The Seventies (miniseries)
| The Seventies | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Television documentary |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman Mark Herzog |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | CNN Playtone Herzog & Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | CNN |
| Release | June 11 – August 13, 2015 |
| Related | |
| The Sixties The Eighties The Nineties The 2000s The Movies The 2010s | |
The Seventies is a documentary miniseries which premiered on CNN on June 11, 2015. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman' studio Playtone, and serving as a follow-up to The Sixties, the 8-part series chronicled events and popular culture of the United States during the 1970s.[1]
In February 2016, CNN announced that it would premiere a third installment in the franchise, The Eighties, on March 31, 2016.[2]
Episodes
[edit]| Episode | Title | Date | US viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Television Gets Real" | June 11, 2015 | 0.887[3] | |
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Television of the 1970s, including new series reflecting and satirizing current issues (such as All in the Family and Saturday Night Live), new formats, Monday Night Football, etc. | ||||
| 2 | "United States vs. Nixon" | June 18, 2015 | 0.901[4] | |
| 3 | "Peace with Honor" | June 25, 2015 | 0.770[5] | |
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The United States' exit from the Vietnam War. | ||||
| 4 | "Crimes and Cults" | July 9, 2015 | 0.681[6] | |
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Notable crimes of the 1970s, including Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, the Son of Sam murders, and the Zodiac Killer. | ||||
| 5 | "The State of the Union Is Not Good" | July 16, 2015 | 0.882[7] | |
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America went from bad to worse as the country dealt from one crisis to the next throughout the 1970s. | ||||
| 6 | "Battle of the Sexes" | July 23, 2015 | 0.742[8] | |
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The feminist and LGBT rights movements in the United States during the 1970s. | ||||
| 7 | "Terrorism at Home and Abroad" | July 30, 2015 | 0.709[9] | |
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Terrorism in the 1970s, from TWA Flight 841 to the Munich Olympic Massacre. | ||||
| 8 | "What's Goin' On" | August 13, 2015 | 0.837[10] | |
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American popular music exploded into new formats and artists found new ways to express themselves, from Blondie to Billy Joel to KISS. | ||||
Production
[edit]CNN announced the production of the miniseries The Seventies on November 20, 2014, serving as a continuation of their previous documentary miniseries The Sixties.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CNN To Follow The Sixties Docu-series With The Seventies". Variety. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "CNN To Launch The Eighties In March". Variety. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (June 12, 2015). "Cable News Ratings for Thursday, June 11, 2015". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (June 19, 2015). "Cable News Ratings for Thursday, June 18, 2015". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (June 26, 2015). "Cable News Ratings for Thursday, June 25, 2015". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on June 28, 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (10 July 2015). "Cable News Ratings for Thursday, July 9, 2015". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (17 July 2015). "Cable News Ratings for Thursday, July 16, 2015". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (24 July 2015). "Cable News Ratings for Thursday, July 23, 2015". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (31 July 2015). "Cable News Ratings for Thursday, July 30, 2015". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 3 August 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (14 August 2015). "Cable News Ratings for Thursday, August 13, 2015". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
External links
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Categories:
- Television series set in the 1970s
- 2010s American documentary television series
- 2015 American television series debuts
- 2015 American television series endings
- CNN original programming
- Documentary television series about the Cold War
- Television series about the history of the United States
- Television series by Playtone