The Eighties - Season 1 - Eps 6: The Tech Boom
A look at the innovations and inventions of the Digital Revolution, including the personal computer and the Internet, which have defined life as we know it today.
About The Eighties
Title: The Eighties
First Air Date: 2016-03-31
Last Air Date: 2016-06-30
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.583/10 (from 18 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 7
Network: CNN
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
The third installment from executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, following in the footsteps of critically-acclaimed series THE SIXTIES and THE SEVENTIES, tackles 10 years shaped by exceptionalism and excess. Like its predecessors, THE EIGHTIES intersperses rare archival newsreel footage, interviews, and comments by historians, journalists, politicians, celebrities and others, painting a perspective-rich picture of a vibrant decade. Episodes examine the age of Reagan, the AIDS crisis, the end of the Cold War, Wall Street corruption, the evolving TV and music scene, and everything in between.
Cast
H.W. Brands
Self
