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    • theklicktator

    With the permission of Mac Gregor, I'm starting a series on the the various movies and television shows of TUF. Hopefully there will be more to follow!

    Citizen Maverick

    Citizen Maverick (2014-Present)

    Citizen Maverick is an hour long television program produced by the Rockefeller Broadcasting Company. It is a modern day Western starring Benjamin Whitehorse as Texas Ranger Marcus 'Maverick' Ronan. Since 2015, it is the most watched show on American television with an average of 20-25 million viewers a week, although season finales easily beat those numbers.

    Loosely based on the biography 'Black Ranger: The Story of Bass Reeves', Citizen Maverick takes place in Dallas, although many episodes have him traveling to other locales, and tell the story of Maverick, his partners, and their quest to enforce justice in the State of Texas. The show is notable for having a Native American star in the leading role, as Benjamin Whitehorse is half-Cherokee on his mother's side. Citizen Maverick has garnered near universal praise for its fair, honest, and provoking depictions of subjects such as homelessness, drug use, gang violence, and political corruption.

    Notable for its use of stunt coordinators, the show spares no expense action choreography or design, even being honored by the American Mixed Martial Arts Association for the awareness it raises for combat sports. Many executives at the Rockefeller Broadcasting Company breathed a massive sigh of relief as Citizen Maverick’s popularity provides hope against the encroaching power of globtrix streaming giants. The show is so profitable, that RBC has even begun talks to create similar shows depicting law enforcement officers in other U.S. cities, in what inter-RBC reports have styled as a "shared universe."

    Not only has the show been a major commercial success, but has become a critical darling as well, earning a Wilcox Award for Best Drama Series twice, Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series twice, Best Lead Actress once, and to the chagrin of other networks, Best Supporting Actor five times in a row, for Damian Handcox's portrayal of former Texas Ranger/reporter James Parker.

    Although never receiving the accolades that Handcox has for his role on the show, Whitehorse has become an important figure in popular culture. Whitehorse uses his newfound fame and fortune to provide scholarships to impoverished children growing up on Native American reservation as he did.
     
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    • terv

    Citizen Maverick ratings are there more people watching tv in this timeline or are there fewer free tv channels in the united states TTL. because even now in 2018 shows with that type of rating occurred also are the streaming services like Netflix or are the different networks running their own streaming services.
     

    Lalli

    terv said:
    Citizen Maverick ratings are there more people watching tv in this timeline or are there fewer free tv channels in the united states TTL. because even now in 2018 shows with that type of rating occurred also are the streaming services like Netflix or are the different networks running their own streaming services.
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    Note that in United States is more people than in OTL. USA is bigger than in OTL. And it too helps that civil war was shorter so fewer killed and USA lost fewer people in later wars.
     

    Mac Gregor

    terv said:
    Citizen Maverick ratings are there more people watching tv in this timeline or are there fewer free tv channels in the united states TTL. because even now in 2018 shows with that type of rating occurred also are the streaming services like Netflix or are the different networks running their own streaming services.
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    As Lalli said thee is s higher American population ITTL. And one can watch Citizen Maverick online via the RBC globtrix site.
     

    Mac Gregor

    Just wanted to say special thanks to theklicktator for his great article. Looking forward to what he writes next. If anyone else is interested in contributing send me a personal message. Cheers!
     
    Culture: Undaunted Movie Poster
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    • theklicktator

    With permission from Mac Gregor, here's a teaser from what many predict to be the biggest cinematic event of the decade!


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    • Mac Gregor

    Another great biography by Zoidberg12. Thanks for your support.


    Alexander III (1871-1947)

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    Tsar Alexander III of Russia was born on June 21, 1871 in Peterhof Palace in Saint Petersburg. He was the eldest child of Tsesarevich Nicholas, the future Tsar Nicholas II (1843-1919) and his wife Princess Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), the future Empress Consort of Russia (1847-1926). As a child, Prince Alexander was educated privately by numerous tutors and Russian Orthodox Priests. Throughout his formative years, Prince Alexander gravitated towards the fields of Russian and European history, Orthodox theology, mathematics, and music theory.

    After turning eighteen, Prince Alexander commissioned into the Imperial Russian Army. From 1889 to 1895, Prince Alexander served in the Cavalry of the Guard in Central Asia, western Russia, Ukraine and Finland. After the death of his grandfather Tsar Alexander II (1881-1895), Prince Alexander became the new Tsesarevich. At the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II on October 15, 1895, Tsesarevich Alexander, dressed in an elaborate cavalry uniform, made his first major public appearance as the heir to the throne of the Russian Empire. After he finished his military service in December of 1895, the new Tsesarevich became active in various social circles in St. Petersburg and Moscow.

    On Saturday, June 24, 1892, Tsesarevich Alexander married Princess Victoria Louise of Hesse and by Rhine, the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837-1892). After converting to Russian Orthodoxy a month prior, Victoria Louise has given the name Russified name of Viktoria Feodorovna.

    With the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War in 1906, Tsesarevich Alexander returned to military service and joined the Army in Manchuria, although he did not personally see action. After the outbreak of the Great War in 1907, Alexander was transferred to Galicia to fight against the forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Throughout the war, Alexander gained a reputation for competently, if not always compassionately, leading his Soldiers. One interesting episode of Alexander’s service during the Great War came in June, 1908. After the capture of numerous Austro-Hungarian POWs, Alexander had the idea to take Slavic prisoners from the Austro-Hungarian Army and have them serve in special ethnically specific infantry battalions. Upon gaining approval from his relative Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856-1930), the Chief of Staff of the Russian Imperial Army, Alexander oversaw Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian prisoners, join the ranks of the Russian Imperial Army in what became known as Slavic Battalions (Славянские легионы/Slavyanskiye legiony). These battalions fought bravely in numerous battles, including Budapest, Pressburg and Vienna. After the end of the war, most of these men were repatriated to their respective nations. Throughout the 1910s, Tsesarevich Alexander continued to serve until leaving the Army in 1912, after which Alexander returned to his former life of luxury in St. Petersburg. On November 19, 1919, Tsar Nicholas II died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 76. Hearing of the death of his father while on vacation in Sochi, Tsesarevich Alexander was reported to have broken down in tears on his bed. Soon after, the 48 year-old Tsesarevich Alexander became Tsar Alexander III of Russia with his coronation taking place in St. Petersburg on April 20, 1920.

    The reign of Tsar Alexander III of Russia saw numerous important developments. Following the war, the ‘Great Game’ resumed between the Russian and British Empires in Central Asia. The Duma gained more of a say in government. A series of limited land reforms enacted in the early 1920s helped the kulaks and middle class at the expense of the nobility. The creation of Imperial Russian Air Force in 1925, and the passing of Army and Navy reforms in 1934 and1937 greatly modernized the military. By the 1940s, a slew of industrialization and infrastructure programs transformed the Russian economy.

    While his years on the throne witnessed a curtailing of some harsh Russification policies in Poland, Finland and the Baltic, Tsar Alexander III was an avid and unabashed Pan-Slavist. Tsar Alexander III and his numerous governments tried to court Bohemia, Slovakia and Croatia away from the influence of Germany in an effort to create a Pan Slavic block. Ultimately, this plan failed, much to the frustration of Alexander. However, the Russian Empire did strengthen ties with other Slavic nations such as Serbia and Bulgaria. Relations also improved between Russia and the Kingdom of Greece, which, while not a Slavic nation, was an Orthodox country.

    On September 17, 1933, Tsar Alexander III survived an assassination attempt outside of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow by Nikolai Bezmenov (1901-1933), a member of the underground Russian Communist Party (Российская Коммунистическая Партия/Rossiiskaja Kommunističeskaja Partija). Bezmenov was immediately killed by the members of the Moscow Police. While this attempt led to a bloody crackdown on communist and socialist groups, it is thought to have spurred the passing of policies aimed at alleviating the plight of Russian workers and peasants.

    On November 19, 1944, the Russian Empire celebrated Tsar Alexander’s Silver Jubilee. This proved to be the last significant event of his reign. On September 24, 1947, after complaining for weeks about stomach pains, Tsar Alexander III died at age 76, coincidentally the same age that his father Nicholas II had died almost twenty-eight years earlier. On his deathbed, his final words spoken to his doctor were; “My only regret was that I could not do more for Russia”. His 54 year-old eldest son Tsesarevich Peter, succeeded him as Tsar Peter IV of Russia (1893-1962). A lavish funeral of the late Tsar was held in St. Petersburg on October 1, 1947, the first to be filmed and shown on Russian newsreels. Most historians assess the reign of Alexander III as successful, though some detractors criticize the slow pace of reforms which left the Russian Empire still a largely illiberal and authoritarian nation.
     
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    • Zoidberg12

    Thanks for posting this Mac! Aside from a few spelling errors, which I'll probably list soon, it came out great. I would have posted it myself, but I've just been very busy, what with the holidays and everything.
     
    Kennedy4Ever

    Kennedy4Ever

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    Great timeline so far! Serious dedication and commitment for the last 8, going on 9 years! :) Just curious tho, why haven’t you updated the chapter table of contents?
     

    Mac Gregor

    Kennedy4Ever said:
    Great timeline so far! Serious dedication and commitment for the last 8, going on 9 years! :) Just curious tho, why haven’t you updated the chapter table of contents?
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    Thanks for the support!

    As some of y’all may have noticed I have been very slowly adding threadmarks. The hold up has been time. Those articles that have threadmarks have been proofread, standardized, with some new content added. After completing the 2022 update, I will add some more. A question for the board; where should the bios be added in the threadmarks roster? Chronological by date written, by character death date, or in a list at the end?
     

    Lalli

    Mac Gregor said:
    Thanks for the support!

    As some of y’all may have noticed I have been very slowly adding threadmarks. The hold up has been time. Those articles that have threadmarks have been proofread, standardized, with some new content added. After completing the 2022 update, I will add some more. A question for the board; where should the bios be added in the threadmarks roster? Chronological by date written, by character death date, or in a list at the end?
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    Probably best way would be add bios and introducion of military things to end of the list.
     
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