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Syfy announces additional casting for Season 2 of its highly-rated and groundbreaking drama series, Defiance. William Atherton signs on to portray high-ranking Earth Republic official Viceroy Mercado andAnna Hopkins has inked the role of Earth Republic soldier and documentarian Jessica 'Berlin' Rai. Slated for a June 2014 launch, production is currently underway in Toronto, ON for the 13-episode second season of the ambitious series, which delivered an average of 1.5 million viewers 18-49 and 3.2 million total viewers in its first season, based on Live +7 data. Defiance is produced by Universal Cable Productions.

Theatre Royal Bath has announced Richard Wilson will star in the final production of its Summer Season, A Little Hotel On The Side directed by Lindsay Posner and Cal McCrystal. Adapted by John Mortimer, this hilarious comedy by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallieres will appear at Theatre Royal Bath from tonight 15th August - Saturday 31st August.

Production will commence August 12 in Toronto, ON for the 13-episode second season of Syfy's highly-rated DEFIANCE, featuring new cast addition James Murray as Mayor Pottinger.

At yesterday's Primetime Emmy(R) Awards nomination announcement, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, the 2-hour movie prequel to the popular blockbuster franchise Battlestar Galactica, received three nominations, highlighting the movie's first-class technical achievements.

Theatre Royal Bath has announced Richard Wilson will star in the final production of its Summer Season, A Little Hotel On The Side directed by Lindsay Posner and Cal McCrystal. Adapted by John Mortimer, this hilarious comedy by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallieres will appear at Theatre Royal Bath from Thursday 15th August - Saturday 31st August.

Sparks & Shadows, a new boutique record label founded by composer Bear McCreary, announces the release of the Defiance Original Television Soundtrack. The album, containing 22 tracks of original score, original songs and cover songs as heard in the first season of Defiance, will be available through all digital providers today, June 17th.

Sparks & Shadows, a new boutique record label founded by composer Bear McCreary, announces the release of the Defiance Original Television Soundtrack.

The Theatre Royal Bath Summer Season 2013 offers a season of new in-house productions including Noel Coward's Relative Values, directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Patricia Hodge, Caroline Quentin and Rory Bremner; Candida by Bernard Shaw, directed by Simon Godwin; King Lear directed by Lucy Bailey and starring David Haig; and Feydeau's A Little Hotel on the Side, adapted by John Mortimer and directed by Lindsay Posner and Cal McCrystal.

Meet Adrienne Giordano, romantic suspense and mystery writer. Adrienne's a Jersey girl at heart, but now lives in the Midwest with her workaholic husband, sports obsessed son and Buddy the Wheaten Terrorist (Terrier). She's a co-founder of the Romance University blog and Lady Jane's Salon-Naperville, a reading series dedicated to romantic fiction.

Further casting has been announced for the four new in-house productions which will make up the 2013 Summer Season Theatre Royal Bath.

Trouble begins immediately when Nolan and Amanda escort the dangerous Irathient Rynn to a Las Vegas prison on tonight's all-new episode of Syfy's hit series Defiance @ 9pm.

Syfy has renewed its groundbreaking series Defiance, giving a 13-episode second season order to the critically acclaimed hit that has catapulted Syfy to the top cable drama spot in the time period

Syfy's new hit series Defiance maintained strong viewership levels during its second episode, drawing 2.4 million total viewers, 1.11 million Adults 25-54 and 1.06 million Adults18-49 in the Monday, April 22 telecast from 9-10PM (ET/PT). Defiance was the #1 cable drama in its time period among both key demos.

Below, get a sneak peek at the next episode of Syfy's new hit series DEFIANCE titled 'The Devil in the Dark.' The episode airs Monday, April 29 at 9:00 pm/ET.

Below, check out an interview clip with Kevin Murphy, Executive Producer of Syfy's new hit series DEFIANCE. Murphy sits down with star Grant Bowler to talk about the show's first episode.

Today, DEFIANCE's Executive Producer Kevin Murphy sat down with series star Grant Bowler to talk about the first episode - check out what the duo had to say about Syfy's record-shattering premiere below!

New Earth. New Rules. New Records. Syfy's groundbreaking transmedia event Defiance became the channel's most-watched scripted series premiere among Adults 18-49 (1.3 million) since 2006 (Eureka).

Syfy's highly-anticipated DEFIANCE will have its series premiere tonight, April 15 @ 9pm with a two-hour episode (culminating in a total of 12 episodes/13 hours).