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[Trini Girl]

Official website: http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/revenge

Edited by Trini Girl, Jan 18, 2012 @ 9:32 PM.

[WindSprints]

'Revenge' EP on Managing Viewer Expectations and How Fans Killed a Possible Story Line

[name234]

From Windsprint's link:

There’s a thread on a particular website where basically they say if we reveal that Emily’s [Emily VanCamp] father is not dead we have ruined the show and that was an option for me. At this point, I’m no longer considering that option. So, I try not to let what fans want decide what the show is going to be. But, I also want to respect what people are responding too. It’s complicated.

Did we help kill David Clark? Ow, Emanda is going to come after us?!

I feel badly, I was on the fence leaning against David being alive, just from the implausibility of both Nolan not bothering to claim the body and Emanda not bothering to ensure that his remains were handled appropriately. Watching QV succumb to a stroke at seeing a very alive David Clark would have been remarkable. It would have been very Count of Monte Cristo.

[FurryFury]

I still think it could be a development in the future - if the show gets enough seasons to run out of storylines. There has been many cases in the past of showrunners changing their minds on things like that.

Anyway, I generally don't like it when fans influence storytelling too much. I can understand it with, say, relationships - nothing is worse than the majority hating your main couple - or unimportant characters (Declan) - but storylines?

[Humbugged]

http://popwatch.ew.c...ter-tv-preview/

• VILLAINS RETURN: Tyler (Ashton Holmes) and Amanda (Margarita Levieva), gone for good? Think again. They’ll both return and “decide to start f—ing with Emily, and they’ve got new, different agendas,” reveals Revenge creator Mike Kelley. “Emily’s got a number of enemies at this point with bones to pick.”


• THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY: The glimpse of Revenge‘s biggest blowout we got in the series’ September premiere was just that: a taste. Expect that night to play out in full on the Feb. 15 episode, which — considering the dead body on the beach outside Grayson Manor — is fittingly titled “Chaos.” Someone will be arrested for the murder, and someone will be dead. Plus, Kelly promises one bombshell in the great reveal that no one could anticipate. “I don’t think anyone will have guessed it,” he says, “but we’ll see.”

• ONE STEAMY LOVE TRIANGLE: Expect increased tension between Daniel, Emily, and Jack (Nick Wechsler) as Revenge continues its journey. “Everything that happens on the beach that night will forever alter the course of Emily’s romantic ties to both Jack and Daniel,” Kelley says cryptically. Adds Wechsler: “Jack is starting to want to fight for Emily himself.

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[Titus]

Also linked via that EW article, it's revealed that William Devane will be guest starring as Conrad's father and patriarch of the Grayson family. Perfect casting!

[Spartan Girl]

• THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY: The glimpse of Revenge‘s biggest blowout we got in the series’ September premiere was just that: a taste. Expect that night to play out in full on the Feb. 15 episode, which — considering the dead body on the beach outside Grayson Manor — is fittingly titled “Chaos.” Someone will be arrested for the murder, and someone will be dead. Plus, Kelly promises one bombshell in the great reveal that no one could anticipate. “I don’t think anyone will have guessed it,” he says, “but we’ll see.”

Just in time for Valentine's Day. Squee!

My friend and I were texting last night when I told her that EVC and Josh Bowman were dating. She Googled them, and it turns out Josh Bowman has dated Amy Winehouse and Miley Cyrus in the past. Um, okay...

Edited by Spartan Girl, Jan 19, 2012 @ 1:46 PM.

[Trini Girl]

Did we help kill David Clark?

I don't know whether I should be scared or impressed at the power of teh interwebz over the showrunners. On the other hand, maybe we can harness the power of TWoP to get some David/Nolan backstory.

[Humbugged]

http://www.tvline.co...vance-season-1/

Revenge‘s flash forward beachfront murder plot thickens: Onetime Law & Order: Criminal Intent ADA Courtney B. Vance is joining the ABC thriller as a high-powered defense attorney who’s tasked with representing the not-yet-revealed prime suspect of the the not-yet-revealed victim.

[insanityproject]

As long as Kelley can explain it, I'm okay with David being alive but he has to be able to explain it -- and for the life of me, I can't think of how he would be able to do in a way that was satisfying to the audience. With Nolan's money, he could help David fake his death if David were a regular guy, but no amount of money is going to buy David Clarke, terrorist, out of jail. There are things that can be fanwanked, like Tyler running around without his meds or Conrad not realizing Charlotte wasn't his kid, but Alive!David is an infinitely harder sell.

[metsmvfn]

Emily VanCamp and Josh Bowman are the cover of this weeks EW. Revenge cover of EW

There are a few mild spoilers nothing too new and there is a video of the photo shoot .

ETA: My audio is not working so I could not hear the interviews with Emily,Josh or Nick during the photo shoot. so I have no clue if they gave out any spoilers.

Edited by metsmvfn, Jan 20, 2012 @ 12:26 PM.

[Bilolo]

no spoiler

[FurryFury]

James Purefoy has been cast as a love interest for Victoria.
Yay!

[corvus13]

Ooh, the report of James Purefoy's casting calls him a "mystery man". PLEASE make him an Emanda plant. :)

[angelita100]

Don't know anything about James Purefoy but WILLIAM DEVANE? Whoo hooo. I see some good scenes ahead for Conrad and I assume his dad.

[insanityproject]

I love the casting of WD because he really looks like he could be HC's dad. Plus, he's night-time soap royalty. Perfect casting.

[Trini Girl]

Emilythorne.org has scans of the Entertainment Weekly article.

[Humbugged]

http://uk.eonline.co...o_dies_i/289261

Revenge Star on Finding Out Who Dies: "I Threw a Chair Through a Window!"

"We all read it for the first time in a read-through sitting around a table," Paolo tells us. "And when I found out I picked up a chair and threw it through a window. We were excited.

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Edited by Humbugged, Jan 25, 2012 @ 11:31 PM.

[Magsi2]

EVC blames distance Not sure why this is posting the news now. I thought she and Josh were dating now?

[corvus13]

From tvguide.com:

As ABC's Revenge nears the February reveal of what exactly happened on the beach during Emily and Daniel's engagement party, more legal types will be drawn into the drama.

Former child actress Veronica Cartwright, who hasn't stopped working since being terrorized in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 classic The Birds, will be playing a judge beginning in late February.

Cartwright joins Courtney B. Vance, who recently joined the series as defense attorney Benjamin Brooks. And Victoria's new love interest, to be played by Rome stud James Purefoy beginning in March, now has a name: Dominic.

[Trini Girl]

Van Camp on the cover of Flare.

[allfarkledup]

What is going on with this program? It is on-off, on-off. Off weeks during the holidays. Back on, then the past two weeks off again with reruns. What's up with the schedule?

Has the first season ended and a second season starting up again in February? What? So confused.

[callietwo]

What is going on with this program?

I know! I just vented about this same thing in the Scheduling thread for the show. So annoying, isn't it?

[WearyTraveler]

This delay is most likely due to February Sweeps.

During February Sweeps the ratings are used to determine the value of advertising on a show. So, networks save the "best" episodes for Sweeps. If you watch two shows that are on at the same time, on the same day, and they are both airing landmark episodes, you will make a choice to watch one live and DVR/record the other. This proves to the advertisers which shows people are more likely to watch live. So, they pay more for advertising on those shows. The more money a show makes, the more likely it is to stay on the air.

Since the creators of Revenge had a plan to reveal the events of the engagement party mid-season, and all the fans are going crazy with speculation, they are saving that episode for Sweeps. It was supposed to be number 13, and it's now number 15, so, they seem to have added a couple of episodes just to tide us over until Sweeps.

Edited by WearyTraveler, Feb 1, 2012 @ 9:45 PM.

[corvus13]

I *had* to post this photo by Tyler Shields of Emily Van Camp and Ashley Madweke - http://www.tylershie...yxkygSI.twitter

[Bella]

I *had* to post this photo by Tyler Shields of Emily Van Camp and Ashley Madweke - http://www.tylershie...yxkygSI.twitter

DAMN!!!! Ashley looks so smoking hot in that pic!

[Trini Girl]

Interview: "Revenge" Co-Stars Josh Bowman, Gabriel Mann & Nick Wechsler

[rivermet]

I read my TV Guide, which had spoilers from the Feb. 15 episode, and it said viewers learned who died and that Daniel fired the first shot but not the other two. Um - did we see that?

[callietwo]

I read my TV Guide, which had spoilers from the Feb. 15 episode, and it said viewers learned who died and that Daniel fired the first shot but not the other two. Um - did we see that?

I've watched it twice and I'd say- no, we most definitely did not. Don't know if the writer of the spoiler was told this by the writers of the show or if they just assumed as much. But they sure did not show anyone specifically on any of the shots fired.

[dorakpasa]

Check your Sunday paper. Article on Revenge in Parade.