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The Eighties is a documentary miniseries which premiered on CNN on March 31, 2016. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's studio Playtone, it serves as a follow-up to the predecessors The Sixties and The Seventies with a 7-part series chronicling events and popular culture of the United States during the 1980s. In May 2016, CNN greenlit an 8-part follow-up titled The Nineties, which premiered in 2017.
Original Release
03/31/2016
US Release
03/31/2016
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Tom Brokaw | Self - NBC News |
| Peter Jennings | Self - ABC News |
| Dan Rather | Self - CBS News |
| Sam Donaldson | Self - ABC News |
| Jane Pauley | Self - The Today Show |
| Walter Cronkite | Self - CBS News |
| Ted Koppel | Self - ABC News |
| John Chancellor | Self - NBC News |
| Barry Petersen | Self - CBS News |
| Mike Jensen | Self - NBC News |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raised on Television | Thursday, 31 March 2016 |
| 2 | The Reagan Revolution | Thursday, 07 April 2016 |
| 3 | The Fight Against AIDS | Thursday, 09 June 2016 |
| 4 | Tear Down This Wall | Thursday, 28 April 2016 |
| 5 | Technology Gets Personal | Thursday, 30 June 2016 |
| 6 | Greed Is Good | Thursday, 12 May 2016 |
| 7 | Video Killed the Radio Star | Thursday, 19 May 2016 |
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Tom Brokaw | Self - NBC News |
| Peter Jennings | Self - ABC News |
| Dan Rather | Self - CBS News |
| Sam Donaldson | Self - ABC News |
| Jane Pauley | Self - The Today Show |
| Walter Cronkite | Self - CBS News |
| Ted Koppel | Self - ABC News |
| John Chancellor | Self - NBC News |
| Barry Petersen | Self - CBS News |
| Mike Jensen | Self - NBC News |
| James Baker III | Self - Fmr White House Chief of Staff |
| Chris Wallace | Self - NBC News |
| Don Miller | Self - CNN |
| John Palmer | Self - NBC News |
| Tom Hanks | Self - Actor |
| Ronald Reagan | Self |
| Garrick Utley | Self - NBC News |
| Charles Gibson | Self - Good Morning America |
| Roger Mudd | Self - NBC News |
| Bryant Gumbel | Self - The Today Show |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Gary Goetzman | Executive Producer |
| Tom Hanks | Executive Producer |
| Mark Herzog | Executive Producer |
| Christopher G. Cowen | Executive Producer |
| Kirk Saduski | Executive Producer |
| P.G. Morgan | Producer |
| Nicholas Ward | Producer |
| Katie A. King | Producer |
| Sarah Umbach | Producer |
| Simon Brown | Producer |
| Jane E. Russell | Producer |
| Elizabeth Goetzman | Producer |
| David Rivera | Producer |
| Stephen J. Morrison | Producer |
| Collie Witt | Producer |
| Patrick Roscoe | Producer |
| Alex Fleming | Producer |
| Mike Goetzman | Producer |
| Erik Adolphson | Producer |
| Evan Gore | Producer |
| Blake Bruns | Producer |
Editors
Inbal B. Lessner, Natalie De Diego, Chris A. Peterson, Jason Hardwick, Yaffa Lerea
