Making History
TV Show · Comedy · Sci-Fi

Produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The LEGO Movie, 21 Jump Street), and created and written by Julius "Goldy" Sharpe (Family Guy, The Grinder), the new comedy MAKING HISTORY follows three friends from two different centuries as they try to balance the thrill of time travel with the mundane concerns of their present-day lives. It’s a rollicking historical adventure and a contemporary comedy about love, friendship and trying to fit in to an increasingly complex and impersonal world. Dan (Adam Pally, The Mindy Project, Happy Endings), a facilities manager at a small Massachusetts college, recently discovered time travel and has been transporting himself back to the 1700s to spend time with the colonial woman for whom he’s fallen. In the present, Dan is misunderstood by all, and anxious that life is passing him by. But by claiming song lyrics, lines from movies and stand-up bits as his own in the 18th century, he’s absolutely hilarious – he gets the girl and makes friends. But Dan’s actions in the past are messing up the present. That woman he’s dating is not just any woman. She’s Paul Revere’s daughter, Deborah (Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl), and Dan’s meddling causes her father to delay his famous ride, which may have altered the outcome of the entire American Revolution. To set matters right, Dan enlists the help of a brilliant, polished and popular history professor at the college, Chris (Yassir Lester, Girls, Key and Peele), who’s now given the incredible opportunity to actually live the history he teaches. Can Dan, Chris and Deborah save America as we know it? Can a woman from 1775 adapt to life in 2017? Can the three intrepid time travelers improve the past, help the helpless, fight for justice and find true love and friendship?

2017 · 22m
Starring Adam Pally, Leighton Meester, Yassir Lester
Director Jared Hess

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Pilot
    A facilities manager at a small college discovers a way to travel through time and transports himself into the 1700s, where he falls in love and makes new friends; meddling in the past turns out to wreak havoc in the present.
    21m
  • EPISODE 2
    The Shot Heard Round the World
    Dan seeks Chris' help jump-starting the American Revolutionary War at the Battle of Lexington.
    20m
  • EPISODE 3
    The Boyfriend Experience
    Deborah discovers that Dan may not be the great inventor he claimed to be back in 1776; Chris is under scrutiny from his mentor, Dr. Cobell, as he works to finally achieve tenure at the university.
    20m
  • EPISODE 4
    Chadwick's Angels
    The trio heads back to the 1990s to give Dan another shot at finishing the Bellybuster ice scream sundae at a local parlor; Chris tries to save a life.
    20m
  • EPISODE 5
    The Touchables
    Dan, Chris and Deborah's plan to cash in on the fixed 1919 World Series game hits a snag when they encounter a notorious gangster.
    20m
  • EPISODE 6
    The Godfriender
    Dan, Deb and Chris find themselves stuck in 1920s Chicago,
    20m

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Cast & Crew

  • Adam Pally
    Dan
  • Leighton Meester
    Deborah
  • Yassir Lester
    Chris
  • John Gemberling
    John Hancock
  • Neil Casey
    Sam Adams
  • Jared Hess
    Director
  • Phil Lord
    Producer
  • Christopher Miller
    Producer
  • Julius Sharpe
    Producer
  • Seth Cohen
    Producer
  • Karen Kilgariff
    Producer

About

Making History

Comedy

Produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The LEGO Movie, 21 Jump Street), and created and written by Julius "Goldy" Sharpe (Family Guy, The Grinder), the new comedy MAKING HISTORY follows three friends from two different centuries as they try to balance the thrill of time travel with the mundane concerns of their present-day lives. It’s a rollicking historical adventure and a contemporary comedy about love, friendship and trying to fit in to an increasingly complex and impersonal world. Dan (Adam Pally, The Mindy Project, Happy Endings), a facilities manager at a small Massachusetts college, recently discovered time travel and has been transporting himself back to the 1700s to spend time with the colonial woman for whom he’s fallen. In the present, Dan is misunderstood by all, and anxious that life is passing him by. But by claiming song lyrics, lines from movies and stand-up bits as his own in the 18th century, he’s absolutely hilarious – he gets the girl and makes friends. But Dan’s actions in the past are messing up the present. That woman he’s dating is not just any woman. She’s Paul Revere’s daughter, Deborah (Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl), and Dan’s meddling causes her father to delay his famous ride, which may have altered the outcome of the entire American Revolution. To set matters right, Dan enlists the help of a brilliant, polished and popular history professor at the college, Chris (Yassir Lester, Girls, Key and Peele), who’s now given the incredible opportunity to actually live the history he teaches. Can Dan, Chris and Deborah save America as we know it? Can a woman from 1775 adapt to life in 2017? Can the three intrepid time travelers improve the past, help the helpless, fight for justice and find true love and friendship?

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Studio
Fox
Released
2017
Rated
PG
Region of Origin
United States
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