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UPDATE MONDAY: NBC announced that the 2:40 preview for Revolution will air during a commercial pod between 10:45-11:15 PM prior to the Women’s gymnastics uneven bar coverage. 
PREVIOUS: Fans who stayed up last night to watch the announced “six-minute tease” of new fall drama Revolution did not get to see it as NBC opted not to air the preview. Two weeks ago, NBC said the tease for the futuristic drama from Eric Kripke and JJ Abrams would air “at approximately 10:54 p.m. (ET) following the swimming competition that is expected to feature U.S. gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps.” An inside source at NBC noted that scheduling of on-air promos is flexible during such events as The Olympics where few things are predictable. For instance, Phelps’ historic final Olympic race actually aired earlier in NBC’s primetime block.
Instead of airing the six-minute tease after the end of last night’s NBC’s nighttime Olympics coverage, the network has opted to air an “extended Revolution preview” (2:40 in length) inside the games tomorrow, Monday night, when the network’s brass expect to get a much bigger audience. In addition to moving the promo from following the Olympics coverage to airing right in the smack of it, NBC also is shifting the Revolution preview from the least-trafficked night of the week, Saturday, to one of the most viewed, Monday. Indeed, despite Phelps’ heroics, last night’s NBC primetime block drew 28 million viewers, the lowest so far these Olympics.
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That last trailer was terrible. When NBC bombs this year, they need to clean house in marketing and development.
I so agreed. NONE of the promos for ANY of the shows looked good, they screamed NBC Mediocrity. all the Olympics tie-in feels cheesy. the marketing dept has got to go, unlike other networks’ promos, NBC never produced any promos that make want to at least sample the shows regardless of good or bad. just bland NBC feel. (Although I thought the pre-Superbowl entire cast of NBC family musical extravaganza was amazing, why can’t they do that more often…)
The trailer reeks of low-budget “Hunger Games” knockoff.
So >this< is the year they need to clean house? Not any of the previous ten years of bombing? OK, got it!
The coverage of these ” historic” games has been awful. #boo-nbc
I feel like the Hunger Games feel of this show will appeal to Middle America. Except for the Olympic themed ad (which is dreadful), the promos have been well done.
What Hunger Games feel? How are the two alike?
The last preview had the Revolution folks participating in the Olympic games. It was very sad and lame. Very HEROES-ish. no thanks.
And in related news, nobody cares. Is JJ Abrams even trying anymore? The electricity goes off; that’s the series??? It sounds like they decided to rip off Walking Dead and Hunger Games and came up with a 20 second idea. I love TV shows created by marketing departments, they’re the best!
If you saw the pilot you would understand that there is more to the series than just the electricity going out. Just tune in and see the pilot before you throw the show in the crapper.
NBC promo should be doing what you’re doing, AGENT X. Promoting a show with a very weak, un-compelling premise but after this no-happy-ending tease, clearly that’s not happening. CHRIS M is right. JJ Abrams is phoning his crap in and NBC isn’t helping with their BS.
Oh I gave the show a chance. With lousy writing and terrible characters the show threw itself in the crapper. No redeeming qualities for this show.
#ChrisM is right. JJ Abrams and his latest attempt to use someone else’s work to feather his own nest is just a sad looking, derivative effort. Development people love to say that they aren’t any new ideas or scripts, but the truth is they only want old ideas that they can blame someone else for if it fails.
This looks just like Terra Nova … geeze, NBC/Comcast … what ARE they smoking over there?
Thing is, from the previews, Terra Nova looked good. It was only when we were watching 42 minutes instead of 30 seconds that it became obvious how bad it was. You really can’t tell what the week-to-week quality of a show is going to be from a preview and Terra Nova was a good idea
How does this show look like Terra Nova?
“Revolution… One season and zero movies.”
-Abed Nadir
They actually ripped off a book series called Dies the Fire written by SM Stirling.
Jesus christ this guy’s a fucking hack! Firs he steals Minority Report and calls it Person Of Interest and now this. He steals the idea then pitches it to a writer as an “area.” Then the writer is now the buffer between him and the lawsuit. What a douche but I forgot in out society now he’s clever like Mitt Romney.
JJ Abrams didn’t even create Person of Interest and that show is even less like Minority Report than Revolution is like Dies the Fire
You know, it was completely possible that the writer independently conceived of this idea without having ever know about Stirling’s books.
I’m sorry, you’re right. A dystopian world where all forms of energy do not work after a mysterious event, which pits two warring clans against each other for survival and dominance is a staple of fiction. How could I have forgotten that old saw?
Idiot.
All forms off energy haven’t disappeared on this show. It is only electricity that can’t be generated unlike in The Change where other forms of power don’t work.
Where are you getting that there are two warring clans fighting for survival on this show?
While I’m still pissed at NBC for giving up on The Event (and Zeljko Ivanek – geez people, really? you’re just gonna throw that away??), Revolution looks interesting enough that I’ll give it a try. But I’ve learned the hard way never to get too invested in a tv show. I’ll just follow ZI around from show to show, as he leaves tidbits of the most awesome acting in his wake.
The Event was just a stupid show
A chick running around with a bow and arrow in a dystopian future.
Everyone on this show uses a bow and arrow or some other medieval weapon. You’re getting caught up in the fact that one main character that happens to be a female uses a bow, completely ignoring why she’s using it at all.
Um, it IS NOT a bow and arrow, dude. It’s a crossbow. Seriously. Get it right.
They’re trying to test the shows phenomenon. How many viewers simply turn there tv’s off during the trailer.
What Hunger Games feel? How are the two alike?
Well How zap2it describes “Revolution”:
Take a little “Lost,” add in a touch of “The Hunger Games,” “Escape from New York” and “Battlestar Galactica,” and you’ll get the general vibe of “Revolution”!
Revolution looks outstanding, like next LOST – freaking awesome!
first critic/writer review for revolution:
The series focuses on a father (who may know more than he lets on about the cause of the worldwide blackout) and his children, trying to survive in new world. His daughter Charlie longs for more and winds up getting it when events send her on a dangerous mission to Chicago, searching for her mysterious uncle. It’s a pretty fun ride and with hints of “The Hunger Games” to it (strong, young female lead), it could prove successful for the network
So basically, the show resembles “The Hunger Games” because there is a strong, female lead-as if Suzanne Collins invented something so broad!-and because she uses a bow, not considering the world she lives in?
I don’t think NBC will have a problem getting people to sample the show.
The big unknown is what the show looks like from week-to-week after the pilot. If it’s a fun action-adventure romp then people will tune in. If it turns into yet another front-loaded mythology-driven bore-fest then people will quickly tune out.
Throw Chicago Fire on that pile too…
Oh, you mean Trauma, but with fire fighters instead of ambulance drivers, minus shirts for the men? I laughed my way through most of that pilot, but my wife liked it.
Revolution preview will be with Gabby Douglas on Monday. I love it.
Gabby Douglas and Missy Franklin are true GOLD USA girls/kids. I love them both. I just don’t know anybody who isn’t in love with Gabby sge is amazing, outstanding, brilliant. First USA girls with team and individual GOLD!
NBC is still in the doghouse with me for canceling Harry’s Law. Revolution is the only new show I’m willing to sample from them. Even though JJ Abrams name is attached to this show it’s actually from Eric Kripke of Supernatural so it should be interesting to see what he can do with a bigger budget. I’m sure the premiere ratings will be phenomenal but audience retention will be the key.
Eh, season 2 was a wash anyway. If I want a lecture, I’ll call my parents. Or my inlaws.
Although that one episode where she blasted the police drone out of the sky because she thought aliens were invading was pretty darn funny.
Give your business to CBS, Daniel. NBC will be closing shop soon.
@Oliver
I don’t think NBC will have a problem getting people to sample the show.
The big unknown is what the show looks like from week-to-week after the pilot. If it’s a fun action-adventure romp then people will tune in. If it turns into yet another front-loaded mythology-driven bore-fest then people will quickly tune out.
You are so smart. I agree 100% with you. Revolution looks like movie blockbuster hit and pilot will set some record numbers for NBC. I think smash beat 15 years record for 10pm drama with 3.9 Revolution will easily beat that. But the big question is what next. I guess really depends from the story and writing/script! This make LOST best TV show ever. So Revolution can became next hit show like LOST, or next cult show like fringe or flop like alkatraz.
I think one of the reasons movie people have a hard time with TV is that TV is all about the sustain, not the initial impact. TV needs a plot machine. The premise can’t just be cool, you have to generate 100 ‘A’ plots, a 100 ‘B’ plots, and you have to do it while letting the characters deepen but not really change.
Also, the bigger the premise, the less tolerant viewers are of repeating story lines. If you’re selling “exciting and new” you can’t just pull up the TV tropes web page and start copying – a sitcom can get away with that, not a high-concept hour. At the same time you can’t start trying to top yourself or you go off a cliff.
It’s not the premise, it’s the plot machine. That’s why many series fail.
Book Guy, yours is the most common-sensical comment in this thread. And probably on this whole site.
On reason series fail so much is because so many of them should have been TV Movies of the Week, or a stand-alone episode of the Twilight Zone. They don’t work as weekly series. Make fun of the 1970s as you will, the producers knew how to create simple, basic engines that generated weekly stories.
Thanks. I write book series. Pretty much the same as TV but without commercial breaks. And of course the characters in books can’t complain that they didn’t get enough scenes.
Wow. Now NBC is even delaying the commercials.
wow, another SOFT PIECE in prime-time olympic coverage. are you fucking kidding me? kilts, bagpipes, james bond, ian fleming, martini’s, WTF NBC? it’s the OLYMPICS. the best athletes in the world are doing things they only do once every four years. and, hey NBFUCKINGC – i don’t think ‘COMING UP NEXT” means whatta you thinka it means. it doesn’t mean some time later. it means NEXT. like, after this next 12 minute commercial pod.
anyway, the tv’s off now and it’s over to itunes for a movie.
From everything I’ve seen of Revoloution so far it looks like NBC has yet another flop on it’s hands and they seem to know it. The real question is, how long will they drag out the shame of failure before they admit it and yank the show off the air.
Well, I mean, call me crazy, but… I think, and keep in mind this is only a theory… they might, just might let it premiere first.
I’m giving Revolution a shot. At least it’s not another procedural, medical show, remake, or new take on a fairy tale.
In the dismal, rotting, bastion of mediocrity that is Network Drama, at least NBC is trying to do something original…Ish.
A straight adaptation of Dies the Fire would’ve been awesome tho.
All I know is the people look pretty suburban, well-scrubbed and healthy for a post-apocalyptic world.
Reminds me of “Book of Eli” more than anything.
You’d think the nets would give up on this high-concept stuff. It’s basically a race between them solving the mystery/mythology before the show’s cancelled. “Jericho,” “Terra Nova,” “Invasion,” “V,” “The Nine,” “The Event,” “FlashForward,” “Awake,” etc etc etc
Will give it a try, though. Good luck, NBC.
My god… you people are some serious bashers… Oh Wah! Let me rip on something that hasn’t aired yet. Too funny, you are. Sure, the previews look a bit dated and predictable, but it is a TV show. I’m waiting to see myself whether it will crash and burn. REVOLUTION is coming… and that pesky preview supposedly.
I think NBC got scared from feedback that “Revolution” will last one season.. and then will be MYSTERIOUSLY canceled by forces unknown. It’s hilarious how Kripke, and JJ Abrahms, are running out of ideas to set up drama. “Mysterious forces” disable all technology.
In Kripke and JJ’s world, there’s some mysterious and “Event-like” magic at work. NBC must be preparing a “direct to market” Revolution amulet with a button on it. The button is the one that mysterious Kripke characters can click when power needs to be restored.
Gee, old CRT computers will then start working so text messages can be sent to OTHER mysterious recipients. Obviously, the recipients are those other characters with electrical equipment that didn’t get damaged by the world-wide EMP or solar flares.. wait a minute, 15 years later their computers still work? OK, thank goodness they have those amulets which weren’t affected by the mysterious force.
Never mind all that! I still think it’s aliens sending out electrical dampening fields from their space ships, aka “V” meets “Lost”. Every alien sympathizer gets an amulet. Granted, this is an NBC take on a “Lost” mystery show (think “The Event”) so how bad can it be? Don’t answer that…
An EMP blast can fry electronics but afterwards you could rebuild and still generate electricty as in the early 20th century. Society would be set back but it would slowly move forward again. If something is preventing electricity from existing it wouldn’t be EMP.