Evan Thomas
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Episode Guide
- 1. The One About TV Jul 9, 2017
- A wide range of television shows, from animated shows like "South Park" to sitcoms and dramas.
- 2. Clinton: The Comeback Kid Jul 16, 2017
- Bill Clinton's presidency began with controversy; inability to reform America's health care system.
- 3. Can We All Get Along? Jul 23, 2017
- The Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings; a look at racially-fueled events.
The rivalry of sloppy grunge fashion versus more expensive clothing made for fitter bodies was a repeat of the rock versus disco rivalry of a decade ago. Nineties fashion became darker, slinkier, and more futuristic-looking clothing in the late 1990s, with Keanu Reeves in The Matrix as a style icon.
Feb 8, 2022 · The Nineties examines everything from pop culture (Ross and Rachel) to politics (Ross Perot and Ralph Nader), as well as the Information Age’s age of innocence when the internet was looming out there somewhere, waiting to happen and transform society.”
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- Fuzzy, “Flashlight” (1994) Out of nowhere and soon to return, quasi-grunge kids from Boston with exactly one perfect song in them: a sad girl singing barely comprehensible words about a flashlight and feeling her way around in the dark.
- Britney Spears, “Sometimes” (1999) Britney's second hit – in other words, her first comeback hit. Nobody really expected the "…Baby, One More Time" girl to last all the way to the spring of 1999, but "Sometimes" was the Total Request Live jam that proved this girl was here to stay and the prototype for a new breed of pop star.
- The Offspring, “Self Esteem” (1994) Just another bunch of Orange County hardcore dudes going megaplatinum with a ditty about masochism. "I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb" remains relevant, unless of course you do happen to be a dumb dweeb, in which case you're probably the guy in this song.
- Selena, “Fotos y Recuerdos” (1994) The Tejano queen reinvents the Pretenders' "Back on the Chain Gang," translated into Spanish – and it went Top Five on the Billboard Latin charts the week she died.
The Nineties is a documentary miniseries which premiered on July 9, 2017, 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 1990s.
EpisodeTitleDateUs Viewers (millions)1"The One About TV"July 9, 2017 (2017-07-09)1.14 [5]2"Clinton: The Comeback Kid"July 16, 2017 (2017-07-16)0.968 [6]3"Can We All Get Along?"July 23, 2017 (2017-07-23)0.861 [7]4"New World Order"July 30, 2017 (2017-07-30)0.950 [8]- 'The one about TV' JUST WATCHED. 90s nineties TV RON 1_00000225.jpg. Replay. More Videos ... MUST WATCH. Why '90s TV was so good. 'Friends' co-creator: It was like comfort food.
- 'Clinton: The Comeback Kid' We're a long, long, long way from a real impeachment effort. Bill Clinton's impeachment: How it happened. #TBT: The 1992 presidential transition.
- 'Can We All Get Along?' Did the Rodney King video change anything? LA riots previewed age of viral video. The tape that set a city on fire.
- 'New World Order' When peacemakers ruled the world. The US war against Iraq in the early 90s. After 27 years in prison, Mandela speaks. Whispers of a coup against Soviet leader Gorbachev.
Feb 8, 2022 · Nominee for Best Humor (2022) The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about the sin of trying too hard, during the greatest shift in human consciousness of any decade in American history.
Jul 9, 2017 · From executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Mark Herzog, in association with HBO, CNN's Original Series The Nineties explores the decade that...
