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Dark Side of the 90s
Documentary television series
Dark Side of the 90s is a documentary television series created by Insight Productions and RailSplitter Pictures for Vice Studios that takes a look at popular culture of the 1990s.[3] It is a spinoff of Vice's Dark Side of the Ring series.[4] The first episode of Dark Side of the 90s aired on July 15, 2021.[5][6][7] The series is narrated by Mark McGrath.
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| Dark Side of the 90s | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
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| Directed by | Richard Rotter |
| Narrated by | |
| Composer | Orin Isaacs |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Running time | 60 min. |
| Production company | Railsplitter Pictures/Insight Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Vice on TV |
| Release | July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15) – August 9, 2022 (2022-08-09) |
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Season 1 (2021)
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| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Subject(s) | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | 1 | "Trash TV: Dirty & Deadly Talk" | The explosion of tabloid talk shows (including the critically derided yet popular ratings hit The Jerry Springer Show). | July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15) | N/A |
| 2 | 2 | "The Viper Room: Hollywood's Sanctuary" | Johnny Depp's The Viper Room and the death of River Phoenix.[8] | July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22) | 0.150[9] |
| 3 | 3 | "TV for Teens" | The conception of Fox Network and its hit show Beverly Hills, 90210, and other shows geared at teens (one being Party of Five). | July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) | 0.108[10] |
| 4 | 4 | "Beanie Babies Go Bust" | The rise and fall of Beanie Babies' creator Ty Warner alongside the culture of collecting the successful toy line,[11] and the birth of E-commerce and eBay with 12th employee, Lina Trivedi[12] | August 5, 2021 (2021-08-05) | 0.080[13] |
| 5 | 5 | "Grunge & The Seattle Sound" | Seattle, Sub Pop Records, and the start of the 1990s rock subgenre known as grunge. | August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12) | 0.081[14] |
| 6 | 6 | "Baywatch: Sex Sells" | The popular TV series Baywatch and the controversies surrounding it (especially Pamela Anderson's sex tape with Tommy Lee). | August 19, 2021 (2021-08-19) | 0.160[15] |
| 7 | 7 | "A Tale of Two Cults" | Coverage on both the Branch Davidians and Heaven's Gate cults. | August 26, 2021 (2021-08-26) | 0.086[16] |
| 8 | 8 | "Hip Hop: The East Vs. West Media War" | The infamous East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry and the tragic consequences of it (the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls). | September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02) | 0.099[17] |
| 9 | 9 | "Secrets of The Runway" | The international success of supermodels and the dark secrets behind the scenes. | September 9, 2021 (2021-09-09) | 0.065[18] |
| 10 | 10 | "Internet 1.0: Don't Believe the Hype" | The dot.com bubble during the Internet's early years. | September 16, 2021 (2021-09-16) | 0.077[19] |
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Season 2 (2022)
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| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Subject(s) | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
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| 11 | 1 | "Arseniooo Hall!" | The success of The Arsenio Hall Show to younger audiences before its downfall due to competition from Jay Leno and David Letterman alongside a controversial episode featuring Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan | June 14, 2022 (2022-06-14) | N/A |
| 12 | 2 | "MTV & The Real World" | MTV's 1992 debut of reality TV sensation The Real World and its impact on the channel | June 21, 2022 (2022-06-21) | N/A |
| 13 | 3 | "Cops: Bad Boys, Bad Boys" | The documentary TV show Cops featuring racial conflicts between white American police officers and lower class African-Americans.[20] | June 28, 2022 (2022-06-28) | N/A |
| 14 | 4 | "UFC Pt. 1: No Holds Barred" | The bloody "no rules" origin of Ultimate Fighting Championship. | July 5, 2022 (2022-07-05) | N/A |
| 15 | 5 | "UFC Pt. 2: To Live or Die in the Octagon" | UFC survives multiple attempts to ban it and becomes a mainstream sport. | July 5, 2022 (2022-07-05) | N/A |
| 16 | 6 | "Tabloid TV" | Tabloid journalism on television (Hard Copy and A Current Affair) and the salacious stories they uncovered (among them the Amy Fisher saga) | July 12, 2022 (2022-07-12) | N/A |
| 17 | 7 | "Black Sitcoms' Last Laugh" | The successes of African-American sitcoms (Living Single, Martin and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air) and In Living Color before falling into the pitfalls of fame. | July 19, 2022 (2022-07-19) | N/A |
| 18 | 8 | "The Rise of Rush Limbaugh" | Rush Limbaugh is conservative talk radio's first megastar, claiming to have talent on loan from God as he created a divide in America that is still unfolding 30 years on. | July 26, 2022 (2022-07-26) | N/A |
| 19 | 9 | "Y2K: Paranoia Will Destroy Ya" | At the end of the decade, the fear of an apocalypse looms (even for far-right militias) as two men become the stars of the real-life action thriller known as the Y2K scare. | August 2, 2022 (2022-08-02) | N/A |
| 20 | 10 | "Morning Show Wars" | Morning TV is the profit center of the news divisions that produce them with The Today Show and Good Morning America battling for dominance where there's no room for failure. | August 9, 2022 (2022-08-09) | N/A |
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- Gonzalez, Shivani (July 12, 2021). "What's on TV This Week: 'Catch and Kill' and the MLB All-Star Game". The New York Times.
- Schager, Nick (July 15, 2021). "Inside the '90s Haunt Where Young Hollywood Partied——and Died". The Daily Beast.
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- Topel, Fred (August 5, 2021). "Beanie Babies Landed Some People in Jail According to 'Dark Side of the '90s' Episode". Showbiz Cheat Sheet.
- McGrath, Mark (host) (August 5, 2021). "Beanie Babies Go Bust". Dark Side of the 90s. Season 1. Episode 4. ViceTV.
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