The Seventies (miniseries)
2015 American TV series or program
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
Episode
Title
Date
US viewers (millions)
1 "Television Gets Real" June 11, 2015 (2015-06-11 ) 0.887[ 3]
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 (2015-06-18 ) 0.901[ 4]
The
presidency of
Richard Nixon , including the
Watergate Scandal and his resignation.
3 "Peace with Honor" June 25, 2015 (2015-06-25 ) 0.770[ 5]
The United States'
exit from the
Vietnam War .
4 "Crimes and Cults" July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09 ) 0.681[ 6]
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 (2015-07-16 ) 0.882[ 7]
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 (2015-07-23 ) 0.742[ 8]
The
feminist and
LGBT rights movements in the United States during the 1970s.
7 "Terrorism at Home and Abroad" July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30 ) 0.709[ 9]
Terrorism in the 1970s, from
TWA Flight 841 to the
Munich Olympic Massacre .
8 "What's Goin' On" August 13, 2015 (2015-08-13 ) 0.837[ 10]
American popular music exploded into new formats and artists found new ways to express themselves, from
Blondie to
Billy Joel to
KISS .
Production
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
^ 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 .
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