Revenge (TV series)

Revenge
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Genre	Drama Psychological thriller Mystery
Created by	Mike Kelley
Starring	Madeleine Stowe Emily VanCamp Gabriel Mann Henry Czerny Ashley Madekwe Nick Wechsler Josh Bowman Connor Paolo Christa B. Allen Barry Sloane
Composer	iZLER (music)
Country of origin	Template:TVUS
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	35 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Mike Kelley Marty C. Bowen Gordon Wyck Godfrey Phillip Noyce
Producers	Randy Sutter Samantha Thomas Melissa Loy Joe Fazzio (associate) Ted Babcock (co-producer)
Production locations	Los Angeles, California & Southampton, New York Pilot: Wilmington, North Carolina
Cinematography	Chris Manley Cynthia Pusheck John Smith
Editors	Martin Nicholson Sue Blainey Conrad Smart
Running time	43 minutes (approx.)
Production companies	The Page Fright Company Mike Kelley Productions Temple Hill Productions ABC Studios
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 21, 2011 (2011-09-21) – present

Revenge is an American television primetime soap opera that airs on ABC starring Madeleine Stowe and Emily VanCamp. It debuted on September 21, 2011, and aired on Sunday nights at 9 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central. The pilot was screened early on ABC's website during a promotional tie-in with Amazon Kindle.

The series was picked up for a full season by ABC after garnering a high 3.3 Nielsen rating in the all-important 18–49 age advertising demographics for its pilot episode and regularly winning its timeslot against every other television network (CBS, Fox, The CW, and NBC) in 18–34 demos. Madeleine Stowe was nominated for the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a TV Drama, while the series was nominated for Favorite New TV Drama at the 2012 People's Choice Awards. The series currently airs in 39 countries worldwide. Revenge has become ABC’s highest-rated series in Wednesday’s 10 p.m. timeslot since Lost's 2006–2007 season and has become the only new series in more than four years to replicate the 18–49 demo ratings success that Lost had in its timeslot since leaving the air.

On May 10, 2012, ABC renewed the series for a second season, which airs on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/8:00 p.m. Central beginning on September 30, 2012, in the time slot previously occupied by Desperate Housewives.

Overview

Main article: List of Revenge episodes

Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) comes to the Hamptons, renting a home next to the Grayson family to enjoy the summer. However, it is revealed that Emily has been to the Hamptons before as a little girl. In reality, Emily is Amanda Clarke, whose father was framed for a crime he did not commit and sent to prison for life. She was permanently separated from him and never saw him again. Now, she has returned to the Hamptons, intent on getting revenge on those who wronged her and her father. At the top of her list is Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe), matriarch of the Grayson family and the woman whom her father loved and who, in the end, betrayed him. Emily wants to get revenge on them all.

As she sets her plan in motion, Emily tries to navigate the upper society to destroy those who betrayed her father. But the further she goes, the more her emotions get involved and the more she questions her motives and the moves she makes.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Emily VanCamp as Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke. The shows protagonist born Amanda Clarke, she returns to the Hamptons under a new identity, Emily Thorne – a wealthy socialite dedicated to charity work – to exact revenge on the people responsible for her father's death and wrongful conviction for terrorism. As a youth, she spends time in a juvenile detention center, unaware of her father's innocence until her release when Nolan Ross approaches her. He tells her that her father was framed and presents her with her father's share of NolCorp, 49% of the closely held stock, a result of her father's funding the company's start-up. After realizing that Nolan is telling the truth, she decides to clear her father's name. She undergoes training with Takeda, during which time she meets and has a relationship with Aiden Mathis. Their relationship ends when he abandons her after agreeing to take her with him. She makes preparations for her return to the Hamptons – trading identities with her former cellmate in juvenile detention, as well as taking notes on Daniel Grayson. After arriving in the Hamptons, Emily buys her father's former house next door to the Graysons and becomes romantically involved with Daniel in order to get closer to his family. She accepts his marriage proposal but their relationship falters as Daniel grows more like his family. They finally break off the engagement after she kisses Jack. After learning that Charlotte is her half-sister, Emily ultimately chooses to protect her from her revenge against the Graysons. Emily Alyn Lind plays young Amanda Clarke.

• Madeleine Stowe as Victoria Grayson, the powerful matriarch of the Grayson family, wife of Conrad Grayson, mother of Daniel and Charlotte. After having an affair with David Clarke, Victoria agreed reluctantly to help Conrad and Frank frame him. Victoria and Conrad's marriage deteriorates steadily and the couple begin divorce proceedings. Despite not knowing Emily's true identity, Victoria never entirely trusts her and attempts to sabotage Daniel and Emily's relationship. During difficult times for her family, Victoria will occasionally ask Emily for assistance, promptly severing contact when Emily has fulfilled her usefulness. Victoria also has a habit for slapping people across the face when she is angry with them.

• Gabriel Mann as Nolan (Mitchell) Ross, genius software inventor, computer hacker, and Emily's trusted ally in her plot for revenge. He owes his wealth and success to David Clarke who supported him and invested some of his own money into Nolan's company, NolCorp. Grateful to David, Nolan offers to help his daughter, who is initially reluctant to trust him but over time she accepts his involvement in her revenge activities. While Nolan is entirely supportive toward Emily, he frequently steps in and offers advice when he believes she is taking things too far. For the most part, Nolan helps Emily whenever she asks, especially when the request involves sending anonymous emails or hacking someone's computer/cell phone. Nolan is bisexual – he had a relationship with Nolcorp's former CFO, Marco, in 2006, he has a relationship with Tyler Barrol in the first season, and with Padma Lahari in the second season.

• Henry Czerny as Conrad Grayson, the current CEO of Grayson Global, as well as David Clarke's former boss. He is Victoria's husband and father of Daniel and Charlotte (although not Charlotte's biological father). Conrad was involved in laundering money for the Americon Initiative, which used the money in a terrorist attack that brought down a plane. After the disaster, Conrad worked with Frank and a reluctant Victoria to frame her lover, David Clarke. His affair with Victoria's best friend, Lydia, further damages the couple's strained relationship and leads to divorce proceedings. Initially close to his daughter, Conrad is devastated when a DNA test reveals she is not his biological child. He exposes Victoria at a family dinner and blackmails her lover, Dominik, into leaving her. In the first season finale, Conrad warns Victoria not to get on a plane but she appears to disregard him. After the plane is destroyed, he believes Victoria has died but she eventually calls him to ask for help with Murphy. Conrad helps Victoria with a scheme to make it appear she was kidnapped and held hostage by Murphy. He eventually asks Victoria to remarry him, explaining that it will prevent them from having to testify against each other. At their second wedding, Conrad is arrested, wrongly, for the murder of Gordon Murphy. Helen, a member of the Initiative, arranges his release on bail. However, after Daniel takes Conrad's place as CEO of Grayson Global, the Initiative destroys all ties with Conrad, and focus on Daniel. Conrad is also revealed to have had a tryst with his son Daniel's ex-girlfriend, Ashley Davenport.

• Ashley Madekwe as Ashley Davenport, a Grayson family employee and one of Emily's closest friends. Ashley betrays Emily to attempt to gain the trust of Victoria Grayson, but is unsuccessful. Initially working as Victoria's party planner and assistant, Ashley becomes the Grayson family spokesperson during Daniel's murder trial. After Daniel's exoneration, Ashley is employed by Conrad to work at Grayson Global and also serves as Emily and Daniel's wedding planner. After a failed relationship with Tyler Barrol and his murder, Ashley becomes romantically involved with Daniel. During the course of Season 2, Ashley was revealed as a sex slave for money in 2006, only to be saved by Emily Thorne. After Emily sends a scandalous video to Victoria of her tryst with Conrad, Victoria forces Ashley to seduce Salvador Grobet for his vote to Conrad, which leads to Daniel learning of Ashley's double-crossing, and ending their relationship.

• Nick Wechsler as Jack Porter, Emily's childhood friend and the brother and legal guardian of Declan Porter following their father's sudden death. He becomes the boyfriend of the real Emily Thorne (turned Amanda Clarke). He takes over his father's bar after he dies. Jack is one of the two men Emily has feelings for (the other being Daniel), and Jack holds feelings for Emily in return. In Season 2, Jack becomes a father when Amanda gives birth to their son, whom they name Carl after Jack's late father. Nicholas Stargel plays young Jack Porter.

• Josh Bowman as Daniel Grayson, the eldest son of the Grayson family. Formerly a party boy – until a drunk driving accident left a young woman paralyzed – Daniel is a student at Harvard, and later business partner of Conrad. He falls deeply in love with Emily and eventually asks her to marry him. At their engagement party, he is charged with the murder of Tyler Barrol but is eventually exonerated. His engagement with Emily ends in the season 1 finale when he learned she shared a kiss with Jack. After Conrad tells Daniel the real story of David Clarke, Daniel chooses to stand by his father and take over the company, rather than expose the truth. In Season 2, Daniel is in a relationship with Ashley and is slowly distancing himself from his father. He succeeds in taking Conrad's position at Grayson Global, unaware of the existence of the Initiative or the threat it presents. Upon discovering Ashley in a hotel room with an investor, he breaks up with her, threatening the business man with blackmail. It is possible he is falling for Emily again, as well as resenting Aiden for the close relationship he shares with the socialite.

• Connor Paolo as Declan Porter, Jack Porter's younger brother. During the engagement party, he and Charlotte – with whom Declan is romantically involved – witness a blue-hooded man on the beach, whom they believe to be involved in the murder. Declan is shocked when he learns the man's identity – his brother. When the prosecution subpoenas Declan to Daniel's trial, Charlotte tries to seduce him to tell the truth but Declan chooses to protect Jack – he reveals that Charlotte was on painkillers and alcohol the night of Tyler Barrol's murder and says there was no hooded man, effectively ending their relationship. After he befriends a girl named Jaime, Charlotte targets her for reprisal, further estranging the former couple. In Season 2, Declan takes on greater responsibility at the bar and becomes friends again with Charlotte.

• Christa B. Allen as Charlotte Grayson, the youngest member of the Clarke family and only daughter of the Grayson family. Named by Victoria after David Clarke's aunt, she is the younger half-sister to Daniel and Amanda Clarke. She has a perfect academic record and unlike much of the Grayson clan, possesses a strong moral compass. Believing Conrad to be her father, Charlotte is shocked when he reveals that she is in fact the result of an affair between Victoria and David Clarke. Due to the turmoil in her family as well as her own failing relationship with Declan, Charlotte develops a drug problem. She is devastated when Victoria's plane crashes and attempts suicide but eventually recovers and completes rehab. Charlotte is the only person whom Victoria tells that she got off the plane. Her half-sister Emily develops a friendship with Charlotte but does not reveal her real identity. Instead, she asks Amanda to become closer to Charlotte on her behalf. At Emily's request, Amanda gives Charlotte one of David Clarke's diaries, which reveals Victoria's involvement in framing him. Charlotte gradually becomes friends again with Declan despite the turbulent end of their previous romantic relationship.

• Barry Sloane as Aiden Mathis (Recurring season 2, episodes 1-13, regular episode 14 onwards). Aiden trained alongside Emily under Takeda. They met when their missions conflicted in their search for a Russian gangster. Aiden believed the man to be responsible for the disappearance of his sister while Emily was under orders from Takeda to apprehend him. After shooting the gangster, Aiden returned to Takeda's training with Emily. Eventually the two became involved in a romantic relationship. Despite promising to take Emily with him, he left without her to find his sister. When Gordon Murphy attempted to kill Emily, Aiden killed him. Emily rejected Aiden's attempts to reconcile, but at the end of "Penance" he came to check on her and they rekindled the spark. Since then, they have shared many tender moments. Daniel, unaware of the plots the two conspire in, has been working with Aiden to replace his father as CEO of Grayson Global. He also views Aiden as a competitor for Emily's attention.

Recurring cast

• Margarita Levieva as Amanda Clarke/Emily Thorne. Born Emily Thorne, she was befriended by Amanda Clarke in juvenile detention and agreed to switch identities with her. After Frank threatens to reveal the secret, the new Amanda kills him in a panic and calls Emily, who takes her to her home in the Hamptons. Although she considers Emily her "sister", Amanda is uncertain if Emily genuinely cares about her too, and increasingly begins to feel used. After Amanda finds Tyler's body at the beach, Takeda drives her away and trains her to be an asset for Emily. In the season 1 finale, Amanda returns heavily pregnant to the Hamptons and resumes her relationship with Jack. Uncertain about her baby's paternity due to a one-night stand after leaving the Hamptons, Amanda asks Emily to ensure the paternity test names Jack as the father. Although the test reveals the father is indeed Jack, Emily claims to Amanda that she was forced to rig the test. Although often reluctant, Amanda usually agrees to Emily's requests for help. She is injured in a confrontation with Victoria and, not long after, gives birth to a son, Carl. Emily later admits the lie and apologizes to Amanda, who apologizes for beginning a relationship with Jack while knowing that Emily had feelings for him. Although Amanda wishes to confess the identity switch to Jack, Emily dissuades her, saying it will only break his heart.
• James Tupper as David H. Clarke, the deceased father of Amanda and Charlotte. He appears only in flashbacks. A successful Grayson Global hedge fund executive and devoted father to Amanda, he has a relationship with the married Victoria Grayson after his marriage to Kara falls apart. After a terrorist attack brings down a plane, David is framed for the crime by his employer Conrad, along with Frank and a reluctant Victoria, as well as other apparent friends and colleagues he trusted (through bribery or blackmail). He is arrested and imprisoned for life on charges of terrorist conspiracy and mass murder. Gordon Murphy - an operative of the Americon Initiative - stabs and kills Clarke during a prison riot. Clarke is considered by much of the public as the most hated man in America - a viewpoint his eldest daughter is determined to change. Although he never met Charlotte, whom Victoria raised as Conrad's daughter, Clarke suspects she is really his own child because Victoria named the girl after David's aunt.
• Jennifer Jason Leigh as Kara Clarke-Murphy, Emily Thorne's mother. She is also referred to as "Kara Wilkins" in season one. Due to a serious mental illness, Kara is responsible for nearly drowning her daughter as a child. Horrified by her own actions, Kara asks David that he tell her that she died. They are separated for two decades, during which Kara marries Gordon Murphy. Unaware of the identity switch, Kara goes to see the injured Amanda at the hospital, where she also encounters Emily, who introduces herself as Carl's godmother. Saying that Kara may be a danger to Carl, Emily tells Amanda to send her mother away but after Kara breaks down and asks for forgiveness, Amanda agrees. Kara later asks Emily if Amanda truly forgives her – Emily replies that she wants to.
• Amber Valletta as Lydia Davis (season 1), Victoria's best friend and David Clarke's former secretary. After her affair with Conrad Grayson is exposed, her relationship with Victoria deteriorates and they become more distant to each other. Lydia is presumably killed in a plane explosion in the first season finale.
• Ashton Holmes as Tyler Barrol (season 1), Daniel's best friend and college roommate from Harvard, who comes to the Hamptons to gain a position with Grayson Global alongside Daniel. He attempts to network with the business elite in the Hamptons. He briefly dates Ashley Davenport, but for several episodes maintains a sexual affair with Nolan. Tyler seems to be in love with Daniel and tries to sabotage his relationship with Emily. He and Daniel became involved in a competition for a job at Grayson Global. Later in the season, he discovers Emily's secret and the truth behind how the Graysons framed David Clarke. He attempts to murder Daniel so that he can frame Emily for the deed, but is killed by Satoshi Takeda. Tyler's murder and subsequent investigation is major story line-arc during season 1.
• Max Martini as Frank Stevens (season 1), the Graysons' head of security, who worked alongside Conrad to frame David Clarke for funding terrorists and then coercing Victoria into backing their version of events. Frank had romantic feelings for Victoria and ultimately these, combined with his loss of Conrad's trust, results in Conrad firing Frank. Frank ultimately uncovered Emily's secret but was murdered by Amanda before he could alert anyone, leaving Victoria with just one clue: "Emily Thorne is not who she claims to be."
• Hiroyuki Sanada and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Satoshi Takeda, a powerful CEO in Japan and Emily's former mentor in her quest for revenge. In season 2, Tagawa took over the role from Sanada, who was unable to continue due to scheduling conflicts.
• Roger Bart as Leo Mason Treadwell, a famous author who interviewed Emily as a young girl and was paid off by the Graysons to tell lies in his book about David Clarke. During Daniel's trial, Mason returns to write a blog. Emily manipulates him into reporting that Amanda killed Tyler and that Charlotte's statement of Jack being on the beach was false. In Season 2 he returns to get behind the truth about David Clarke and all those involved.
• James Morrison as Gordon Murphy (season 1–2) (often referred to as the "white-haired man"). An operative of the Americon Initiative as well as an associate of Conrad's, Murphy is responsible for the murders of David Clarke and Lee Moran. Emily becomes determined to track down Murphy so that she can kill him. After being spared by Emily, he destroys a plane on which Victoria was planning to fly. He helps Victoria fake her death but their partnership does not last. He is killed by Aiden Mathis when he tries a second time to kill Emily. Murphy was married to Kara Wallace Clarke.
• Dilshad Vadsaria as Padma Lahari, an employee at Nolcorp whom Nolan hires to be his new CFO. They have a romantic relationship but it becomes strained after she investigates David Clarke's involvement in the origins of his company. At the end of "Sabotage" she is revealed to be working with Helen Crowley and is spying on Nolan Ross.
• Michael Nardelli as Trey Chandler, a rich boy from Collins Prep who appears to be wishing to use Declan.
• J. R. Bourne as Kenny Ryan
• Wendy Crewson as Helen Crowley, a member of the Americon Initiative. Intended to use Daniel for another terrorist attack, like Flight 197. When Daniel ran for CEO of Grayson Global, Helen warns Victoria and Conrad to not alert Daniel of the plan(s) to use him. When Victoria breaks down and warns Daniel later on, Helen attempts to plan a way to kill Daniel, but Victoria manages to get the upper hand and shoot Helen dead, ending her evil to the Grayson family.
• E.J. Bonilla as Marco Romero, NolCorp's former CFO. Revealed that he had a romantic relationship with Nolan for many years till 2006.
• Michael Trucco as Nate Ryan
• James McCaffrey as Ryan Huntley, Victoria's divorce lawyer in her divorce from Conrad, who aided her in several illegal actions to undermine Conrad's position in the settlement. Ultimately the loss of trust in each other results in Victoria firing him. He was also David Clarke's defense attorney. Initially appearing as a potential target for Emily, he is later revealed to actually be working with Emily, having believed the whole time Clarke was innocent.

Guest cast

• Derek Ray as Lee Moran (season 1), a henchman of Victoria's whom she employs to recover Mason Treadwell's tapes from Amanda. Victoria later employs him to stage an attack on Daniel in prison to convince Judge Hawthorne to reconsider bail. Emily sets him up for Tyler's murder, and he is killed in prison by Gordon Murphy.
• James Purefoy as Dominik Wright, a painter and an old lover of Victoria's before she married Conrad. The pair rekindle their relationship during Daniel's trial; although Conrad later blackmails him into leaving Victoria's life again.
• Tess Harper as Carole Lyn Miller, a former secretary at Grayson Global and Nolan's aunt. Miller investigated Grayson Global for proof that David Clarke was set up, but before they could inform him of their findings, he was killed by an unknown white-haired associate of Conrad Grayson's. Following this, Nolan faked her death. Emily learns of Miller through a journal missing from her Infinity Box, and poses as a Homeland Security agent to speak to her about her role in David's downfall. Miller later confronts Emily about her desire to kill the white-haired man, saying that her father would definitely not approve.
• Jamal Duff as Big Ed, Nolan's bodyguard whom he hired after Frank threatened him.
• CCH Pounder as Warden Sharon Stiles, Emily's former juvenile detention warden. She is later revealed to be working with Emily.
• William Devane as Edward Grayson, Chairman of the Board of Grayson Global, formerly founder and original CEO of the company, Conrad's father. He is dedicated to protecting the reputation and status of the empire and his family name.
• Adrienne Barbeau as Marion Harper, Victoria's mother, who apparently taught Victoria how to chase men and whom Victoria begrudges due to getting kicked out of the house when she was 15. Marion had caught her husband, Maxwell, sneaking into Victoria's room and rather than helping her daughter after a molestation, treats her as a whore and ostracizes her for decades. Victoria pays a man named Ben Greevy to pretend to love Marion and tells him about Marion's true self, much to his disgust. Though Marion begs Victoria to help her as the former has no money or at least have a room, Victoria spitefully throughs her mother out.
• Brian Goodman as Carl Porter, Jack and Declan's father who dies during first season. He subsequently appears in prequel episodes where it is revealed that he helped in covering up the murder of a man who was threatening him which ends up having future impact on Jack.

Season two of Revenge will have new characters, including Conrad's ex-wife and children, Victoria's mother, people from Emily's, Amanda's and Nolan's pasts, and Emily's mother.

Development and production

In January 2011, ABC ordered the script to pilot. In March 2011, actress Emily VanCamp was cast as the lead character, and shortly afterwards it was released that Ashley Madekwe was cast in the series. Madeleine Stowe and Henry Czerny joined the cast as well. Max Martini and Robbie Amell joined the cast as Frank Stevens, a private investigator and Adam, a wealthy student who is hoping to attend Yale. James Tupper replaced Marc Blucas in the role of Emily's father, after Blucas was forced to drop out due to his commitment on Necessary Roughness. Recurring Gossip Girl star Connor Paolo was cast as a series regular playing the character of Declan Porter. Former Nikita star Ashton Holmes landed a recurring role as Tyler Barrol, a Harvard classmate of Daniel Grayson.

On May 13, 2011, ABC picked the project up to series. On May 17, 2011, ABC announced that the series would air on Wednesday nights at 10:00 pm Eastern/9:00 pm Central, beginning in the 2011 fall season.

Reception

Reception

The show has been met with generally favorable reviews, with a collective score of 8.3/10 from 33,349 users on the Internet Movie Database and 66/100 from 20 media reviews on Metacritic.

Dorothy Rabinowitz of The Wall Street Journal praised the series, writing that "The arrival of one pure and unadulterated drama about a passion as old as man is something to celebrate. That's particularly true when that drama is as spellbinding in its satisfyingly gaudy way, as Revenge turns out to be", whilst awarding particular praise to Van Camp for a "beguiling and entirely chilling study in revenge lust." Writing for The New York Times, Alessandra Stanley compared the series favorably with Gossip Girl, concluding that it has "just enough campy suspense to be enjoyable." Episode 5 of the series received particular acclaim, with C. Orlando of TV Fanatic writing that "Revenge took things to a whole new level this week", and noting with reference to the set-up of David Clarke that "Victoria seems the only one with a conscience".

Yahoo! TV mentioned the series among the top television programs of 2011.

The series made the covers of Parade, Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide, and was featured in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue, People, Us Weekly, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and Teen Vogue magazines.

On May 10, 2012, ABC announced that it had renewed Revenge for a second season. The Hollywood Reporter reported that it was one of the first series to get a "stamp of approval" from ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee, who called the show "sexy" and "sticky," telling critics in January, "You just want more of it."

Ratings

The pilot episode scored a 3.3 Nielsen rating in the 18–49 age demographic and 10.02 million viewers, winning the 10 p.m. hour time slot against CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It was reported that Revenge is the highest rated television series in the hour for ABC since Lost. On October 22, 2011, it was reported that Revenge regularly won its hour in the 18–34 and 18–49 age demographics ahead of CSI and Law & Order: SVU.

After a nearly two month hiatus since February 29, 2012, Revenge returned on April 18, 2012 at No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings and won its timeslot against every other television network with a first-place finish among Total Viewers, Adults 18–49 and Adults 25–54. Revenge won over an original episode of NBC's Law & Order: SVU in Total Viewers (+33%), Adults 18–49 (+53%) and Adults 25–54 (+45%) and generated big year-to-year time-period gains in Total Viewers (+81%), Adults 18–49 (+35%) and Adults 25–54 (+38%), rising over first-run programming on the same night last year. The April 18, 2012 episode attracted ABC’s largest audience to the hour since the middle of February sweeps on February 15, 2012.

On April 25, 2012, Revenge won its timeslot for the second consecutive week when the episode rated at No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings among Total Viewers, Adults 18–49, Adults 18–34, and Adults 25–54.

Revenge is ABC’s highest-rated series overall in Wednesday’s 10 p.m. hour in more than five years since Lost during the 2006–07 television season.

Season	Timeslot (ET)	# Ep.	Premiered		Ended		TV Season	Rank	Viewers (in millions)
			Date	Premiere Viewers (in millions)	Date	Finale Viewers (in millions)
1	Wednesday 10:00PM	22	September 21, 2011	10.02	May 23, 2012	7.85	2011–12	#56	8.72
2	Sunday 9:00PM	22	September 30, 2012	9.74	May 2013	TBA	2012–13	TBA	TBA

Awards

Revenge was nominated for Favorite New TV Drama at the 2012 People's Choice Awards. Madeleine Stowe received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a TV drama.

Year	Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Outcome
2012	TV.com Awards	Favorite Guilty Pleasure	Revenge	Won
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite New TV Drama		Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Madeleine Stowe	Nominated
	Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association	Television Performance of the Year		Nominated
		Campy (Intentional or Not) TV Show of the Year	Revenge	Won
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing - Television Episodic - Music		Nominated
	Gracie Allen Awards	Outstanding Drama		Won
	NewNowNext Awards	Best New Indulgence		Won
		Next Mega Star	Emily VanCamp	Nominated
	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress Ten and Under	Emily Alyn Lind	Won
	ALMA Awards	Favorite TV Actress - Drama	Madeleine Stowe	Nominated
	Casting Society of America Announces Artios Awards	Television Pilot - Drama	Revenge	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Show: Drama		Nominated
		Choice TV Actress: Drama	Emily VanCamp	Nominated
		Choice TV Breakout Show	Revenge	Nominated
		Choice TV Breakout Star: Male	Josh Bowman	Nominated
		Choice TV Male Scene Stealer	Gabriel Mann	Nominated
	Television Critics Association Awards	Outstanding New Program	Revenge	Nominated
2013	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Network TV Drama		Nominated
	Costume Designers Guild Awards	Outstanding Contemporary Television Series		Pending

International broadcasts

The following table lists the countries in which Revenge airs outside the USA alphabetically.

Country	Network(s)	Series premiere	Timeslot
Argentina	Sony Entertainment Television	November 22, 2011	Tuesdays, 22:00
Australia	Seven Network	February 13, 2012	Mondays 8.30pm
Bangladesh	STAR World	October 13, 2012	Saturdays & Sundays, 21:30
Belgium	VIJF	November 13, 2012	Tuesdays, 21:30 (two episodes in a row) Tuesdays, 22:20 (as of episode 19)
Brazil	Sony Entertainment Television	November 22, 2011	Tuesdays, 20:00
Bulgaria	Fox Life Nova	February 12, 2013 December 18, 2012	Monday, 21:10 Weekdays, 20:00
Canada	City	September 21, 2011	Wednesday, 22:00 (simultaneously with the U.S. broadcast.)
Chile	Sony Entertainment Television	November 22, 2011	Tuesdays, 21:00
China	Tudou / Youku	September 23, 2011	Fridays, 00:00
Colombia	Sony Entertainment Television	November 22, 2011	Tuesdays, 22:00
Costa Rica	Sony Entertainment Television	November 22, 2011	Tuesdays, 23:00
Croatia	Fox Life	November 3, 2011	Thursdays, 22:00
Czech Republic	Prima Love	January 28. 2013	Monday, 21:30
Ecuador	Sony Entertainment Television	November 22, 2011	Tuesdays, 22:00
El Salvador	Sony Entertainment Television	November 22, 2011	Tuesdays, 22:00
Estonia	TV 3	January 2, 2013	Wednesday, 21:55
Fiji	Fiji Television	April 5, 2012	Thursdays, 21:15
Finland	MTV3	March 25, 2012	Sundays, 21:00
France	TF1	TBA	TBA
Greece	FOXlife	January 16, 2012
Hungary	Magyar Televízió	August 22, 2012	Wednesdays, 20:10
Iceland	RÚV	November 28, 2011	Wednesday, 21:00
India	STAR World	October 13, 2012	Season One - Saturdays & Sundays, 21:00
Ireland	RTÉ Two	June 19, 2012	Season 1 airs Tuesdays at 21:00 and 22:00 taking Desperate Housewives old timeslot.
Israel	HOT3	February 14, 2012	Tuesdays, 22:30
Italy	Fox Life	November 30, 2011	Wednesdays, 21:00
Japan	Dlife	March 17, 2012	Saturdays, 21:00
Latvia	Fox Life	2012	Wednesdays, 21:00
North Macedonia	Fox Life	November 3, 2011	Thursdays, 22:00
Malaysia	STAR World	March 26, 2012	Mondays & Tuesdays, 22:45
Mexico	Sony Entertainment Television	November 22, 2011	Tuesdays, 23:00
Netherlands	Film1 Series Net 5	January 23, 2012 (Season 1) October 22, 2012 (Season 2) October 9, 2012 (Season 1)	Mondays, 22:30 Tuesdays, 20:30 (Two episodes in a row)
New Zealand	TV2	February 13, 2012	Mondays, 21:30 (Now currently 2 episodes ahead of Australia)
Norway	TV3 (Norway)	February 2, 2012 (Season 1) January 8, 2013 (Season 2)	Thursdays, 21:30
Panama	Sony Entertainment Television	November 22, 2011	Tuesdays, 22:00
Poland	Fox Life TVP	May 27, 2012 (Season 1) November 18, 2012 (Season 2) January 8, 2013 (Season 1)	Sundays, 22:00 Tuesdays, 22:20
Portugal	Fox Life	September 4, 2012	Tuesdays, 21:25
Philippines	STAR World	February 2012	Sat, 11 Feb 11:20 pm
Peru	Sony Entertainment Television	November 22, 2011	Tuesdays, 22:00
Romania	[]
Russia	Fox Life	January 18, 2012	Wednesday, 23:00
Serbia	Fox Life	November 3, 2011	Thursdays, 22:00
Slovenia	POP TV	October 8, 2012	Mondays, 23:05
South Africa	MNet	August 9, 2012 (Season 1) January 10, 2013 (Season 2)	Thursdays, 19:30
South Korea	KBS2	April 7, 2012	Saturdays, 23:25
Switzerland	RSI La 1	June 6, 2012	Wednesdays, 21:10
Spain	Fox / Telecinco	January 11, 2012	Wednesdays, 21:30 / Sundays, 16:00
Sweden	TV3 (Sweden)	January 12, 2012 (Season 1) October 4, 2012 (Season 2)	Thursdays, 21:00
Taiwan	STAR World	February 2012	Sat, 11 Feb 11:20 pm
Turkey	DiziMax More	December 19, 2011
United Kingdom	E4	May 28, 2012	Mondays, 21:00
Venezuela	Sony Entertainment Television	November 22, 2011	Tuesdays, 21:30
Vietnam	STAR World	March 26, 2012	Mondays & Tuesdays, 21:45

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