The Nineties | |
---|---|
Genre | Television documentary |
Theme music composer | Blake Neely |
Composer | Nathaniel Blume |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman Mark Herzog |
Producers | Alex Fleming Laurens Grant Talleah Bridges McMahon |
Cinematography | Jack Kney Niles Harrison |
Editor | Stacy Goldate |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies |
CNN Playtone Herzog & Company |
Original release | |
Network | CNN |
Release | July 9 August 20, 2017 | –
Related | |
The Sixties The Seventies The Eighties The 2000s The Movies The 2010s |
The Nineties is a documentary miniseries which premiered on July 9, 2017, on CNN. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's studio Playtone, the 7-part series chronicles events and popular culture of the United States during the 1990s. It serves as a follow-up to the predecessors The Sixties, The Seventies, and The Eighties. CNN greenlit the series in May 2016. [1] One of the episodes, "Isn't It Ironic?", was screened at SeriesFest. [2]
CNN subsequently greenlit two more Playtone/Herzog miniseries for 2018: The 2000s, as well a four-part series premiering over Memorial Day weekend, 1968: The Year That Changed America. [3] [4]
Episode | Title | Date | US viewers (millions) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The One About TV" | July 9, 2017 | 1.14 [5] | |
Television of the 1990s, including evolutions in dramas and sitcoms, growing competition in late night comedy, the increasing representation of
African Americans on TV, and the increasing prominence of cable and premium television. | ||||
2 | "Clinton: The Comeback Kid" | July 16, 2017 | 0.968 [6] | |
3 | "Can We All Get Along?" | July 23, 2017 | 0.861 [7] | |
Social issues in the 1990s, including the
Los Angeles riots, the
O. J. Simpson
murder case, the
Crown Heights riot, and the
Clarence Thomas nomination hearing. | ||||
4 | "New World Order" | July 30, 2017 | 0.950 [8] | |
International politics in the 1990s, including the
Gulf War, the dismantling of the
Soviet Union, and the
1992 U.S. presidential election. | ||||
5 | "Terrorism Hits Home" | August 6, 2017 | 1.003 [9] | |
Terrorism in the United States during the 1990s, including the
World Trade Center bombing, the
Unabomber, the
Centennial Olympic Park bombing, the
Oklahoma City bombing, the
Columbine High School shooting, and the rise of
Osama bin Laden. | ||||
6 | "The Information Age" | August 13, 2017 | 1.041 [10] | |
The mainstream adoption of the
internet; the
browser wars and
Microsoft's
antitrust case; the fall and resurgence of
Apple;
dot-com companies, including
Amazon and
eBay;
Y2K. | ||||
7 | "Isn't it Ironic?" | August 20, 2017 | 0.952 [12] | |
Music of the 1990s, including
Nirvana and the rise of
grunge,
Lollapalooza,
alternative rock and
post-grunge,
modern country pop including
Garth Brooks, female rock performers such as
Alanis Morissette and
Sheryl Crow,
Lilith Fair,
gangsta rap,
electronica, the emergence of
girl groups and
boy bands.
[11] |
CNN announced the production of The Nineties on May 18, 2016, serving as a continuation of their previous miniseries The Eighties. [13]
The Nineties | |
---|---|
Genre | Television documentary |
Theme music composer | Blake Neely |
Composer | Nathaniel Blume |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman Mark Herzog |
Producers | Alex Fleming Laurens Grant Talleah Bridges McMahon |
Cinematography | Jack Kney Niles Harrison |
Editor | Stacy Goldate |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies |
CNN Playtone Herzog & Company |
Original release | |
Network | CNN |
Release | July 9 August 20, 2017 | –
Related | |
The Sixties The Seventies The Eighties The 2000s The Movies The 2010s |
The Nineties is a documentary miniseries which premiered on July 9, 2017, on CNN. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's studio Playtone, the 7-part series chronicles events and popular culture of the United States during the 1990s. It serves as a follow-up to the predecessors The Sixties, The Seventies, and The Eighties. CNN greenlit the series in May 2016. [1] One of the episodes, "Isn't It Ironic?", was screened at SeriesFest. [2]
CNN subsequently greenlit two more Playtone/Herzog miniseries for 2018: The 2000s, as well a four-part series premiering over Memorial Day weekend, 1968: The Year That Changed America. [3] [4]
Episode | Title | Date | US viewers (millions) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The One About TV" | July 9, 2017 | 1.14 [5] | |
Television of the 1990s, including evolutions in dramas and sitcoms, growing competition in late night comedy, the increasing representation of
African Americans on TV, and the increasing prominence of cable and premium television. | ||||
2 | "Clinton: The Comeback Kid" | July 16, 2017 | 0.968 [6] | |
3 | "Can We All Get Along?" | July 23, 2017 | 0.861 [7] | |
Social issues in the 1990s, including the
Los Angeles riots, the
O. J. Simpson
murder case, the
Crown Heights riot, and the
Clarence Thomas nomination hearing. | ||||
4 | "New World Order" | July 30, 2017 | 0.950 [8] | |
International politics in the 1990s, including the
Gulf War, the dismantling of the
Soviet Union, and the
1992 U.S. presidential election. | ||||
5 | "Terrorism Hits Home" | August 6, 2017 | 1.003 [9] | |
Terrorism in the United States during the 1990s, including the
World Trade Center bombing, the
Unabomber, the
Centennial Olympic Park bombing, the
Oklahoma City bombing, the
Columbine High School shooting, and the rise of
Osama bin Laden. | ||||
6 | "The Information Age" | August 13, 2017 | 1.041 [10] | |
The mainstream adoption of the
internet; the
browser wars and
Microsoft's
antitrust case; the fall and resurgence of
Apple;
dot-com companies, including
Amazon and
eBay;
Y2K. | ||||
7 | "Isn't it Ironic?" | August 20, 2017 | 0.952 [12] | |
Music of the 1990s, including
Nirvana and the rise of
grunge,
Lollapalooza,
alternative rock and
post-grunge,
modern country pop including
Garth Brooks, female rock performers such as
Alanis Morissette and
Sheryl Crow,
Lilith Fair,
gangsta rap,
electronica, the emergence of
girl groups and
boy bands.
[11] |
CNN announced the production of The Nineties on May 18, 2016, serving as a continuation of their previous miniseries The Eighties. [13]