Dark Side of the 90s

Monday, December 23

Black Sitcoms' Last Laugh

Season 2 • Episode 7

Black sitcoms written and produced by Black creators and featuring Black casts explode in the '90s.

Monday, December 23

MTV & The Real World

Season 2 • Episode 2

When MTV gets rich from reality TV, they trade in realness for fart jokes and hot tubs.

Monday, December 23

Remixed: Morning Show Wars

Season 3 •

Today and Good Morning America battle for dominance where there's no room for failure.

Monday, December 23

Black Sitcoms' Last Laugh

Season 2 • Episode 7

Black sitcoms written and produced by Black creators and featuring Black casts explode in the '90s.

Monday, December 23

MTV & The Real World

Season 2 • Episode 2

When MTV gets rich from reality TV, they trade in realness for fart jokes and hot tubs.

Monday, December 23

Remixed: Morning Show Wars

Season 3 •

Today and Good Morning America battle for dominance where there's no room for failure.

Monday, December 23

Scores Strip Club: Girls & Gambinos

Season 3 • Episode 9

Scores becomes a celebrity hangout; it attracts the costly protection of the Gambino crime family.

Monday, December 23

Rave Culture: Under the Influence

Season 3 • Episode 10

Rave culture is an euphoric cocktail of electronic dance music, synthetic party drugs, and optimism.

Monday, December 23

Friends: The One About The TV Show

Season 3 • Episode 2

Monday, December 23

Spice Girls

Season 3 • Episode 7

Behind the glitz and glamour, the Spice Girls battle blackmail, eating disorders and death threats.

Monday, December 23

Infomercials: Shams and Scams

Season 3 • Episode 6

These shameless 90's scam artist vie to become top dog in a cut throat industry.

Monday, December 23

NYPD Blue

Season 3 • Episode 3

NYPD Blue forever changes TV with its use of nudity, violence and profanity.

Monday, December 23

Tyson: The Rise and Fall of Kid Dynamite

Season 3 • Episode 1

Tyson reshaped boxing, becoming a cultural icon, feared for his violence and seeming invincibility.

Monday, December 23

Agassi & '90s Tennis Prodigies

Season 3 • Episode 8

Andre Agassi leads a handful of prodigies to shake up the sport of tennis; but fame comes at a cost.

Monday, December 23

Robert Downey Jr.: The Comeback Kid

Season 3 • Episode 4

Robert Downey Jr. turns his troubled backstory into a superpower; Downey reinvents himself.

Monday, December 23

SNL

Season 3 • Episode 5

SNL has launched comedy careers, but if one's lucky enough to get in, one may never get out alive.

Tuesday, December 24

Scores Strip Club: Girls & Gambinos

Season 3 • Episode 9

Scores becomes a celebrity hangout; it attracts the costly protection of the Gambino crime family.

Tuesday, December 24

Rave Culture: Under the Influence

Season 3 • Episode 10

Rave culture is an euphoric cocktail of electronic dance music, synthetic party drugs, and optimism.

Tuesday, December 24

Robert Downey Jr.: The Comeback Kid

Season 3 • Episode 4

Robert Downey Jr. turns his troubled backstory into a superpower; Downey reinvents himself.

Tuesday, December 24

Scores Strip Club: Girls & Gambinos

Season 3 • Episode 9

Scores becomes a celebrity hangout; it attracts the costly protection of the Gambino crime family.

Tuesday, December 24

Rave Culture: Under the Influence

Season 3 • Episode 10

Rave culture is an euphoric cocktail of electronic dance music, synthetic party drugs, and optimism.

Tuesday, December 24

Robert Downey Jr.: The Comeback Kid

Season 3 • Episode 4

Robert Downey Jr. turns his troubled backstory into a superpower; Downey reinvents himself.

Saturday, December 28

Beanie Babies Go Bust

Season 1 • Episode 4

Ty Warner, the Beanie Babies creator, used the internet's power to create a frenzied market.

Saturday, December 28

Remixed: TV for Teens

Season 1 •

The upstart Fox Network forever changes television.

Saturday, December 28

Hip Hop: The East vs West Media War

Season 1 • Episode 8

Hip-hop had an uphill fight for airplay and recognition; a story that twisted the narrative.

Saturday, December 28

Black Sitcoms' Last Laugh

Season 2 • Episode 7

Black sitcoms written and produced by Black creators and featuring Black casts explode in the '90s.

Saturday, December 28

Arseniooo Hall!

Season 2 • Episode 1

Arsenio Hall carves out a niche in the white, late-night world by showcasing emerging talent.