Elroy Crazylegs Hirsch

It’s Wausau’s moment in TV (and zombie) history

There are many splendid things about Wausau, Wisconsin.
It’s had baseball teams, football stars (including the only Crazylegs and the only double-zero) and a 150-year-old insurance company. But it has not, to my knowledge, had zombies.
Until now.
“Revival” (shown here) — debuting at 10 p.m. Thursday (June 12) on Syfy and USA — offers a fresh take on the living dead. Other shows have great hordes of unpleasant ones, sweeping (well, shuffling) across the land. This one has a modest number of mostly benign ones, confined to the greater Wausau area. Read more…