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Top 13 Ways “Revolution” Hopes to Improve Its Ratings

15 years after the blackout, Aaron and Priscilla Pittman attend a reunion for the few remaining Revolution fans. Or maybe this is a month from now.Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Quick...

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“Revolution” 4/30/2014 (spoilers): Miles Beneath the Surface

Miles Matheson, Agent of R.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. Four weeks after it latest Major Character Death, Revolution returned at last with tonight’s new episode, “$#!& Happens”. That’s the actual title,...

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“Revolution” 5/7/2014 (spoilers): Beware the Yellow Peril

“The mustard is coming! The mustard is coming! THE MUSTARD, CARL!” On tonight’s new Revolution episode, “Tomorrowland”, the desperate Patriots change up their tactics a bit. Guns weren’t getting...

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“Revolution” 5/14/2014 (spoilers): Preamble to the Cancellation

Folks in WIlloughby knew their days were numbered when the Cancellation Bear drove a runaway train through their town. We five or ten remaining Revolution viewers heard the unsurprising news late last...

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“Revolution” 5/21/2014 (spoilers): Lights Out for Good

For anyone who’s ever wanted to see a Hollywood caricature of George W. Bush threatened by an unhinged former despot, Revolution has just the finale for you! The end is here! A capricious NBC allowed...

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MCC 2014 Pilot Binge #4: “The Mysteries of Laura”

The hard-knock life of an undercover officer. Debra Messing is back on network TV! She’s po-lice! She’s Mom! Debra Messing is…POLICE MOM! Have you been dying for a a return to the glorious absurdity of...

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MCC 2014 Pilot Binge #5: “A to Z”

Serendipity meets (500) Days of Summer, with an added twist for people who like lists, in the new series A to Z, one of NBC’s additions to its ailing Thursday comedy lineup. The title holds a double...

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American Ninja War Zone: Indianapolis

I assume this is called the Treacherous Tower of Tremendous Terror or something. Fun event here in Indianapolis this week: the NBC reality series American Ninja Warrior is filming an episode on...

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Our 2011 Road Trip, Part 7: Not Necessarily the NBC News

“America’s Most Trusted Newsman” are four words that appear nowhere in this chapter. [The very special miniseries continues! See Part One for the official intro and context.] Once we’d had our fill of...

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American Ninja Warrior Indianapolis II: Return to the Circle of Death

Once again…it’s ninja time. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover in April 2016: Fun event here in Indianapolis this week: the NBC reality series American Ninja Warrior is filming an episode on...

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“Revolution” 11/12/2012 (spoilers): Charlie vs. the Annoying Little Sister

In this week’s new Revolution episode, “Ties That Bind”, it’s finally Nora’s turn in the flashback spotlight. Intense situations evince memories of her post-blackout childhood in Texas. Her mother was...

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“Revolution” 11/19/2012 (spoilers): Charlie vs. Imagination Station

As this week’s new Revolution episode “Kashmir” opens, Our Heroes have commuted a full 280 miles from last week’s endpoint in Ford City, PA (or wherever the Allegheny rapids dumped them south of that),...

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“Revolution” 11/26/2012 (spoilers): Mustache Dad vs. the Cape

“It’s been a long trip.” Charlie summarizes the series to date with five simple words during the long-awaited family reunion that comprises this week’s fall-finale episode of Revolution, “Nobody’s...

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“Community” Returns, Makes NBC Thursdays Super Again, With or Without Ratings

Warning: those uncharacteristically dopey smiles are a LIE.Before the autumn start of the 2012-2013 season, Thursdays had been my densest, most entertaining network-TV viewing night of the week. No...

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“Revolution” Relaunch Refresher: Main Character Guide and Episode Recaps

If this doesn’t work, Miles is gonna look really silly.The long hiatus is nearly over, even if the worldwide blackout isn’t. On March 25th Revolution returns to NBC with the second half of its...

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“Revolution” 3/25/2013 (spoilers): Charlie vs. the Whirlybirds of War

Tonight on Revolution: EXPLOSIONS! GUNFIRE! MAJOR DEATH! BAZOOKAS! PUNCHING! Behold the end results of a three-month retooling hiatus. We rejoin Our Heroes for the new episode, “The Stand” (I don’t...

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“Revolution” 4/1/2013 (spoilers): Charlie vs. the Humvees of Hate

Tonight’s new episode of Revolution, “Ghosts”, divides its time between two primary threads, each about former partnerships torn asunder but looking for common ground to reunite, and finding it in the...

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“Revolution” 4/8/2013 (spoilers): Charlie vs. Neville vs. Neville

“No one’s a good guy.” Thus does our hero Miles Matheson (Billy Burke) sum up the current state of mankind in the final minutes of tonight’s new Revolution episode, “The Song Remains the Same” (another...

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“Community”: Subjective Observation of Carcharodon Hurdling Symptoms

I’ve tried to watch the fourth season of Community with an open mind. I promise I have. I wanted the privilege of cheering it on as it defied the cliché of the TV series that falters after the...

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“Revolution” 4/15/2013: Pre-Empted on Account of Evil

Please accept this placid aerial shot of Boston in lieu of ripped-from-the-headlines shock and horror. (photo credit: walknboston via photopin cc)“In the meantime, the news is all about Boston. Three...

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“Revolution” 4/22/2013 (spoilers): Charlie vs. the Nuclear Terror

As of tonight, now we know for certain why NBC tastefully postponed the new Revolution episode “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” from last week. At first I wondered if the reason would be more...

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“Revolution” 4/29/2013 (spoilers): Charlie vs. the Love Triangle Trap

If something compels General Monroe to stop sulking in Independence Hall and walk around in open daylight, you know things just got real.Tonight’s new episode of Revolution, “Home”, opens with our...

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“Revolution” 5/6/2013 (spoilers): Charlie vs. the Sinister Dr. Anthrax

Meet Miles Matheson’s new partner! Can these two dangerous men share a post-apocalypse without driving each other crazy?Tonight’s new Revolution episode, “The Love Boat”, begins with our man Miles...

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Every Episode Ever: Thoughts About TV Completism

My son and I liked NBC’s short-lived, suspenseful Persons Unknown so much, we had to watch the last two episodes online after NBC had given up on it, even when we hadn’t. The cast included Chadwick...

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“Revolution” 5/13/2013 (spoilers): Charlie vs. the Drones of Devastation

Former Google executive Aaron Pittman (Zak Orth), possibly the only sci-fi character in history that I can convincingly cosplay at conventions.Thousands of curious Googlers can rest easy now that their...

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“The Office”: And They All Lived Happily Ever After

“There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that the point?” — Pamela Beesly Halpert, May 16, 2013. Our family spent this evening bidding farewell to the quotidian saga of The Office after...

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“Revolution” 5/20/2013 (spoilers): Charlie vs. the Murderous Mole

Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos) and Jason (JD Pardo) share a moment of true love while a disenchanted Atlanta evacuates in panic.When last we left the heroes of Revolution, Nora had been captured by the...

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“Revolution” 5/27/2013 (spoilers): Charlie vs. the Emissaries of Explodo

There’s this place. It’s called…The TOWER.GRENADE! Thus does tonight’s new episode of Revolution, “Children of Men”, begin with a promise of explosions. We ended last week’s episode with Rachel...

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“Revolution” 6/3/2013 (spoilers): Charlie vs. the Deadly Depths of Level 12

After an opening montage of moments from the first nineteen episodes set to the tune of “Can’t Find My Way Home”, at long last begins the Revolution season-one finale, “The Dark Tower” (not the first...

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“Revolution” 9/25/2013 (spoilers): Nevilles vs. Nukes

Tom Neville is back. And this time…he’s still mad. Revolution is back! And this time, it’s sorry if it made you unhappy and it swears it can change! When last we left Our Heroes, the lights had been...

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“Revolution” 10/2/2013 (spoilers): Tom Neville, Undercover Patriot

Tonight on the new episode of NBC’s Revolution, “There Will Be Blood”, the game is afoot for our hero, Tom Neville. The alleged President of the United States of America has returned to the mainland...

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“Revolution” 10/9/2013 (spoilers): Tom Neville for Your Oscar Consideration

If the show must keep swiping episode titles from sources cooler than it is, then “Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun” was a missed opportunity.On tonight’s new Revolution episode, “Love Story”, Tom and...

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“Revolution” 10/16/2013 (spoilers): Tom Neville and the Corporate Ladder of Evil

Born down in a dead man’s town! The first kick he took was…and so on.On tonight’s new episode of Giancarlo Esposito’s Revolution, “Patriot Games”, Tom Neville teaches us all an important lesson about...

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“Revolution” 10/23/2013 (spoilers): Tom Neville on Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Tom Neville, Defender of Wagon Force One!On tonight’s new episode of Neville and the Revolution, “One Riot, One Ranger”, it’s promotion time for Our Hero once again! This time he didn’t even have to...

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“Revolution” 10/30/2013 (spoilers): Tom Neville vs. the Manchurian Son

On tonight’s new episode of The Tom Neville Show, “Dead Man Walking”, the best scene was shockingly not a Neville scene. Near the very end, a new character rides into the town of Willoughby, a...

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“Revolution” 11/6/2013 (spoilers): the Abominable Dr. Horn

For Doctor Horn, life is a big ball of stibby stabby torturey worturey stuff.On tonight’s new Revolution episode, “The Patriot Act”, for once Tom Neville’s three scenes were not the only parts I...

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“Revolution” 11/13/2013 (spoilers): Benedict Grandpa

Rachel and Charlie Matheson spend some overdue quality time together, fabricating chemical warfare materials and debating whether Grandpa Gene should live or die.In this week’s new Revolution episode,...

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“Revolution” 11/20/2013 (spoilers): Patriots are a Superstitious, Cowardly Lot

I am vengeance! I am the night! I haven’t had a bath in weeks!In this week’s new Revolution episode, “Everyone Says I Love You”…well, the title’s a bit of an overstatement. Dr. Horn loves no one. The...

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“Revolution” 1/8/2014 (spoilers): Everyone Loves Li’l Sebastian

Sebastian Monroe, voted Father of the Year by no one ever.Revolution is back from its December hiatus with tonight’s new episode, “The Three Amigos” — a tale of father/son bonding,...

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“Revolution” 1/15/2014 (spoilers): The Passion of the Bass

Welcome to “NBC Team-Up” starring Bass and Kid Bass!NBC’s Revolution continues its vacation across the border with tonight’s new episode, “Mis Dos Padres” (“My Two Dads”). When last we left Our Heroes,...

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“Revolution” 1/22/2014 (spoilers): It’s Not Lupus

One of the tense researching scenes from tonight’s CSI: Willoughby.Tonight’s new Revolution episode is titled “Captain Trips”, another in the show’s long line of references to Stephen King’s The Stand,...

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“Revolution” 1/29/2014 (spoilers): The Fight Club Job

Humanity’s lived for fifteen years without electric guitars, CD players, or iTunes, and yet hair metal refuses to die.Tonight’s new Revolution episode, “Happy Endings”, featured a very special cameo by...

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“Revolution” 2/26/2014 (spoilers): Father/Son Steel Cage Death Match!

“My name is Connor Bennett. You killed my mother. Prepare to die.” After a three-week vacation to allow for Sochi Winter Olympics fever, Revolution returned tonight with a new episode, “Fear and...

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“Revolution” 3/5/2014 (spoilers): Me and Beardy McGee

This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife! Come to think of it, reality doesn’t have those, either! Is it a hoax? A dream? An imaginary story? A holodeck accident? A parallel world...

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“Revolution” 3/12/2014 (spoilers): Spy Kids Must Die!

The lead photo from an upcoming True Romance article titled “Will Our Love Be Ruined by Underage Enemy Soldiers?” Tonight’s new Revolution episode, “Exposition Boulevard” (a common street name in...

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“Revolution” 3/19/2014 (spoilers): That Stupid, Selfish Thing You Do

Once again the day is saved thanks to Bass the tyrant king! Tonight’s new Revolution episode, “Why We Fight”, is the first time in series history in which the episode title makes perfect sense and...

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MCC Q&A #7: “Revolution”: Who Dies Next?

Our Heroes bide their time, waiting to find out who’s next to be chopped. (Left to right: Mat Vairo, Tracy Spiridakos, Billy Burke, David Lyons.) “Nothing will prepare you when one of your favorites...

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“Revolution” 4/2/2014 (spoilers): Give My Regards to Manchuria

This week: Charlie is forced to choose between Jason or Connor for the Willoughby Senior Prom! “Nothing will prepare you when one of your favorites pays with their life!” We were warned. We were...

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“Revolution” Takes Three-Week Bereavement Hiatus, Uses Up All Its Remaining...

Quick programming note for those MCC readers who follow along with NBC’s Revolution: as previously suspected, the show will be taking three consecutive Wednesdays off so NBC can regale us with an...

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A Peek Inside Peacock

We named it after the old NBC mascot, but instead of a bird we thought a cooler image would be…this glow stick? Our family prides itself on not being early adopters of new technology or services. We...

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