| 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 (2018-07-08) – August 19, 2018 (2018-08-19) |
| Related | |
| The Sixties The Seventies The Eighties The Nineties The Movies The 2010s | |
The 2000s is adocumentaryminiseries which premiered on July 8, 2018, onCNN. Produced byTom Hanks andGary Goetzman's studioPlaytone, the 7-part series chronicles events andpopular culture of the United States during the2000s. It serves as a follow-up to the predecessorsThe Sixties,The Seventies,The Eighties, andThe Nineties. CNN greenlit the series in May 2016.[1][2]
| Episode | Title | Date | US viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Platinum Age of Television" | July 8, 2018 (2018-07-08) | 0.835[4] | |
Television in the United States during the 2000s, includingHBO'sThe Sopranos,Six Feet Under andEntourage, reality television,mockumentary-style sitcoms such asThe Office, thecreative renaissance,Dexter, andAMC's notable entries into original programming withMad Men andBreaking Bad.[3] | ||||
| 2 | "Mission Accomplished" | July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) | 0.675[5] | |
Theelection ofGeorge W. Bush,Terrorism in the United States during the 2000s, including theSeptember 11 attacks and the launch of thewar on terror. | ||||
| 3 | "Quagmire: Bush's Second Term" | July 22, 2018 (2018-07-22) | 0.736[6] | |
George W. Bush's second term as president, including theIraqi insurgency,Hurricane Katrina, and the incomingGreat Recession. | ||||
| 4 | "The I Decade" | July 29, 2018 (2018-07-29) | 0.684[7] | |
Technology in the 2000s, including theDot-com bubble, the rise ofGoogle,Apple's further growth,smartphones, "Web 2.0" services, and social networks such asFriendster,Myspace,YouTube, andFacebook. | ||||
| 5 | "The Financial Crisis" | August 5, 2018 (2018-08-05) | 0.638[8] | |
| 6 | "Yes We Can" | August 12, 2018 (2018-08-12) | 0.789[9] | |
| 7 | "I Want My MP3" | August 19, 2018 (2018-08-19) | 0.692[10] | |
Music of the 2000s, the shift to digital distribution. | ||||
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