The Eighties On CNN

Jordan2 · ‎03-16-2010

Tonight on CNN The Eighties premieres at 9:00. It takes a look at the events and trends of this decade. It's Raised On Television which looks at how viewing habits changed thanks to VCRs and remote controls.

morganjen · ‎03-13-2010

Thanks for reminding me, I will DVR it.

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sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

i will be watching it as it reruns........enjoyed the 60s series, LOVED the 70s series, interested in seeing the 80s series. i wonder why they didnt do the 50s?

thanks for the heads up that it is starting back again!

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Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

I LOVED last night's episode! Most of the programs that they showed, I remember watching as a teen.

It brought back a lot of wonderful memories for me.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

Ooh, thanks! Loved 'The Sixties' and 'The Seventies'. Didn't know a new one was happening.

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

It was OK...all about the TV shows of the '80s. My biggest takeaway from it was being amazed that it's been 30 yrs. since some of those shows were on. Time flies!

I may skip next week's about AIDS. Too depressing although there have been amazing advances since the '80s epidemic. Still, I'm not sure I want to bring back those memories of the '80s.

KimThib · ‎03-22-2010

My husband and I absolutely LOVED it last night--we felt like we were in a time warp--LOL! Remember and watched so many of those shows. I, too, loved the The Sixties and the Seventies, so I knew this one would be great, too. Looking forward to the whole series.

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

As an aside, I liked that Hanks was interviewed with his hair naturally gray. Maybe he was for the other previous decades too but if so, I wasn't paying enough attention to have noticed and I think I would have noticed. Good for you, Tom, for being on-camera gray.

Shelly Long looked good for her age. Stephen Bochco (sp?) hasn't aged very well.

LilacTree · ‎03-25-2012

@sunshine45 wrote:
i will be watching it as it reruns........enjoyed the 60s series, LOVED the 70s series, interested in seeing the 80s series. i wonder why they didnt do the 50s?

thanks for the heads up that it is starting back again!

Here's the 50s for you, Sunshine! It has three parts. I watched all three.

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colliemom4 · ‎09-08-2010

I saw part of it. Gosh I forgot about so many of those things. Brought back some great memories. I saw the one on the 60's and 70's. These are some great specials.