ABC is Defying Gravity

According to ABC, Defying Gravity is a sexy, provocative space thriller in which eight astronauts from five countries (four women and four men) undertake a mysterious six-year international space mission that takes them billions of miles away from Earth.

On the surface, this Canadian made series sounds like the recently burned off Virtuality but don’t get your hopes up. This one has been called Grey’s Anatomy in space and that can’t be a good sign.

The series boasts a large international cast of faces you’ve seen before but probably can’t name including Blood Ties’ Christina Cox, Andrew Airlie from Reaper, Zahf Paroo of Battlestar Galactica and Malik Yoba from New York Undercover.

Like many summer shows, this one only runs thirteen episodes, though from the sound of the early reviews, it will be lucky to last more than five.

Defying Gravity premieres on Sunday, August 2 at 9:00 then moves to its regular slot at 10:00 on August 9 on ABC.

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