The Eighties (2016)

About This Series

The Eighties is a documentary series. Its leading cast includes H.W. Brands, Jessica Savitch and Ronald Reagan. It premiered on March 31, 2016 on CNN. TMDB lists 1 season and 7 episodes so far and has ended.

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.

Synopsis from TMDB.

Trailer

The Eighties commercials - CNN · plays from YouTube

Cast

• H.W. Brands Self 7 episodes
• Jessica Savitch Self (archive footage) 2 episodes
• Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) 1 episode
• Donald Regan Self (archive footage) 1 episode
• Fritz Hollings Self (archive footage) 1 episode
• Lori Majewski Self - Author, Mad World 1 episode

Seasons

• Season 12016 · 7 episodes