''The Seventies'' is a

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

miniseries In the United States, a miniseries or mini-series is a television show or series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Many miniseries can also be referred to, and shown, as a television film. " Limited series" is ...

which premiered on

CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...

on June 11, 2015. Produced by

Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...

and

Gary Goetzman Gary Michael Goetzman (born November 6, 1952) is an American film and television producer and actor, and co-founder of the production company Playtone with actor Tom Hanks. Life and career Born in Los Angeles, Goetzman began his career as a ch ...

' studio

Playtone The Playtone Company (stylized on-screen as PLAY•TONE; a.k.a. Playtone Productions) is an American film and television production company established in 1998 by actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman, and based in Santa Monica, California ...

, and serving as a follow-up to '' The Sixties'', the 8-part series chronicled events and

popular culture Popular culture (also called pop culture or mass culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of cultural practice, practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art

f. pop art F is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet. F may also refer to: Science and technology Mathematics * F or f, the number 15 (number), 15 in hexadecimal and higher positional systems * ''p'F'q'', the hypergeometric function * F-distributi ...

or mass art, sometimes contraste ...

of the United States during the 1970s. In February 2016, CNN announced that it would premiere a third installment in the franchise, '' The Eighties'', on March 31, 2016.

Episodes

Production

announced the production of the miniseries ''The Seventies'' on November 20, 2014, serving as a continuation of their previous documentary miniseries ''The Sixties''.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Seventies, The (TV series) Television series set in the 1970s 2010s American documentary television series 2015 American television series debuts 2015 American television series endings CNN original programming Documentary television series about the Cold War Television series about the history of the United States Television series by Playtone