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The Eighties is a documentary miniseries which premiered on CNN on March 31, 2016. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's studio Playtone, it serves as a follow-up to the predecessors The Sixties and The Seventies with a 7-part series chronicling events and popular culture of the United States during the 1980s. In May 2016, CNN greenlit an 8-part follow-up titled The Nineties, which premiered in 2017.
Original Release
03/31/2016
US Release
03/31/2016
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| H.W. Brands | Self - Author, 'Reagan: A Life' / Self / Self - Author, 'Reagan: The Life' / Self - Author, 'Masters of Enterprise' |
| Chris Connelly | Self - Reporter, ESPN / Self - ESPN |
| Gil Troy | Self - Author, 'The Reagan Revolution' / Self - Author, 'Morning in America' |
| Tom Hanks | Self - Actor |
| Lesley Stahl | Fmr White House Corresponent, CBS News / Self - CBS News / Self - Face the Nation / Self - Fmr White House Correspondent, CBS News / Self - Former White House Correspondent, CBS News |
| Pat Buchanan | Self - Fmr Host, 'Crossfire' / Self - Fmr White House Communications Director / Self - Former White House Communications Director |
| Douglas Brinkley | Author and Historian / Self - Editor, 'The Reagan Diaries' / Self - Author and Historian / Self |
| James Baker III | Self - Fmr White House Chief of Staff / Self - Former White House Chief of Staff |
| Steven Hayward | Self - Author, 'The Age of Reagan' / Self - Author, 'The Age of Reagan' (as Steven F. Hayward) |
| Phil Donahue | Self - The Phil Donahue Show |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raised on Television | Thursday, 31 March 2016 |
| 2 | The Reagan Revolution | Thursday, 07 April 2016 |
| 3 | The Fight Against AIDS | Thursday, 09 June 2016 |
| 4 | Tear Down This Wall | Thursday, 28 April 2016 |
| 5 | Technology Gets Personal | Thursday, 30 June 2016 |
| 6 | Greed Is Good | Thursday, 12 May 2016 |
| 7 | Video Killed the Radio Star | Thursday, 19 May 2016 |
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| H.W. Brands | Self - Author, 'Reagan: A Life' / Self / Self - Author, 'Reagan: The Life' / Self - Author, 'Masters of Enterprise' |
| Chris Connelly | Self - Reporter, ESPN / Self - ESPN |
| Gil Troy | Self - Author, 'The Reagan Revolution' / Self - Author, 'Morning in America' |
| Tom Hanks | Self - Actor |
| Lesley Stahl | Fmr White House Corresponent, CBS News / Self - CBS News / Self - Face the Nation / Self - Fmr White House Correspondent, CBS News / Self - Former White House Correspondent, CBS News |
| Pat Buchanan | Self - Fmr Host, 'Crossfire' / Self - Fmr White House Communications Director / Self - Former White House Communications Director |
| Douglas Brinkley | Author and Historian / Self - Editor, 'The Reagan Diaries' / Self - Author and Historian / Self |
| James Baker III | Self - Fmr White House Chief of Staff / Self - Former White House Chief of Staff |
| Steven Hayward | Self - Author, 'The Age of Reagan' / Self - Author, 'The Age of Reagan' (as Steven F. Hayward) |
| Phil Donahue | Self - The Phil Donahue Show |
| Downtown Julie Brown | Self - Fmr MTV VJ |
| Martha Quinn | Self - Fmr MTV VJ / Self - Original MTV VJ |
| Tim Naftali | Self - Historian / Self - Author and Historian |
| Colin Powell | Self - Fmr National Security Advisor / Self - Former National Security Advisor |
| Mark J. Goodman | Self - MTV VJ |
| John Heilemann | Self - Bloomberg Politics / Self - Managing Editor, Bloomberg News |
| Robin Wright | Self - Contributing Writer, The New Yorker |
| David Bianculli | Self - Television Critic, 'Fresh Air' / Self - Television Critic, Fresh Air |
| Judy Woodruff | Self - Fmr White House Correspondent, NBC News / Self - Former White House Correspondent, NBC News / Self - Frontline |
| Renee Graham | Self - Columnist, 'The Boston Globe' |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Mark Herzog | Executive Producer |
| Gary Goetzman | Executive Producer |
| Kirk Saduski | Executive Producer |
| Christopher G. Cowen | Executive Producer |
| Tom Hanks | Executive Producer |
| David Rivera | Producer |
| Nicholas Ward | Producer |
| P.G. Morgan | Producer |
| Elizabeth Goetzman | Producer |
| Jane E. Russell | Producer |
| Katie A. King | Producer |
| Sarah Umbach | Producer |
| Simon Brown | Producer |
| Patrick Roscoe | Producer |
| Collie Witt | Producer |
| Stephen J. Morrison | Producer |
| Alex Fleming | Producer |
| Mike Goetzman | Producer |
| Erik Adolphson | Producer |
| Evan Gore | Producer |
| Blake Bruns | Producer |
Editors
Yaffa Lerea, Chris A. Peterson, Jason Hardwick, Natalie De Diego, Inbal B. Lessner
