What would you do without it all? In this epic adventure from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions and Supernatural's Eric Kripke, a family struggles to reunite in an American landscape where every single piece of technology - computers, planes, cars, phones, even lights - has mysteriously blacked out forever. A drama with sweeping scope and intimate focus, Revolution is also about family - both the family you're born into and the family you choose.

This is a swashbuckling journey of hope and rebirth seen through the eyes of one strong-willed young woman, Charlie Matheson), and her brother Danny. When Danny is kidnapped by militia leaders for a darker purpose, Charlie must reconnect with her estranged uncle Miles, a former U.S. Marine living a reclusive life. Together, with a rogue band of survivors, they set out to rescue Danny, overthrow the militia and ultimately re-establish the United States of America. All the while, they explore the enduring mystery of why the power failed, and if - or how - it will ever return... 

Eric Kripke (Supernatural) (creator), J.J. Abrams (Person of Interest, Lost), Bryan Burk (Person of Interest, Lost); Jon Favreau (Iron Man 1, 2 & 3), Monica Breen (Fringe, Brothers & Sisters), Anne Cofell Saunders (Chuck, Smallville), David Rambo (V, CSI) (co-executive producers)

I want to like this; I love post-dystopian, alternate history stuff. Even with NBC promoting the holy hell out of it, I think it's doomed from the start. It seems like they took the bad parts of a handful of similar shows (Jericho, Flash Forward, The Event) and mixed 'em together. NBC is still trying to recapture the sci-fi magic of the first season of Heroes, but I sadly don't think this is it. I'd really like to be wrong here.