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]
| The 2000s | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
Episodes
edit| Episode | Title | Date | US viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Platinum Age of Television" | July 8, 2018 | 0.835[4] | |
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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] | |
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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] | |
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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] | |
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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] | |
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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. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. 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.