If you're looking for a fact-filled, historical romp; this ain't it. The material is certainly interesting but the perspective is so drenched with agenda it leaves you sickened. There's no balance or even voices from the right end of the spectrum - unless there's mocking to be done. There's only enough present-day commentary to perpetuate a sad version of revisionist history. Progressives will love it. Unfortunately, there's a twisted and cynical perspective woven throughout. I thought my kids would enjoy learning a little about my younger years, but this documentary only glorified and legitimized the social decay that furthered its narrative. People were conspicuously misrepresented, events contextualized poorly, and uplifting stories completely omitted. I expect trash from CNN. I didn't know Tom Hanks was a trash peddler, too.

Overall liked the series. Entertaining as well as educational. Plus brings back some good memories from the 70's.It focuses on a lot of the key social and historical events of the period.I particularly liked the segment on the old television shows. For people not around in that generation realize we (most people anyhow) watched a lot of TV. There was no internet so that really limited your options. No cell phones, tablets, and personal computers really didn't come on the scene until the early 80's. There was only three main TV networks and some times in the late 70's or early 80's there were a few UHF stations if you were lucky. So you might relax and unwind watching your favorite TV show: Mash, All in the Family, Carol Burnett show, etc.Now, the same complaint with the Tom Hanks and crew produced "The Sixties" series. It's too negative. At least it was a little more positive maybe but still the focus seemed to be mainly on the worst of the 70's. The terrorist, political, etc., stuff. They skipped the 1976 centennial, that the Hippy stuff was still live and well at least until the mid 70's, the Star Wars movie phenomena, and so on. You get the idea that this series was written by a TV news journalist looking for shock and scandal.Not a bad series but for those that didn't live through the 70's..it really wasn't all that bad, we had a lot of great times as well.

Last summer I remember watching on CNN the series "The Seventies" and even though I wasn't born until 1978 I remember reading and seeing footage and hearing about what a great 10 years that it was! And this CNN series did indeed showcase all of those moments. Episodes shown showed the TV of the 1970's and how it pushed the social buttons with series like "All in the Family", "Good Times" and "Maude" and it looked at the rise and downfall of President Nixon with one episode being on "Watergate" also showcased were the sexual revolution and the rise in crime with serial killers and mass murders happening all around the country and the series showed about personal issue like inflation and the Iran hostage situation. And the music of the 10 year period was given a look at especially the rise of rock music hard rock that is with the rise of shout it out bands like "Kiss". Overall well done series that was a tribute to the times of the 1970's.

Just as I like the related documentary "The Sixties," I like this, too.This documentary has a place in my heart, and, memory, because I actually lived through all of this from the age of four to 14. I remember much of what's covered here, especially the television shows, disco, and, news coverage.Along with "The Sixties," this is proving to be a very interesting, informative, thorough, and, enjoyable series. It's the kind of series that can be watched over and over again for reference reasons, and/or, because it's just that good.Over the years, and, as well as being an excellent actor, Tom Hanks has produced some of the best movies, documentaries, and, mini-series there are - children's movies - "The Polar Express" and "Where The Wild Things Are;" movie-documentaries - "Band of Brothers" and "Charlie Wilson's War;" adventures - "Castaway;" musicals - Mamma-Mia!;" and, many others. In my opinion, he struck gold with "The Sixties," and, "The Seventies"...again!"The Seventies" may not be for everyone, but, I highly recommend it for anyone who wants a refresher-course on this decade.