The Sixties — Season 1, Episode 1: Television Comes of Age (1960 - 1969)
Documentary • 60 min • 1 season, 10 episodes • ★ 7.5/10
Episode synopsis
Americans gathered around “the tube,” to be informed and entertained by the news, The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, I Dream of Jeannie, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, and more. Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Dick and Tom Smothers, Carol Burnett, Dick Cavett, Diahann Carroll, Carl Reiner, Vince Gilligan, Petula Clark and others describe how the ground-breaking, rule-breaking, norm-bending dramas, historical events, and sitcoms reflected and influenced who we were.
About The Sixties
The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In collaboration with Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, CNN explores perhaps the most transformative decade of the modern era in a 10-part documentary series and brings new insights into how those events shaped today.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2The World on the Brink (1960 – 1963)
- E3The Assassination of Kennedy (1963 - 1969)
- E4The War in Vietnam (1961 – 1968)
- E5A Long March to Freedom (1960 – 1968)
- E6The British Invasion (1964 - 1967)
- E7The Space Race (1960 – 1969)
- E81968 (1968)
- E9The Times, They Are A-Changin’ (1960 – 1969)
- E10Sex, Drugs, and Rock N’ Roll (1960 – 1969)