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Granted we had to record the entire thing thus far and have only watched "Rebels" the first episode, but my son (10) actually picked up on a pretty big omission. We had just finished Diana Gabaldon's Echo in the Bone, which if you aren't familiar with the series is a nice fantasy/romance/historical novel series. They made quite a big deal of the Battle of Saratoga...missed mostly by History of US. Andrew picked up on it from the names they kindasortasomewhat mentioned. And that is held by some to be the turning point of the entire revolution.
You're correct about the actors not resembling thier characters, George Washington wasn't even close...although he did have a white wig.
As for the BoA commercials, we weren't even sure we were watching the first commerial until it was most of the way over. Hard to distinguish the commercial from the program. Ah, sponsorship.
Andrew got Virginia History for his SOL's this year (Standards of Learning tests for those who aren't familiar with the term) and asked another good question early on: "Wasn't the first Thanksgiving called in Jamestown?" Yes, it was, actually. Nice catch.
Still, I figure it is good enough for a general survey of US history, at least to let people know it actually happened.