I Love the 2000s
I Love the 2000s is a miniseries, the twelfth and final installment of the I Love the... series, and the sequel to I Love the New Millennium on VH1.[1] Two episodes premiered each night from Tuesday to Saturday, corresponding to the years from 2000 to 2009. It premiered on June 17 and ended on June 21, 2014.
| I Love the 2000s | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Narrated by | Pete Stacker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | VH1 |
| Release | June 17 – June 21, 2014 |
| Related | |
| I Love the '80s I Love the '70s I Love the '80s Strikes Back I Love the '90s I Love the '90s: Part Deux I Love the '80s 3-D I Love the Holidays I Love Toys I Love the '70s: Volume 2 I Love the New Millennium Best of I Love the... | |
Recurring segments edit
- George Takei's Oh My! Moment: In a nod to the famous line that was said by his Star Trek character Hikaru Sulu, George Takei covers the most outrageous stories of the year that once made the headlines.
- Hotties: Nelly lists three female entertainment personalities from each year. The music (with a video, which is shown on the segment.) is heard on the episode: 2002 (see below).
- The Year in Spears: A report of every Britney Spears moment from each year presented in the form an old timey newsreel.
- Anti-Hero: For each year, Michael Kenneth Williams presents a well-known fictional character whose mostly shades of grey.
- Guilty Pleasures: Bret Michaels highlights the guilty pleasures from a certain year.
- Hal Sparks' Millennium Remix: The end of the episode featured an auto-tuned remix of Hal Sparks recapping the year that was discussed.
Topics covered by year edit
2000 edit
- Trading Spaces
- Almost Famous
- Pokémon (previously covered in I Love the '90s: Part Deux)
- Tiger Woods wins the 2000 U.S. Open
- The Perfect Storm
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (previously covered in I Love the '90s)
- Text messaging
- "Smooth" by Santana and Rob Thomas
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65
- Speed dating
- Charlie's Angels
- Dora the Explorer
- "Back at One" by Brian McKnight
- American Psycho
- "All the Small Things" by Blink 182 (previously mentioned in an I Love the New Millennium segment)
- Jared Fogle
- Cheaters
George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2000: The rise and fall of Robert Downey Jr.
Hotties of 2000: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Halle Berry and Faith Hill
The Year in Spears (2000): Britney's sophomore album Oops!... I Did It Again
Anti-Hero of 2000: Tony Soprano
Guilty Pleasures of 2000: Bring It On, Gilmore Girls and Von Dutch hats
2001 edit
- Bridget Jones' Diary
- Mariah Carey invades TRL
- "Because I Got High" by Afroman
- Bratz
- Legally Blonde
- MP3 players
- "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" by Eve and Gwen Stefani
- Wikipedia
- Drew Barrymore and Tom Green marriage
- "Thank You" by Dido and "Stan" by Eminem
- Listerine Pocketpaks
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Danny Almonte
- Crossing Over with John Edward
- Richard Reid wears bombs in his shoes to Flight 63
- "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down
- Donnie Darko
George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2001: Björk's Oscar outfit.
Hotties of 2001: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez and Estella Warren
The Year in Spears (2001): MTV Video Music Awards-The yellow snake and "I'm a Slave 4 U"
Anti-Hero of 2001: Jack Bauer
Guilty Pleasures of 2001: The Fast and the Furious, Temptation Island and denim mini-skirts
2002 edit
- Blue Crush
- Axis of evil
- "Hot in Herre" by Nelly
- Bennifer
- Serena Williams
- "Soak Up the Sun" by Sheryl Crow
- The Wire
- Juicy Couture
- World Series of Poker
- "Superman (It's Not Easy)" by Five for Fighting
- Verizon's "Can You Hear Me Now? Good" advertisement
- Chicago
- Anna Nicole Smith wins $88 million lawsuit
- "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World
- Ringtones
- 28 Days Later
- "Work It" by Missy Elliott
- Satellite radio
- 8 Mile
George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2002: Michael Jackson nearly drops baby Blanket over a balcony.
Hotties of 2002: Brandy, Jessica Alba and Kelly Ripa
The Year in Spears (2002): Britney breaks up with Justin Timberlake, Crossroads is a box office bomb which also earned Britney her first Razzie, and Forbes Celebrity 100 ranked Britney at #1.
Anti-Hero of 2002: Vic Mackey
Guilty Pleasures of 2002: Crank Yankers and spray tan
2003 edit
- Star Wars Kid
- "Ignition (Remix)" by R. Kelly
- Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher hook up
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- Steve Bartman incident
- Monster
- Paris Hilton
- Freedom fries
- "All the Things She Said" by t.A.T.u
- Da Ali G Show
- Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica
- "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes
- Blackout in the Northeast
- Freddy vs. Jason
- Dixie Chicks bash George W. Bush
- Kill Bill: Volume 1
George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2003: Don Zimmer gets owned by Pedro Martinez.
Hotties of 2003: Kristanna Loken, Jennifer Garner and Kate Beckinsale
The Year in Spears (2003): Britney performs at the VMAs with Madonna and Christina Aguilera, released her fourth album, and wins a Grammy for "Toxic".
Anti-Hero of 2003: Magneto
Guilty Pleasures of 2003: Gigli, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness and America's Next Top Model
2004 edit
- White Chicks
- Pimp My Ride
- "Lean Back" by Terror Squad
- George W. Bush's re-election
- The Dean scream
- Saw
- Desperate Housewives
- Designer dogs
- The Notebook
- The Swan and I Want a Famous Face
- Livestrong wristbands
- Entourage
- Napoleon Dynamite
- The final episode of Friends
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
- "Tipsy" by J-Kwon
- Mean Girls
George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2004: The Passion of the Christ becomes a box-office hit.
Hotties of 2004: Elisha Cuthbert, Thandie Newton and Portia de Rossi
The Year in Spears (2004): The gradual downward spiral begins: Britney marries her childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander in Las Vegas in January, quickly gets the marriage annulled, then marries Kevin Federline in July.
Anti-Hero of 2004: Gregory House
Guilty Pleasures of 2004: Catwoman, Ashlee Simpson and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
2005 edit
- Brokeback Mountain
- "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson
- Heelys
- "Trapped in the Closet (Chapter 1)" by R. Kelly
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- How I Met Your Mother
- Bluetooth
- The Polar Express (originally released in 2004)
- Hell's Kitchen
- "Collide" by Howie Day
- Terrell Owens
- "Lazy Sunday" by The Lonely Island
- Ann Coulter
- "Beverly Hills" by Weezer
- Renée Zellweger and Kenny Chesney's short-lived marriage
- Parkour
- Mad Money
- King Kong
George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2005: Brangelina
Hotties of 2005: Eva Longoria, Natalie Portman and Jessica Biel
The Year in Spears (2005): TV show Britney and Kevin: Chaotic premieres on the UPN, and Britney's first child is born.
Anti-Hero of 2005: Tommy Gavin
Guilty Pleasures of 2005: "Don't Cha" by The Pussycat Dolls, Dancing with the Stars and the Enormous Omelet Sandwich
2006 edit
- Flavor of Love
- Wii
- Tyra Banks
- The IAU demotes Pluto
- Steve Irwin
- The Da Vinci Code
- Zinedine Zidane headbutts a player
- "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado and Timbaland
- Hannah Montana
- A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Diet Coke and Mentos eruption
- "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira and Wyclef Jean
- Paul McCartney and Heather Mills split
- High School Musical
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- "Laffy Taffy" by D4L
- Snakes on a Plane
George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2006: Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton have a war of words.
Hotties of 2006: Grace Park, Hayden Panettiere and Vanessa Williams
The Year in Spears (2006): Britney is photographed driving with Sean Preston in her lap, gives birth to her second child, kicks Kevin Federline to the curb, and exposes her hoo-ha while leaving a vehicle.
Anti-Hero of 2006: Dexter Morgan
Guilty Pleasures of 2006: Paris Hilton's music career, Sanjaya Malakar, and Channing Tatum in Step Up
2007 edit
- Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
- Juno
- "Lip Gloss" by Lil Mama
- Andrew Meyer gets tazed
- Yo Gabba Gabba!
- Google Street View
- "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy Tell'em
- Larry Craig's sex scandal
- Sammy Stephens' flea market commercial
- Gossip Girl
- Bacon craze
- Barry Bonds breaks home run record but gets busted for steroids
- Hairspray
- Rock Band
- Get a Mac
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
- Paranormal Activity
George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2007: The Oscar De La Hoya cross-dressing scandal.
Hotties of 2007: Rihanna, Evangeline Lilly and Rachel Bilson
The Year in Spears (2007): Britney checks into a drug rehab facility, shaves her own head, attacks a photographer's car with an umbrella and half-heartedly performs at the VMAs, resulting in "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!"
Anti-Hero of 2007: Don Draper
Guilty Pleasures of 2007: Megan Fox in Transformers, Cobra Starship and Jon & Kate Plus Eight
2008 edit
- Deal or No Deal
- Slap Chop
- 2008 Summer Olympics
- Twilight
- Friday Night Lights
- Facebook (originally introduced in 2004)
- Barack Obama elected President of the United States
- "Paper Planes" by M.I.A.
- Breaking Bad
- "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock
- Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson
- Rickrolling
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry
- The Dark Knight
- Thomas Beatie
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2008: David Duchovny checks into rehab for sex addiction the same year he won his first Golden Globe and starred in The X-Files sequel.
Hotties of 2008: Danica Patrick, Hope Solo and Adriana Lima
The Year in Spears (2008): Britney launches the comeback of the century with an appearance on How I Met Your Mother, a Grammy nomination for "Womanizer", and "Piece of Me" clean sweeping the VMAs.
Anti-Hero of 2008: Nancy Botwin
Guilty Pleasures of 2008: Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, Snuggie and To Catch a Predator (previously covered on I Love the New Millennium)
2009 edit
- Jersey Shore
- Balloon boy hoax
- Precious
- David After Dentist
- Miracle on the Hudson River
- Susan Boyle
- "Tik Tok" by Kesha
- Taken
- Shake Weight
- Glee
- Octomom
- Lady Gaga
- First inauguration of Barack Obama
- Tiger Woods caught cheating with several mistresses
- "Party in the U.S.A." by Miley Cyrus
- Avatar
George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2009: David Letterman's illicit relationship with his intern.
Hotties of 2009: Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde and Alicia Keys
The Year in Spears (2009): Britney releases her second greatest hits album, scores another #1 hit, is presented with the Ultimate Choice Award at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, and launches the Circus Tour.
Anti-Hero of 2009: Jackie Peyton
Guilty Pleasures of 2009: Hoarders, Pitbull and Angry Birds
References edit
- ^ MacLeish, Jessica (September 30, 2019). "How VH1's 'I Love the...' Created a Generation of Culture Students". The Ringer.