That '70s Show

That '70s Show is a Fox Network television sitcom centered around the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional suburb of Point Place, Wisconsin, a suburb to Green Bay, near Milwaukee, during the late 1970s. It debuted on August 23, 1998.

About the show

The first working title for the Fox Network series was called Teenage Wasteland, before being changed to That '70s Show. Other names were The Kids Are Alright, Feelin' All Right, and Reeling in the Years. The show was remade by the British ITV network as Days Like These using almost verbatim scripts with minor changes to cultural references. The show failed to attract an audience and was removed from the schedules after 10 of the 13 episodes had been broadcast. The remaining three episodes were shown in a later run of repeats. However, That '70s Show is one of the longest continuous running sitcoms for Fox in the US.

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British - ITV - Days Like These - US

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The show follows the life of Eric Forman (Topher Grace) and his five teenaged friends; Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon), who is also his girlfriend, Steven Hyde (Danny Masterson), a disillusioned hard-rocking stoner, Michael Kelso (Ashton Kutcher), the unintelligent narcissistic ladies man, Jackie Burkhart (Mila Kunis), a high school cheerleader who is self-involved and extremely concerned with wealth and status, and Fez (Wilmer Valderrama), the nicknamed goofy foreigner whose country of origin is ambiguous, whose real name is unknown to all but him, and whose hormones are out of control. Eric drives a 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser, a station wagon given to him by his father.

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Eric Forman - Topher Grace - Donna Pinciotti - Laura Prepon - Steven Hyde - Danny Masterson - Michael Kelso - Ashton Kutcher - Jackie Burkhart - Mila Kunis - Fez - Wilmer Valderrama - Oldsmobile - Vista Cruiser

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Other main characters include Red Forman (Kurtwood Smith), Eric's overbearing veteran father, obsessed with making "...him a man, which he's not" (Red Forman: episode 421: Prank Day); his overprotective menopausal mother, Kitty (Debra Jo Rupp), who is caught up in trying to be a fulltime mom and housewife, while maintaining a job as a nurse in a local hospital; and Laurie Forman (Lisa Robin Kelly, 1998-2001, 2002-2003; Christina Moore, 2004-2005), the promiscuous older sister who can do no wrong in the eyes of their father. The show also follows the relationship of Bob and Midge Pinciotti (Don Stark, Tanya Roberts), Donna's parents, both of whom are slow witted and easily influenced by the movements and fads of the '70s, which sometimes places stress on their marriage. Tommy Chong also appears as the recurring character of Leo, the stoner owner of the Foto Hut .

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Red Forman - Kurtwood Smith - Veteran - Menopausal - Kitty - Debra Jo Rupp - Housewife - Nurse - Hospital - Laurie Forman - Lisa Robin Kelly - Christina Moore - Promiscuous - Don Stark - Tanya Roberts - Marriage - Tommy Chong

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The show has gained recognition for providing a bold retrospective to a decade full of political events and technological milestones that have dramatically shaped the world today. The show manages to use smart humor in tackling all significant characteristics of 1970s America, dealing with major political movements such as feminism, new attitudes towards sexuality, economic hardships of recession, a developing lack of trust from blue collar workers in American government, as well as the use of marijuana among teenagers and impact of new technology on entertainment, from the TV remote (or "the clicker"), to Pong.

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Retrospective - Political - Technological - Milestone - America - Feminism - Sexuality - Economic - Recession - Blue collar - American government - Marijuana - Entertainment - TV - Remote - Pong

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