Warehouse 13. Three stars of the show, Saul Rubinek, who plays Artie, Allison Scagliotti, who plays Claudia, and Aaron Ashmore, who plays Steve, recently talked to the media about their work on the show, as well as the characters' lives post Leena.