The 2000s (miniseries)
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 served as a follow-up to the predecessors The Sixties, The Seventies, The Eighties, and The Nineties. CNN greenlit the series in May 2016.[2][3]
| 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 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CNN |
| Picture format | HDTV |
| Original release | July 8 – August 19, 2018 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Nineties |
| Followed by | The Movies[1] |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Episodes
| Episode | Title | Scheduled air date | US viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.[5] | ||||
| 2 | "Mission Accomplished" | July 15, 2018 | 0.675[6] | |
| 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[7] | |
| 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[8] | |
| Technology in the 2000s, including the Dot-com bubble, the rise of Google, Apple's further growth, smartphones, and "Web 2.0" services and social networks (such as Friendster, Myspace, YouTube, and Facebook). | ||||
| 5 | "The Financial Crisis" | August 5, 2018 | 0.638[9] | |
| The financial crisis that threatened the global economy in the 2000s. | ||||
| 6 | "Yes We Can" | August 12, 2018 | 0.789[10] | |
| The campaign and election of Barack Obama. | ||||
| 7 | "I Want My MP3" | August 19, 2018 | 0.692[11] | |
| Music of the 2000s, the shift to digital distribution. | ||||
References
- http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2019/06/10/cnn-takes-viewers-to-the-movies-on-sunday-july-7/
- 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.
- "Scoreboard: Sunday, July 8". TVNewser.
- 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 15". TVNewser.
- "Scoreboard: Sunday, July 22". TVNewser.
- "Scoreboard: Sunday, July 29". TVNewser.
- "Scoreboard: Sunday, Aug. 5". TVNewser.
- "Scoreboard: Sunday, Aug. 12". TVNewser.
- "Scoreboard: Sunday, Aug. 19". TVNewser.
External links
| Preceded by The Nineties |
The 2000s | Next: The Movies |
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