The Seventies (2015)

It’s basically another short-burst, talking heads/clip show with too much to cover and not nearly enough time to do so.

This can sometimes be an exercise in rehashing as opposed to reassessment.... The Seventies, however, gets better when the story gets stronger, or at least more resonant.

There’s nothing wrong with a warm rhapsody on the flowering of television. But when a TV series starts that way, it feels like it’s saying, “But first, a word about us.” And then we get to all the other stuff.

Judging by the first episode, The Seventies may enlighten those who didn’t live through those years, and serve as a pleasant but unremarkable refresher course for those who did.