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Wasau Daily Herald wrote about a new SYFY adaptation of writer Tim Seeley's Revival:

Central Wisconsin residents will soon see some familiar sights on television as a cable network show set in Wausau debuts June 12.

The SYFY channel will debut the supernatural thriller, “Revival,” at 9 p.m. June 12 based the 2012 Image comic book series of the same name by Wausau-area native Tim Seeley, a comic book artist and writer. The television adaptation of the 47-issue Harvey Award-nominated comic series was created by Aaron B. Koontz and Luke Boyce, according to the SYFY channel website for the series.

Okay, good luck with that, though I think it's a shame we have yet another darkness-laden production to contend with. But, further along in the article, there comes quite a baffling goof in reference to Seeley's resume:

Comic creator Seeley was born in Ringle and graduated from D.C. Everest High School in 1995 and currently lives in Chicago, according to the Wausau Daily Herald. Seeley's work has also been featured in DC Comics, including "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero" and has had other successful original work including popular horror comic series "HACK/SLASH."

Wow, this is a most hilarious confusing of where and how Hasbro's famous toy soldier franchise has been in publication, because I don't recall DC ever having the license to publish GI Joe comics. Marvel was the first, Dark Horse may have done so briefly, then there was Devil's Due, IDW, and lately Image/Skybound, but the only connection DC may have to stories titled GI Joe was 2 or 3 Showcase (1956-70) anthology issues from the Silver Age focused on WW2. So this only amounts to a Gannett-owned paper demonstrating how poor their accuracy is, along with their history coverage. And now, in case it's not entirely clear what Revival could be about:

The series is a spin on a zombie thriller in which people near a small rural town in central Wisconsin were “revived” if they had died within the two weeks prior to the “revival” event. Instead of the typical shambling and aggressive zombies, the “revivers” act almost the same as they had before they died.

The series follows sheriff’s deputy Dana Cypress, played by actress Melanie Scrofano, as she manages the city contained within a government-imposed quarantine zone.

I have no idea so far if this implies it's not a mayhem-flooded story, but chances are still possible it's not an optimistic tale with any kind of bright comedy and romance. And if not, stuff like this explains why I haven't watched TV dramas in years, because at this point, there's too much of this weird horror-thriller stuff crowding the airwaves now. Again, we could do without it.

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