The 2000s (miniseries)
Appearance
The 2000s | |
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Genre | Television documentary |
Theme music composer | Blake Neely |
Composer | Nathaniel Blume |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman Mark Herzog |
Producers | Alex Fleming Michael Goetzman Patrick Roscoe Gina Scarlata |
Cinematography | Jack Kney |
Editor | Jason Hardwick |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | CNN Playtone Herzog & Company |
Original release | |
Network | CNN |
Release | July 8 August 19, 2018 | –
Related | |
The Sixties The Seventies The Eighties The Nineties The Movies The 2010s |
The 2000s is a documentary miniseries which premiered on July 8, 2018, 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 2000s. It serves as a follow-up to the predecessors The Sixties, The Seventies, The Eighties, and The Nineties. CNN greenlit the series in May 2016.[1][2]
Episodes
[edit]Episode | Title | Date | US viewers (millions) | |
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1 | "The Platinum Age of Television" | July 8, 2018 | 0.835[4] | |
Television in the United States during the 2000s, including HBO's The Sopranos, Six Feet Under and Entourage, reality television, mockumentary-style sitcoms such as The Office, the creative renaissance, Dexter, and AMC's notable entries into original programming with Mad Men and Breaking Bad.[3] | ||||
2 | "Mission Accomplished" | July 15, 2018 | 0.675[5] | |
The election of George W. Bush, Terrorism in the United States during the 2000s, including the September 11 attacks and the launch of the War on Terror. | ||||
3 | "Quagmire: Bush's Second Term" | July 22, 2018 | 0.736[6] | |
George W. Bush's second term as president, including the Iraqi insurgency, Hurricane Katrina, and the incoming Great Recession. | ||||
4 | "The I Decade" | July 29, 2018 | 0.684[7] | |
Technology in the 2000s, including the Dot-com bubble, the rise of Google, Apple's further growth, smartphones, "Web 2.0" services, and social networks such as Friendster, Myspace, YouTube, and Facebook. | ||||
5 | "The Financial Crisis" | August 5, 2018 | 0.638[8] | |
6 | "Yes We Can" | August 12, 2018 | 0.789[9] | |
7 | "I Want My MP3" | August 19, 2018 | 0.692[10] | |
Music of the 2000s, the shift to digital distribution. |
References
[edit]- ^ Steinberg, Brian (2016-05-18). "CNN Greenlights 'The Nineties' and Series on Comedy, Music". Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ "CNN Original Series, "The 2000s," Premieres Sunday, July 8". CNN. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ Journal, Tim Clodfelter Winston-Salem. "TV Tidbits: CNN looks at the TV shows that defined the 2000s". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "Scoreboard: Sunday, July 8". TVNewser. 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Scoreboard: Sunday, July 15". TVNewser. 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Scoreboard: Sunday, July 22". TVNewser. 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Scoreboard: Sunday, July 29". TVNewser. 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Scoreboard: Sunday, Aug. 5". TVNewser. 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Scoreboard: Sunday, Aug. 12". TVNewser. 13 August 2018.
- ^ "Scoreboard: Sunday, Aug. 19". TVNewser. 20 August 2018.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- CNN original programming
- Television series set in the 2000s
- 2010s American documentary television series
- 2018 American television series debuts
- 2018 American television series endings
- Documentary television series about music
- Documentary television series about war
- Television series about the history of the United States
- Television series by Playtone
- 2000 United States presidential election in popular culture
- 2004 United States presidential election in popular culture
- 2008 United States presidential election in popular culture