That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that originally aired on Fox from August 23, 1998, to May 18, 2006. The series focuses on the lives of a group of six teenage friends living in fictional Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979. The main teenage cast members were Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Laura Prepon, Wilmer Valderrama, and Lisa Robin Kelly. The main adult cast members were Debra Jo Rupp, Kurtwood Smith, Don Stark, Tommy Chong, and Tanya Roberts. In 1999, the show was remade by the ITV network in the United Kingdom as Days Like These using almost verbatim scripts with minor changes to cultural references.
Genre | Period sitcom, Teen sitcom |
Created by | Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Mark Brazill |
Directed by | David Trainer, Terry Hughes (pilot) |
Starring | Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Laura Prepon, Wilmer Valderrama, Debra Jo Rupp, Kurtwood Smith, Tanya Roberts, Don Stark, Lisa Robin Kelly, Tommy Chong, Josh Meyers |
Theme music composer | Alex Chilton, Chris Bell |
Opening theme | "In the Street" by Big Star as performed by, Todd Griffin (season 1), Cheap Trick (seasons 2–8) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 200 |
Executive producer(s) | Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Mark Brazill, Caryn Mandabach, Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner |
Cinematography | Ronald W. Browne |
Editor(s) | Timothy Ryder, David Helfand, Michael Karlich |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | The Carsey-Werner Company |
Distributor | Carsey-Werner Distribution |
Original network | Fox |
Picture format | NTSC (480i) (original broadcast), HDTV (1080i) (2012 remaster) |
Audio format | Dolby Surround 2.0 (original broadcast), Dolby Digital 5.1 (2012 remaster) |
Related shows | That '80s Show, Days Like These |
Netflix ID | 70155610 |
About That '70s Show
This Emmy Award-winning show follows a group of teenagers as they come of age in 1970s Wisconsin. The show ran for eight seasons and 200 episodes in total.
Achievement of That '70s Show
The series was nominated for 16 Primetime Emmy Awards and only won one for Outstanding Costume Design for a Series in 1999.
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Latest information about That '70s Show updated on July 28 2021.