The Seventies (miniseries)

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The Seventies
GenreTelevision documentary
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers Tom Hanks
Gary Goetzman
Mark Herzog
Running time60 minutes
Production companies CNN
Playtone
Herzog & Company
Original release
Network CNN
ReleaseJune 11 (2015-06-11) –
August 13, 2015 (2015-08-13)
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]

Contents

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "CNN To Follow The Sixties Docu-series With The Seventies". Variety . 20 November 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "CNN To Launch The Eighties In March". Variety . Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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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