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Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
8

Original network
  
VH1

Final episode date
  
26 June 2008

Language
  
English

7.4/10
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Country of origin
  
US

No. of seasons
  
1

Running time
  
60 minutes

First episode date
  
23 June 2008

Genre
  
Documentary film

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I Love the 2000s, I Love the '90s: Part Deux, I Love the '70s, I Love the '80s, I Love the '80s Strikes Back

I Love the New Millennium, a mini-series in the I Love the... series, is a nostalgia show focusing on the 2000s and premiered on VH1 Monday, June 23, 2008. Each night, from Monday to Thursday, two of the eight episodes premiered, corresponding to the years from 2000 to 2007. As the series aired in 2008, it did not include episodes for the years 2008 or 2009.

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Recurring segments

In addition to the year specific topics discussed, each episode features

  • Bushisms: Steve Bridges, portraying President George W. Bush, delivers a memorable Bushism from the given year.
  • Time Capsule: Musician Andrew W.K. digs up three items from a time capsule that correspond to the episode's year.
  • Sisqó's Hotties I Wanted To See In A Thong: Musician Sisqó, known for the "Thong Song", shows three women from each year that he would like to see wearing a Thong.
  • How Gay Was It?: For each year, gay Internet blogger Perez Hilton chooses a person or event and then rates it on his gaydar from 1 to 10.
  • Blogs: Each celebrity gives an additional opinion on a certain topic from the episode in the form of a video blog entry.
  • Then and Now: Taylor Dayne shows certain celebrities from the 2000s that also had contributions during the 1980s.
  • Playlist of ...: Moby discusses three songs from a certain year.
  • Liar: Jonny Fairplay shows the biggest liar(s) of a particular year.
  • During the credits of every episode, a clip from a popular music video was played without any type of commentary. These were usually replaced with a show promo by Vh1.

    • 2000

  • Budweiser's Whassup? ad campaign
  • Dude, Where's My Car?
  • Jackass
  • 2000 Florida presidential election
  • Dennis Miller on Monday Night Football
  • Razor Scooter
  • Survivor
  • Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
  • Gladiator
  • TiVo
  • Big Mouth Billy Bass
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Erin Brockovich
  • Napster
  • David Crosby fathers Melissa Etheridge & Julie Cypher's kids
  • MTV Cribs
  • Cast Away

    • Time Capsule of 2000: Tiger Woods' golfballs, Jared Fogle's fat pants, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's wedding photo

    Sisqó's Hotties I Wanted To See In A Thong: Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson

    Blogs: Michael Ian Black on "Thong Song" by Sisqó

    Then and Now: Rob Lowe and U2

    Playlist of 2000: "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears, "Country Grammar" by Nelly and "All the Small Things" by Blink 182

    Liar of 2000: Gordon Zwicky

    2001

  • Zoolander
  • Live with Regis and Kelly
  • Enrique Iglesias' "Hero"
  • Low-rise jeans
  • Fear Factor
  • Sharon Stone's husband, Phil Bronstein, bitten by Komodo dragon
  • Pearl Harbor
  • iPod
  • The Weakest Link
  • Moulin Rouge!
  • Christina Aguilera, Mýa, Lil' Kim & Pink's "Lady Marmalade"
  • Winona Ryder shoplifts
  • Shaggy & RikRok's "It Wasn't Me"
  • Segway
  • Memento
  • XFL
  • The aftermath of 9/11

    • Time Capsule of 2001: The Strokes' Chuck Taylor All-Stars and skinny hipster jeans, Usher's abs and Whitney Houston's crack pipe

    Sisqó's Hotties I Wanted To See In A Thong: Shakira, Mariah Carey and Jennifer Garner

    Blogs: Jo Koy on Iron Chef

    Then and Now: Ray Ban sunglasses and Demi Moore

    Playlist of 2001: "Drive" by Incubus, "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys and "South Side" by Moby ft. Gwen Stefani

    Liar of 2001: Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay

    2002

  • Spider-Man
  • Color Alert System
  • Yao Ming
  • Robert Blake is accused of murder
  • The Ring
  • Liza Minnelli marries David Gest
  • Andrew W.K.'s "Party Hard"
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  • Botox Parties
  • Ted Williams being cryogenically frozen
  • Signs
  • Avril Lavigne
  • Mojito, Cosmo & Martini
  • Unfaithful
  • David Blaine
  • American Idol

    • Time Capsule of 2002: The rose from The Bachelor, Nelly's used band-aid and Michael Jackson's baby

    Sisqó's Hotties I Wanted To See In A Thong: Anna Kournikova, Christina Aguilera and Salma Hayek

    Blogs: Lauren Weedman on Dr. Phil

    Then and Now: Charlie Sheen and Ozzy Osbourne

    Playlist of 2002: "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback, "U Don't Have to Call" by Usher and "All You Wanted" by Michelle Branch

    Liar of 2002: Miss Cleo

    2003

  • The O.C.
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Trucker hats
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes the governor of California
  • Chappelle's Show
  • 50 Cent's "In da Club"
  • Michael Jackson is accused of child molestation
  • Joe Millionaire
  • Metrosexuals
  • Clay Aiken
  • Finding Nemo
  • Paris Hilton sex tape
  • Siegfried & Roy's tiger incident
  • McGriddles
  • Saddam Hussein captured
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    • Time Capsule of 2003: Ticket for Gigli, Jessica Simpson's can of Chicken of the Sea and Freedom Fries

    Sisqó's Hotties I Wanted To See In A Thong: Vanessa Minnillo, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Simpson

    Then and Now: Johnny Depp and Jon Cryer

    Blogs: Rich Eisen on VMA Kiss

    Playlist of 2003: "Milkshake" by Kelis, "Stand Up" by Ludacris and "Clocks" by Coldplay

    Liar of 2003: Jayson Blair

    2004

  • Punk'd
  • Ken Jennings dominates Jeopardy!
  • Kabbalah
  • William Hung
  • Jim McGreevey resigns from office
  • Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code
  • Super Size Me
  • Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
  • Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction"
  • UGG boots
  • Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo's He's Just Not That Into You
  • The Darkness's "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
  • The Burger King
  • Dance Dance Revolution
  • Boston Red Sox win the 2004 World Series

    • Time Capsule of 2004: A box of DHARMA Initiative Corn Flakes, beer cup from the Pacers–Pistons brawl and Aramaic Hebrew Dictionary

    Sisqó's Hotties I Wanted To See In A Thong: Gwen Stefani, Lindsay Lohan and Halle Berry

    Blogs: Hal Sparks on Catwoman

    Then and Now: Tony Danza and Nicollette Sheridan

    Playlist of 2004: "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers, "My Boo" by Usher ft. Alicia Keys and "American Idiot" by Green Day

    Liar of 2004: Pete Rose

    2005

  • Pope John Paul II death/Benedict XVI succession
  • To Catch a Predator
  • Grizzly Man
  • The Runaway Bride
  • José Canseco's Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big
  • Sudoku
  • Pat O'Brien's voicemail scandal
  • Martha Stewart released from prison
  • Fauxhawks
  • Hurricane Katrina/Michael D. Brown scandal
  • YouTube
  • OK Go's "Here It Goes Again"
  • Fat Actress
  • Bill O'Reilly's sexual harassment lawsuit
  • March of the Penguins

    • Time Capsule of 2005: A dead bird from the H5N1 outbreak, bicycle seat from Lance Armstrong's final Tour De France race and Dwight Schrute's bobblehead

    Sisqó's Hotties I Wanted To See In A Thong: Eva Mendes, Eva Longoria and Heidi Klum

    Blogs: Simon Doonan on Brokeback Mountain

    Then and Now: Patrick Dempsey and Kirstie Alley

    Playlist of 2005: "Gold Digger" by Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx, "Beverly Hills" by Weezer and "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson

    Liar of 2005: Rafael Palmeiro

    2006

  • Borat
  • Mel Gibson's DUI incident
  • MySpace
  • Crocs
  • Dreamgirls
  • Fergie's "London Bridge"
  • Neil Patrick Harris and Lance Bass coming out of the closet
  • Casino Royale
  • Dick Cheney's hunting incident
  • James Blunt's "You're Beautiful"
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Pink's "Stupid Girls"
  • Kim Jong-Il tests missiles
  • Rachael Ray
  • Daniel Powter's "Bad Day"
  • 24

    • Time Capsule of 2006: Naomi Campbell's jeweled cell-phone, DNA sample from Suri Cruise and Pamela Anderson's three wedding bikinis

    Sisqó's Hotties I Wanted To See In A Thong: Hayden Panettiere, Nelly Furtado and Jenna Fischer

    Blogs: Jenna Von Oy on Grey's Anatomy

    Then and Now: Sylvester Stallone and William Shatner

    Playlist of 2006: "It Ends Tonight" by The All-American Rejects", "Wait a Minute" by The Pussycat Dolls and "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" by Panic! at the Disco

    Liar of 2006: James Frey

    2007

  • 300
  • GEICO Cavemen commercials
  • iPhone
  • Bob Barker retires from The Price Is Right and Drew Carey takes his place
  • Transformers
  • Amy Winehouse's "Rehab"
  • Don Imus controversy
  • Astronaut Lisa Nowak's attempted kidnapping
  • Rihanna & Jay-Z's "Umbrella"
  • Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
  • David Beckham joins the L.A. Galaxy
  • Chris Daughtry
  • Guyliner
  • Michael Vick arrested for dog fighting
  • Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah"
  • The Bourne Ultimatum

    • Time Capsule of 2007: Britney Spears' leftover hair, Barry Bonds' steroid needle and VHS copy of a drunken David Hasselhoff

    Sisqó's Hotties I Wanted To See In A Thong: Jessica Biel, Kim Kardashian, Gisele Bundchen and Adriana Lima

    Blogs: Colton & Aboud on Knocked Up

    Then and Now: Bruce Willis and Taylor Dane

    Playlist of 2007: "Shut Up and Drive" by Rhianna, "All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado and "Thnks fr th Mmrs" by Fall Out Boy

    Liar of 2007: Scooter Libby

    Notes:

    References

    I Love the New Millennium Wikipedia
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