SyFy has built a reputation for taking risks with genre-bending shows, creating cult hits and occasional failures. This article revisits Defiance, a 2013 Western set on a post-apocalyptic Earth where humans and aliens co-exist, and explores its premise, characters, and viewership trajectory, highlighting how it fits into SyFy's unique fandom landscape.
has become the hub of cult-hit fandom by taking some big genre swings that other networks would never sign off on. Sometimes it works out in a big way; other times, it results in crash-and-burn failures.
Then there are the series that end up in SyFy limbo, somewhere between a cult hit and a cancellation, and often fall into obscurity even if they don’t deserve to.13 years ago today, SyFy premiered a new show, a Western unlike any other. Set on a post-apocalyptic Earth which was both ravaged and radically transformed by a war with several alien species. The last bastion of human civilisation becomes a junction point where all species of human and alien can supposedly co-exist, so long as the “lawkeeper” is there to ensure that law and order are maintained. That turns out to be a monumental undertaking in a town where families of rich elites are feuding, the town government has deep, corrupt secrets, and certain residents turn out to be tied to plots and factions that could reignite the war again.) as Joshua Nolan, a human man who comes to “Fort Defiance” , the site of the final battle in the “Pale Wars.” Joshua arrives with his adopted daughter Irisa , who is a member of the alien race, the Votans; the pair gets embroiled in a murder investigation in an attempt to help the new mayor, Amanda Rosewater , who may be getting set up for a big fall. When Nolan stops a plot to have the Volge alien race destroy the town, he’s appointed as the new “lawkeeper” of Defiance, with Irisa serving as his deputy.was never a major ratings magnet; the show premiered to about 2.7 million viewers per episode, and hovered between 1.5 and 2 million per episode across Season 1, with the finale episode cementing the season’s average at around 2 million per episode. By Season 2, that average dropped to about 1.5 million viewers per episode. By Season 3, it was down to about 1 million viewers, with upwards of an additional million viewers coming from DVR playbacks. That was ultimately the level thatHowever, it needs to be said that from the premise down to the setting and characters, show creators Rockne S. O’Bannon, Kevin Murphy
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