Series synopsis
Crunch Time is an American sci-fi & fantasy comedy television series that premiered on Rooster Teeth on September 11, 2016. It ended on October 16, 2016. It was created by Andrew Disney, Bradley Jackson. It stars Avery Monsen, Michael Hyatt, Kirk C. Johnson and Brent Morin.
Crunch Time begins when four grad students accidentally open up a black hole that could be the end of the world. After recklessly handling cutting-edge tech in their school lab, this brilliant team of jackasses creates a small, but potentially earth shattering, black hole that grabs the attention of government operatives. Since the “wanna-be” scientists can’t pinpoint exactly where their experiment went wrong, they must work with the secret government agency sent in to save the day by detailing ...
Premise
Crunch Time begins when four grad students accidentally open up a black hole that could be the end of the world. After recklessly handling cutting-edge tech in their school lab, this brilliant team of jackasses creates a small, but potentially earth shattering, black hole that grabs the attention of government operatives. Since the “wanna-be” scientists can’t pinpoint exactly where their experiment went wrong, they must work with the secret government agency sent in to save the day by detailing EVERY illegal thing they’ve done in the lab thus far.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Avery Monsen as Sam
- Michael Hyatt as Mullins
- Kirk C. Johnson as Larry
- Brent Morin as Hobbs
- Jessy Hodges as Hannah
- Samm Levine as Connor
- Nick Rutherford as Berkman
Guest cast
- Burnie Burns as Enhanced Interrogator
- Barbara Dunkelman as Beatrice
- Gustavo Sorola as Bartender
- Jade Catta-Preta as Victoria Wain
- Bill Wise as Dean Samuelson
- Natalie Makenna as Gorgeous Woman (as Natalie Wilemon)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 19 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 13 | March 11, 2016 | May 20, 2020 |
| Season 1 | 6 | September 11, 2016 | October 16, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Official Trailer [RED BAND] | March 11, 2016 |
| 2 | Story Featurette | August 12, 2016 |
| 3 | Introducing Berkman | August 23, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Beginning In a highly classified location, a gang of brilliant, misfit grad students are interrogated by government operatives. The question: How did it all begin? The answer: With a last ditch effort to win back love… by way of an extremely dangerous, untested, lucid dreaming machine. |
September 11, 2016 |
| 2 |
The Brain Frame Welcome to the Brain Frame - A home-brewed lucid dreaming machine, housed in a university basement lab. Dreams lead to nightmares. Nightmares lead to danger. Danger leads to a puzzling mystery that the government struggles to comprehend. |
September 11, 2016 |
| 3 |
The Business As government agents learn more about the heightened danger coming from the lab, the gang reveals how the Brain Frame business began. And Hannah’s idea to charge money for lucid dreaming goes awry with their first paying customer. |
September 18, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Rooster Teeth |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 11, 2016 |
| Last aired | October 16, 2016 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | canceled |
| Schedule | Sunday |