After three episodes, NBC is happy with how Revolution is doing and has decided to extend the show for a full season.
That means we’ll get 22 episodes in season one, up from the 13 initially ordered by the network.
The sci-fi series, set in a swashbuckling future world without electricity, broke recent ratings records with its premiere. The series as a whole has averaged a 3.6 rating/9 share in adults 18-49, and 9.8 million viewers in Live+Same Day, which are pretty darn good numbers.
NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke said the show has exceeded expectations, and the network wants to give the writers enough lead-time to see what they can do with a few more weeks.
“We’re impressed with the imagination and creative direction of the entire team on Revolution, not to mention the immediately strong response we got from the audience,” she said in a press release.
However, just because the show is doing well out of the gate, that doesn’t mean it can’t trip down the stretch. The Event and Heroes both started well and dropped quickly.
Thus far it’s been great…The Stand references in last nights episode were wonderful…even more so than the week before when the ‘Randall’ name was used.
I’ve enjoyed it a great deal and hope that it continues. I have always loved the stories where the big red Reset button gets pushed… I just hope that Favreau and crew don’t forget that 1)cartridges for guns were made without electricity in the late 19th century, and that steam power doesn’t require any electricity to function, and thus, give me my steam machines!! The electricity goes off and physics goes off the rails? Fine, welcome to the 19th century… where some pretty awesome shit was accomplished before Edison and Tesla got into their pissing match.
I bid you, adieu
I agree Niklaus. There should be a lot more steampowered machines. Using steampower is probably one of the easiest things to harness. And yes, gunpowder and bullets have been around for a while and should be easy to create.
An extremely generic story dropped in a somewhat nifty looking world. I’ve been watching, but I’m really hoping the writing (and in some cases, such as the female lead, the acting) starts improving.
I’m with you Shadoglare. I’m hoping it improves. I like the idea of the world, but right now the writing, and to some extent the acting, is decidedly subpar.
True that cartridge bullets were made starting in the late 1860s and it’s not difficult to reload a spent shell as the manual equipment is quiet easy to use. The issue would be finding the ingredients … powder, bullet and most importantly the primer.
I imagine that’s why a lot of the militia are carrying around muskets.
I don’t buy the reality of the background world. So much of everything is completely untouched, just dirty. After years, everything usefull would have been stripped for materials.
I’m trying to watch this show, but I think I’m spoiled by the SM Stirling books. They did this story far better, if you ask me 🙂