The 2000s

From Emmy Award-winning executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog comes The 2000s on Sunday, July 8, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. The seven-part CNN Original Series explores the cultural and political milestones of the decade, including technological triumphs like the iPhone and social media, President George W. Bush's war on terror and response to Hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama's presidential election and the financial crisis, hip-hop's rise to dominance and a creative renaissance in television. The 2000s combines archival footage and interviews with journalists, historians, musicians and stars including Edie Falco, Connie Britton, Jim Parsons, Vince Gilligan, Tom Hanks, Felicity Huffman, Questlove, General David Petraeus, Dexter Filkins, Lawrence Wright, Wolf Blitzer, Nina Totenberg, Damon Lindelof, Jon Cryer and more. The series, which follows in the footsteps of previous decade series The Nineties, The Eighties, The Seventies and The Sixties, kicks off with a two-hour episode on television, highlighting groundbreaking shows such as The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Office, Glee, Lost and The Big Bang Theory.