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Dark Side of the 90s

Dark Side of the 90s

A look at the most captivating pop-culture moments, trends and personalities of the decade through interviews with people who studied the time period.
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Season 110 of 10 Episodes

  • As 1990s talk TV evolves from the cerebral "Donahue" to the trashy "Jerry Springer," the new format fuses combustive relationships, shock and violence to entertain the masses.

  • The Viper Room was a refuge for young Hollywood to hide from the prying eyes of the press, until one fateful night when the death of a rising star instantly made it headline news.

  • The story of how the upstart Fox Network forever changed television, and continues to have prevalence decades later.

  • In the '90s, parents and kids bonded over collecting playful plush toys known as Beanie Babies until the toy's creator, Ty Warner, used the internet's power to create a frenzied market.

  • Sub Pop's classic '90s indie ethos was tested when they chased mainstream money; the story of grunge told through the eyes of the little label that started it all.

  • The Southern California sun, action and laser-focus on beauty make "Baywatch" appeal to more than a billion people worldwide.

  • Doomsday cults emerged in the 90s, seizing on Y2K fears; while we watched the Waco massacre on TV, Heaven's Gate leader, Marshall Applewhite, made his own plan.

  • Hip-hop in the 1990s faces an uphill fight for airplay and recognition; when the media finally catches on, it tells a story that twists the narrative, sometimes with dangerous consequences.

  • Nineties supermodels were part rock stars and part royalty, but off the runway, many were abused by men using their power to conceal an ugly secret.

  • In the 1990s, the surge of internet-exclusive companies captures the dreams and greed of American investors; in its wake, the beloved Pets.com puppet is killed.

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20 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Secrets of the Runway
    Internet 1.0: Don't Believe the Hype
    A Tale of Two Cults
    Hip Hop: The East vs. West Media War
    Grunge and the Seattle Sound
    Baywatch: Sex Sells
    MTV & The Real World
    Cops: Bad Boys, Bad Boys
    Tyson: The Rise and Fall of Kid Dynamite
    UFC Pt. 1: No Holds Barred
  • Secrets of the Runway

    Nineties supermodels were part rock stars and part royalty, but off the runway, many were abused by men using their power to conceal an ugly secret.
    Upcoming
  • Internet 1.0: Don't Believe the Hype

    In the 1990s, the surge of internet-exclusive companies captures the dreams and greed of American investors; in its wake, the beloved Pets.com puppet is killed.
    Upcoming
  • A Tale of Two Cults

    Doomsday cults emerged in the 90s, seizing on Y2K fears; while we watched the Waco massacre on TV, Heaven's Gate leader, Marshall Applewhite, made his own plan.
    Upcoming
  • Hip Hop: The East vs. West Media War

    Hip-hop in the 1990s faces an uphill fight for airplay and recognition; when the media finally catches on, it tells a story that twists the narrative, sometimes with dangerous consequences.
    Upcoming
  • Grunge and the Seattle Sound

    Sub Pop's classic '90s indie ethos was tested when they chased mainstream money; the story of grunge told through the eyes of the little label that started it all.
    Upcoming
  • Baywatch: Sex Sells

    The Southern California sun, action and laser-focus on beauty make "Baywatch" appeal to more than a billion people worldwide.
    Upcoming
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A look at the most captivating pop-culture moments, trends and personalities of the decade through interviews with people who studied the time period.

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Mark McGrath, Jason Marik, Dallas Peplow, Debra Wilson, Monika Schnarre

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