Episode guide
The Seventies: Miniseries
8 episodes · first aired Jun 11, 2015
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- 1 Television Gets Real Jun 11, 2015 · 1h The 1970s were known for extremes, perhaps nowhere more than on television. PBS and C-SPAN launched, but so did "The Love Boat" and "Three's Company." We talk with Norman Lear, Ed Asner…
- 2 The United States vs. Nixon Jun 18, 2015 · 1h How did a "third-rate burglary" lead to the only presidential resignation in American history? We trace the story of Watergate with, among others, John Dean, Pat Buchanan, Elizabeth Drew…
- 3 Peace with Honor Jun 25, 2015 · 1h The Vietnam War is one of the defining events of recent American history. It still exerts enormous influence on our military and foreign policy. Why did it end the way it did? Interviewees…
- 4 Crimes and Cults Jul 9, 2015 · 1h America suffered through one of its most violent decades as crime rates soared and Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, the Son of Sam and the Jim Jones made headlines. We hear from Vincent…
- 5 The State of the Union is Not Good Jul 16, 2015 · 1h That unlikely phrase is taken from President Gerald Ford's 1975 State of the Union address and reflects an America that careened from crisis to crisis in the second half of the decade…
- 6 Battle of the Sexes Jul 23, 2015 · 1h Sex was everywhere in the 1970s. No decade in our history witnessed such a seismic shift in sexual mores, customs and gender roles. Hear stories from the front lines from Gail Collins…
- 7 Terrorism at Home and Abroad Jul 30, 2015 · 1h From the massacre of athletes at the Munich Olympics to the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, the 1970s gave birth to the modern face of terrorism. Interviewees include: Robert…
- 8 What's Goin' On Aug 6, 2015 · 1h After the breakup of the Beatles, popular music exploded into a variety of new formats and genres as artists including Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Donna Summer, The Jackson Five…