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Where to watch "The '90s: The Last Great Decade?"
9. America Goes to War
2014 - Season 1
A retrospective of the people and events that marked the 1990s. Included: the Internet; hi-tech warfare.
8. The Countdown
2014 - Season 1
A retrospective of the people and events that marked the 1990s. Included: Columbine High School massacre; Millennium bug.
7. Exposed
2014 - Season 1
A retrospective of the people and events that marked the 1990s. Included: Steve Jobs; Monica Lewinsky;The Blair Witch Project.
6. Shock and Awe
2014 - Season 1
A retrospective of the people and events that marked the 1990s. Included: OJ Simpson trial; Macarena dance craze.
5. Enemy Within
2014 - Season 1
A retrospective of the people and events that marked the 1990s. Included: Jerry Springer; Waco siege; Black Hawk Down.
4. Reality Bites
2014 - Season 1
With a star-studded cast of actors, academics and celebrity interviewees, we tell the story of the early 90s’ growing obsession with sex, celebrity and reality TV. While some women, like Anita Hill, are fighting against becoming sex objects, others like Anna Nicole Smith can’t wait to get their clothes off. While the cast members of ”The Real World” revel in the media spotlight, the glare of publicity proves too much for Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, the definitive rock icon of the 90s.
3. Politically Incorrect
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The '90s is racing to the finish line on an information superhighway, but bombs, computer bugs and the sex scandal of the century threaten to spoil the end-of-the-century party. Entrepreneurs are getting rich quicker than ever before as the dotcom bubble grows. Sexual taboos are broken as Viagra hits the market with an endorsement by failed presidential candidate Bob Dole. Soon after, another threshold is crossed as the intimate details of President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky are revealed. Away from the sordid details of the Starr report, the tragedies surrounding the death of Princess Di and the shootings at Columbine force us to take a long, hard look at '90's society. Generation X finally find a cause as they protest the WTO in Seattle, but everything is set to change as the Al Qaeda menace grows.
2. Friends & Enemies
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As the Nineties progress, America becomes ever more divided and fragmented. At Waco, a religious cult becomes a lightning rod for a fear of big government invading our homes. That same conspiracy fear plays itself out in the popular idea that aliens walk amongst us. Meanwhile, the awful sight of dead American soldiers being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu divides America on its role in the world. Even in women's figure skating we find ourselves divided along class lines with the Tonya and Nancy saga. Class warfare dominates TV with the rise of Jerry Springer's reality show, whilst real-life violence and rapper lyrics become intertwined, and America turns to a new generation of drugs like Vicodin and Prozac to cope with it all. Domestic violence explodes with the Oklahoma City bombing, and following a government shutdown, Bill Clinton declares that the era of big government is over. The "shock jocks" are commanding huge audiences, as is the O.J. Simpson trial – ending in a verdict which polarizes the nation. But when Matthew Shepard is murdered in a homophobic attack, America unites in condemnation. A new dance craze also unites the nation: the Macarena. Rudy Giuliani orders a clean-up operation in New York City, and the hip new sitcom Friends is an overnight hit, along with a revolutionary search engine for a fast-growing tool: the internet.
1. Great Expectations
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With a star-studded cast of actors, academics and celebrity interviewees, we tell the story of the early 90s' growing obsession with sex, celebrity, and reality TV. While some women, like Anita Hill, were fighting against becoming sex objects, others like Anna Nicole Smith couldn’t wait to get their clothes off. Bill Clinton was also revealing hidden talents when he decided to gamble on showing the world his sax. His gamble paid off, but when Bill Gates decided to package Windows '95 without a web browser, Microsoft lost out big time to Netscape. Gates eventually emerged triumphant, which was good financial news for both Bills. While the cast members of The Real World reveled in the media spotlight, the glare of publicity proved too much for Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, who provided the 90s with its definitive rock icon. Jeffrey Dahmer became an icon of a very different sort, yet even he couldn’t cast a shadow as long as the attack on the World Trade Center in 1993.
