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| Laddersnake wrote:
Have you been living under a rock or something? The 00s was the decade that reality competitions became ubiquitous. Also, I get what you're saying about the 60s but the 90s isn't as cut and dry as that. The early 90s still had some hair metal culture and other culture associated with the late 80s. Grunge was popular in the mid 90s, while boy/girl groups were popular in the late 90s. You can say 1999 was like 2000 but then again it was also like 1998. In turn, 1998 was like 1997. In turn, 1997 was like 1996 and so forth.
Of course any two years are going to be similar, but my point is there was no noticeable paradigm shift whatsoever between 1999 and 2000. I see far more evidence of a shift starting to become apparent in 2001. With Clinton leaving, 9/11, the boybands breaking up, high-speed internet starting to become widespread and affordable, the second wave of gangsta rap starting.
As for reality TV, I don't really see it as a specifically 00s thing since it has continued into this decade. Of course, some of the original shows like Survivor and American Idol have declined in popularity, but reality television itself seems to have no end in sight.
It is true that reality television started to become popular just about right at the 1999/2000 mark, though. But with 1990, aside from the collapse of the Japanese stock market, which literally happened right on 1 January 1990, I can't think of anything that makes 1990 hugely different from 1989. It was just continuing the events that began in 1989, such as the collapse of communism and rap music becoming more popular.
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It premiered in 1991! 
