Defying Gravity (TV Series)
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| Genre | Drama Science fiction |
| Created by | James D. Parriott |
| Starring | Ron Livingston Andrew Airlie Malik Yoba Laura Harris Eyal Podell Christina Cox Peter Howitt |
| Composer(s) | Shawn Pierce |
| Country of origin | United States Canada United Kingdom Germany |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (List of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Michael Edelstein James Parriott Brian Hamilton Michael Chechik |
| Producer(s) | Ron French |
| Location(s) | Vancouver, Canada |
| Cinematography | Stephen McNutt |
| Production company(s) | BBC Fox Television Studios Omni Film Productions CTV SPACE ProSieben |
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| Original channel | CTV (CAN) BBC Two & BBC HD (UK) ABC (USA) ProSieben (Germany) |
| Original run | August 2, 2009 (2009-08-02) – October 23, 2009 (2009-10-23) |
Defying Gravity is a multi-nationally produced space travel television science fiction drama series which first aired on August 2, 2009 on ABC and CTV and was canceled in the autumn (September/October) of 2009. Set in the year 2052, the series follows eight astronauts (four women and four men) from four 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".
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