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‘Revolution’ Moves Show to Texas for Season 2

The producers of the NBC drama “Revolution” have informed their crew that the show, which filmed its first season in and around Wilmington, will not return to the Port City for its second season.

The show’s creator, Eric Kripke, said in an email to the crew that the show will move production to Austin, Texas, said Johnny Griffin, director of the Wilmington Regional Film Commission.

In the email, he thanked the crew for its hard work but did not give a reason for the show’s departure.

“Every week, we gave you the impossible, and yet you always executed beautifully,” the email reads. “Unfortunately, we’ll be moving the show to Austin, TX, for Season 2.This is not a decision that was made easily or taken lightly. We agonized over it. And we really regret losing such a terrific crew. Seriously.”

More at NewsObserver.com

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U.K.’s Sky1 Acquires ‘Revolution’

Sky1 in the U.K. has inked a deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution for the exclusive U.K. television rights to the rookie NBC drama series Revolution.

The deal was negotiated by Sarah Wright, BSkyB’s controller of acquisitions and Lucy Criddle, senior acquisitions manager, Sky Entertainment.

“We’re thrilled to be partnering with Warner Bros. on this latest project from J.J. Abrams,” noted Wright in a statement. “Our customers have always had a strong connection with J.J. Abrams event series and we’re confident that Revolution will prove to be a monster hit with them following its record breaking debut in the US.”

Sky1 HD has a long tradition of airing U.S. series in the U.K. market and has recently done well with Arrow, which has become its most successful U.S. drama to date.

Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, president, Warner Bros. International Television added in a statement that “Revolution is an amazing ratings success in the United States, so not surprisingly there has been enormous interest in bringing the series to U.K. audiences. This is a big-budget, compelling and exciting series perfectly matched for Sky1 HD.”

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Led Zeppelin Tracks To Be Heard On NBC’s Revolution

LED ZEPPELIN TO PARTNER WITH NBC AND WARNER BROS. TELEVISION’S ‘REVOLUTION,’ THE SEASON’S #1 NEW SERIES

Classic Tracks “Kashmir” and “Since I’ve Been Loving You” to Be Featured in Monday, November 19, Episode of ‘Revolution’ (10:01-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – November 13, 2012 – To celebrate the release of their upcoming live concert film and album Celebration Day, available Monday, November 19, Led Zeppelin has granted NBC and Warner Bros. Television rights to feature two of their songs in an episode of the hit series “Revolution,” airing later that night (10:01-11:00 p.m. ET) on NBC.

The classic Led Zeppelin tracks “Kashmir” and “Since I’ve Been Loving You” will be showcased in “Revolution” on Monday, November 19. Following last night’s all-new episode, NBC debuted a special trailer, featuring “Kashmir,” for the November 19 episode. A promo for “Revolution” featuring “Kashmir” will run throughout the week on NBC, and an extended version of the trailer will be available on NBC.com/Revolution.

“Anyone who really knows me knows how obsessed I am with Led Zeppelin. So the fact that the band agreed to put two songs in my show is, very seriously, a career high-point,” said Eric Kripke, creator and executive producer of “Revolution.”

Live versions of both songs are available on Celebration Day, which chronicles Led Zeppelin’s legendary 2007 concert at London’s O2 Arena. The epic performance was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ‘n’ roll including such landmark tracks as “Whole Lotta Love,” “Rock And Roll,” and “Stairway To Heaven.” Celebration Day will be available in multiple audio and video formats on November 19 and can be pre-ordered now at ledzeppelin.com.

“Revolution” is the epic adventure from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and “Supernatural’s” Eric Kripke, about a family struggling to reunite in an American landscape void of electricity: a world of empty cities, local militias and heroic freedom fighters, where every single piece of technology — computers, planes, cars, phones, even lights — has mysteriously blacked out forever. Kripke, Abrams and Bryan Burk (“Lost,” “Star Trek”) serve as executive producers, and Jon Favreau (“Iron Man” movies) serves as co-executive producer. “Revolution” is produced by Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Bad Robot Productions, Kripke Enterprises and Warner Bros. Television.

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NBC starts a ‘Revolution,’ Wins Another Monday w/ High Ratings

Goodness, it’s been years since we’ve been able to report news like this: NBC not only dominated the second week of the 2012-13 season in adults 18-49 but it started the third week off with wins on Sunday and, more importantly, Monday.

NBC ruled last night (4.2 rating/11 share in adults 18-49) with another two-hour installment ofThe Voice — which saw its best performance at 9 p.m. with a 4.9/12 in adults opposite CBS’ 2 Broke Girls (3.7/9), ABC’s Dancing with the Stars (2.2/5) and Fox’s The Mob Doctor (1.0/2), according to early results. The competition would like to point out that The Voice is still off to its worst start ever – down 28% from its average at the same point last spring (4.3/12 vs. 6.0/15) — but NBC has its own little stat to combat the naysayers: The network has now won the first three Mondays of the official broadcast season in 18-49 for the first time in people meter history (since September 1987).

The Peacock was also king at 10 with its new drama Revolution (3.1/8). The apocalyptic drama — which already received a full-season pickup — beat ABC and CBS in every key demographic and is doing particularly well in the delayed viewing department.  Last week, it added 1.64 ratings points in the key demo. It’s about time NBC launched a decent drama, right?

Source: EW.com

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Ratings for ‘Revolution’ Stay Safe in it’s Fourth Week

After weeks of wondering just where “Revolution” was finally going to end up in the ratings, we may now have its answer after Monday night produced the show’s best episode of the season: somewhere around the 3.0 range in the 18-49 demographic. If this does happen, we have a feeling that NBC is going to be more than a little bit thrilled.

For its fourth episode Monday (which featured a rather surprising death), the show ended up posting a 3.1 rating and 8.1 million viewers, and kept a pretty good chunk of the massive 4.7 drawn by “The Voice.”

Check out our episode guide for week-to-week comparisons.