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 More options Nov 13 2012, 9:01 am
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From: "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:01:36 -0500
Local: Tues, Nov 13 2012 9:01 am
Subject: Re: How Kripke and Abrams came up with "Revolution"
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"David" <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/12/revolution-pitch/

> How J.J. Abrams pitched 'Revolution'
> "What was important," Abrams said later, "was to really get them to
> stop for a minute and consider what they would do." Only after some
> playful discussion about how each person in the room would react to
> the crisis did producers launch into the show's story, about a young
> girl teaming with her warrior uncle on a quest to rescue her kidnapped
> brother.

And thus they created a world where even staying in your own home isn't safe
because armed marauders will break in, steal from you, rape you, kill
you...but in this same world two teen/pre-teen girls can wander across the
country unharmed, as can a beautiful female British doctor.

> Producers quickly scooped up Giancarlo Esposito off his Emmy-nominated
> performance in AMC's Breaking Bad to play Monroe's congenially
> psychotic Capt. Tom Neville. But casting the Han Solo-inspired Miles
> proved far tougher. Production started on the pilot with the role
> unfilled and Billy Burke on board as Gen. Monroe.

> Burke, best known as Bella's glum dad in the Twilight films, had
> lobbied for the Miles, but producers just didn't see it. Then Kripke
> and pilot director Jon Favreau watched the actor dominate a scene as
> the show's villain. "We turned to each other and asked, 'Why isn't it
> Billy?' Kripke recalls. "[We realized] anyone we cast as Miles he's
> going to blow off the screen."

They then set to task of trying to find an actor that could play Monroe and
would not blow Billy Burke off the screen...a tall task indeed.

> NBC gave Revolution its best fall drama slot, airing after The Voice
> at 10 p.m. on Monday nights. Premiere ratings surprised, delivering
> the biggest drama premiere in the valuable adult demo on any network
> in three years, and pulling the biggest DVR gain of any drama on the
> air. Since then, the show's numbers have slipped, yet Revolution still
> easily rules its time slot. Revolution will face a new challenge after
> its midseason finale airs at the end of November, taking an extended
> break before returning March 25. The gap allows NBC to keep Revolution
> paired with The Voice for the back half of the season.

The TV equivalent of welfare.

 
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