# Making History (2017)

> Two modern friends use a time machine to meddle with the American Revolution in hopes of improving their own lives.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/59720

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 9
- Episode runtime: 25 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: comedy, science fiction
- Created by: Julius Sharpe
- Network: FOX
- Cast: Adam Pally, Yassir Lester, Leighton Meester, John Gemberling, Neil Casey, Brett Gelman, Ross Philips, Jamie Harris
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5515410/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: breezy, irreverent, sardonic, cheerful, absurd

## What critics say

Audience reception is mixed, with viewers finding the time-travel comedy amusing in places but uneven overall.

## Synopsis

Making History (2017) is a single-season American sitcom created by Julius Sharpe for FOX. Adam Pally plays Dan, a professor who builds a time-travel device with his colleague Chris, played by Yassir Lester, and the two use it to rewrite past events in hopes of improving their dissatisfying present lives. Leighton Meester appears as Deborah Revere, and Brett Gelman plays Paul Revere, while John Gemberling and Neil Casey take on John Hancock and Sam Adams, placing founding-era figures in the middle of the leads' schemes. The engine of the series is a steady run of self-serving meddling, where each well-intended fix in the past produces a fresh mess that the pair must scramble to contain. Episodes are self-contained comic misadventures, and the nine-episode run is built around the absurd collision of modern attitudes with Revolutionary-era Boston. The tone is breezy, irreverent and sardonic, with a light, cheerful surface and a steady stream of anachronistic jokes. Fans of Quantum Leap, Timeless and Happy Endings will find resonance in its blend of time travel mechanics and ensemble workplace banter. Its mixed audience reception and cancellation leave the show as a brief, quirky experiment in historical comedy.

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