Interesting article from about the CW briefly mentions Revolution
http://io9.com/how-did-the-cw-become-the-go-to-network-for-fantastical-506890302
http://io9.com/how-did-the-cw-become-the-go-to-network-for-fantastical-506890302
Perfect summation about the show and why it sucked so bad early and has now gotten a lot better.First of all, there's the boom in young-adult fiction, which has just started to conquer the movies — and that's basically The CW's brand right there. Angsty stories about beautiful young people struggling in a world they never made are huge right now, and other networks seem to have a hard time making those sorts of stories come to life on the small screen. Witness Revolution, which was clearly supposed to be a young-adult show at first, until nobody liked Charlie and Danny, and then the focus shifted to the older generation.