''The Nineties'' is a documentary miniseries which premiered on July 9, 2017, on

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. Produced by

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and

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's studio

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, the 7-part series chronicles events and

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of the United States during the 1990s. It serves as a follow-up to the predecessors ''

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'', ''The Seventies (miniseries), The Seventies'', and ''The Eighties (miniseries), The Eighties''. CNN greenlit the series in May 2016. One of the episodes, "Isn't It Ironic?", was screened at SeriesFest. CNN subsequently greenlit two more Playtone/Herzog miniseries for 2018: ''The 2000s (miniseries), The 2000s'', as well a four-part series premiering over Memorial Day weekend, ''1968: The Year That Changed America''.

Episodes

Production

CNN announced the production of ''The Nineties'' on May 18, 2016, serving as a continuation of their previous miniseries ''The Eighties''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nineties (miniseries) Television series set in the 1990s 2010s American documentary television series 2017 American television series debuts 2017 American television series endings CNN original programming Documentary television series about computing Documentary television series about music Documentary television series about war Television series about the history of the United States Television series by Playtone