'Revolution' creator: 'Hiatus helped to improve show"

[ntscuser]

Revolution creator Eric Kripke has claimed that the show has benefitted from being placed on hiatus.



The sci-fi drama will return to NBC on March 25, following a four-month break from the schedules.

Kripke explained at this year's TCA press tour that the hiatus allowed the team behind Revolution to "really take a breath, look at what we'd done, really analyze it, and make adjustments," according to Deadline.

"Usually, you're in such triage from beginning to end," the former Supernatural showrunner suggested. "[During the break] we learned that we did a lot of things right, but we also saw that we could pick up the pace of the stunning revelations. Maybe the pace of the shocking surprises was a little too slow during the first half [of the season]."

Kripke added that the second half of season one now "lives as its own continuous piece".

"[The hiatus] also supplied us a natural break point between the season's first half and second half," he claimed.

The writer / producer previously voiced his hope that the Revolution hiatus would not "dampen any viewer's enthusiasm", while NBC's Entertainment president Jennifer Salke insisted that "people will wait" for the show's return.

Revolution will premiere in the UK on Sky1 in the near future.