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{{Infobox television |Nome_Serie = Defying Gravity |image = [[File:DGTV.png|250px|''Defying Gravity'' intertitle]] |caption = ''Defying Gravity'' intertitle |show_name_2 = |genre = [[Drammatico]]<br />[[Fantascienza]] |format = |creatore = [[James Parriott]] |developer = |writer = |Regista = [[David Straiton]]<br />[[Peter Howitt]] |creative_director = |presenter = |Cast = [[Ron Livingston]]<br />[[Malik Yoba]]<br />[[Laura Harris]]<br />[[Eyal Podell]]<br />[[Christina Cox]]<br />[[Peter Howitt]] |judges = |voices = |narrated = |theme_music_composer = |opentheme = |endtheme = |slogan = |composer = |country = {{USA}}<br />{{CAN}}<br />{{UK}}<br />{{GER}} |Lingua = [[English language|English]] |numero_stagioni = 1 |numero_episodi = 12 <!-- update as new episodes air --> |Lista Episodi = #Episode List |Produttori Esecutivi = [[Michael Edelstein]]<br />James Parriott<br />Brian Hamilton<br />Michael Chechik<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/hr/login/login_subscribe.jsp?id=ttAht6zfSB7pBW2lj8CqQ0MRevVWT3VJnPVFtRWrF0P32rS1CcJIZRaeUq5yJ2KjSHGU0sraUtIo%0Acz1E%2FIa176L%2FOCspamxQWze1A51Npijs7kL0QJs6wjPUuZMXzKPIWTdVt3sGgeO1jagYTSWor9kA%0AIcLTCdHxF4JvojevsRXm0r9Ma%2Bnx2%2FT1xbSNkcUxKPbBQQsZ2gLRkzIyYPDYBGwuT3HsAiLag39u%0AUoA4FOLHTzcjRej%2FptVJPnFP8p3MKHM9RPyGte%2Bi%2FzgrKWpsUFs3tQOdTaYoCY5qQAYXhUuotY8t%0AEH7e53Km9OqIC9JQLpjW8Fma3kVGlYyjJh198ggtaY2QMJAKKW%2FiZEs3Uk8EpzjeVesGJQ%3D%3D|accessdate={{#dateformat:2008-12-27}}|title=Ron Livingston is ''Defying Gravity''|date={{#dateformat:2008-11-04}}|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}{{Dead link|date=September 2009}}</ref> |co_exec = |Produttore = [[Ron French]] |supervising_producer = |asst_producer = |consulting_producer = |co-producer = |story_editor = |editor = |location = [[Vancouver, Canada]] |Fotografia [[Stephen McNutt]] |camera = |runtime = |Compagnia = [[BBC]]<br />[[Fox Television Studios|FOX]]<br />[[Omni Film Productions|Omni Film]]<br />[[CTV Television Network|CTV]]<br />[[Space (TV channel)|SPACE]]<br />[[ProSieben]] |distributor = |Canali = [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] (CAN)<br />[[BBC Two]] (UK)<br />[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (USA)<br />[[ProSieben]] (Germany) |picture_format = |audio_format = |first_run = |Prima_messa_in_onda = {{Start date|2009|8|2}} |Ultima messa in onda = present |status = |preceded_by = |followed_by = |related = |Sito = http://abc.go.com/primetime/defyinggravity |production_website = }} Defying Gravity is a multi-nationally produced space travel television drama series, first aired on August 2, 2009 on ABC and CTV. Set in the year 2052, with flashbacks to five and ten years earlier in the story's continuity, the series follows eight astronauts—four women and four men—from five countries on a six-year space mission through the Solar System, during which they are monitored from earth via a real-time communication system. The series was pitched to networks as "Grey's Anatomy in space".

Premise

The program follows the adventures of eight astronauts on board the international spacecraft Antares. The lives of the astronauts are being constantly recorded and broadcast back to Earth both as part of an ongoing documentary and as part of mission monitoring. In spite of a libido-suppressing device worn by each crew member, referred to as "HALO" for "Hormone Activated Libido Oppressors", romantic entanglements develop among some crew members. Further complicating their lives is a mysterious storage pod which contains something referred to as Beta, which is exerting a secret impact on their mission.

The Antares Mission is the next ambitious manned space mission after the Mars landing.

According to the show's internal chronology, Beta and Alpha were discovered in September 2038.

Development

The project was inspired by the BBC docufiction series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, broadcast on BBC1 in 2004. The show is being co-produced by the BBC, Fox Television Studios, and Omni Film Productions in association with Canadian broadcasters CTV Television Network, SPACE, and German broadcaster ProSieben.

13 episodes have been ordered, and filming began on January 19, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada, lasting six months. CGI effects are being handled by Stargate Studios, in collaboration with set designer Stephen Geaghan.

Scheduling

On June 30, 2009, ABC announced that it had ordered the program for a summer 2009 broadcast in the United States. It is going to air on BBC 2 in the United Kingdom, and has aired on both CTV and SPACE in Canada,, and is set to air on ProSieben in Germany.

CTV moved the scheduled airing of the show from Sunday to Friday nights on August 26, 2009, and speculation began about the possibility of the show being canceled. On September 14, 2009, online sources noted ABC's apparent cancellation of the series, with most having reported the eighth episode as the "series finale", while others reported it as the "season finale". The show's publicist, Nicole Marostica, issued a statement on September 14, 2009 that ABC is not in fact canceling the show but that management is deciding on a time slot to air the remaining 5 episodes of season 1.

CTV aired episode 9, Eve Ate the Apple on September 18, 2009, but did not have Defying Gravity on its schedule for the following week. Episode 10, Deja Vu, aired on October 2, and episode 11, Solitary aired on October 9, 2009 on SPACE, which is only available in Canada. SPACE will air the remaining two episodes of Defying Gravity.

Cast and Characters

Character	Actor	Position	Relationship(s)	Home location
Onboard the Antares
Dr. Evram Mintz	Eyal Podell	Doctor and Psychiatrist	Claire Dereux's boyfriend	Israel
Jen Crane	Christina Cox	Biologist	Wife of Rollie Crane, had a past relationship with Ted Shaw	Canada
Maddux Donner	Ron Livingston	Chief Engineer	Previously, Sharon Lewis, a fellow crewmember who died during an earlier mission to Mars; currently, Zoe Barnes and Nadia Schilling	Iowa, USA
Nadia Schilling	Florentine Lahme	Pilot	"Friend with benefits" to Maddux Donner	Germany
Paula Morales	Paula Garcés	Payload specialist, Pilot, On-board Documentary Producer		Brownsville, Texas, USA
Steve Wassenfelder	Dylan Taylor	Theoretical Physicist		USA
Ted Shaw	Malik Yoba	Commander	Eve Weller's husband, had a past relationship with Jen Crane	USA
Zoe Barnes	Laura Harris	Geologist	Had a one-night stand with Maddux Donner who is unaware that it resulted in an aborted pregnancy	USA
On Earth
Ajay Sharma	Zahf Paroo	Orig. Flight Engineer; reinstated ground crew		Mumbai, India
Claire Dereux	Maxim Roy	Flight Surgeon	Evram Mintz's girlfriend	Montreal, Canada
Eve Weller-Shaw	Karen Leblanc	Works alongside flight director Goss	Ted Shaw's wife	USA
Mike Goss	Andrew Airlie	Mission Control Flight Director
Rollie Crane	Ty Olsson	Former Commander, now CapCom	Jen Crane's husband	USA/Canada
Arnel Poe	William C Vaughan	Mission Control		USA
Trevor Williams	Peter Howitt	Journalist		Britain
On Mars
Sharon Lewis	Lara Gilchrist	Marswalker	Maddux Donner's lover
Jeff Walker	Rick Ravanello	Marswalker

Episode List

Season 1 (2009)

#	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original Airdate
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Reception

US weekly Nielsen ratings

#	Episode	ABC Air Date	Timeslot (EST)	Rating	Share	18-49 Rating	Viewers (m)	Rank (Overall)
1	"Pilot"	Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009	9:00 pm	2.4	4	1.1/3	3.83	#21
2	"Natural Selection"	Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009	10:00 pm	2.3	4	1.0/3	3.56	#21
3	"Threshold"	Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009	10:00 pm	1.8	3	1.0/2	2.81	#28
4	"H2IK"	Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009	10:00 pm	1.7	3	0.8/2	2.59	#34
5	"Rubicon"	Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009	10:00 pm	1.8	3	0.8/2	2.66	#33
6	"Bacon"	Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009	10:00 pm	1.7	3	0.9/2	2.53	#31
7	"Fear"	Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009	10:00 pm	1.7	4	0.6/2	2.16	#29
8	"Love, Honor, Obey"	Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009	10:00 pm	1.6	3	0.8/2	2.53	#39

Canadian weekly ratings

#	Episode	CTV Air Date	CTV Time Slot (EST)	Viewers (100'000s)	Rank (Overall)
1 & 2	"Pilot/Natural Selection"	Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009	9:00 pm	7.83	#20
3	"Threshold"	Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009	10:00 pm	5.73	#30
4	"H2IK"	Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009	10:00 pm	N/A	N/A
5	"Rubicon"	Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009	10:00 pm	N/A	N/A
6	"Bacon"	Friday, Aug. 28, 2009	10:00 pm	N/A	N/A
7	"Fear"	Friday, Sept. 4, 2009	10:00 pm	N/A	N/A
8	"Love, Honor, Obey"	Friday, Sept. 11, 2009	10:00 pm	N/A	N/A
9	"Eve Ate the Apple"	Friday, Sept. 18, 2009	10:00 pm	N/A	N/A

External links

• Defying Gravity - ABC.go.com (ABC)
• Defying Gravity - CTV.ca (CTV)
• Defying Gravity - SPACEcast.ca (SPACE)
• (EN) 1319690, su IMDb, IMDb.com.
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Defying Gravity (serie televisiva)