I Love the 2000s

I Love the 2000s is a miniseries, the twelfth and final installment of the I Love the... series and the sequel to I Love the New Millennium on VH1. Two episodes premiered each night from Tuesday-Saturday, corresponding to the years from 2000-2009. It premiered on June 17, 2014, and ended on June 21, 2014. Unlike previous I Love the... series.

Recurring segments

In addition to the commentary on specific events, each year's episode also has all of the following segments:

• Oh My! Moments: George Takei covers the year's most outrageous moment.
• Hotties: Nelly ("Hot in Herre") lists three female entertainment personalities from each year.
• The Year in Spears: A retrospective montage presents every Britney Spears moment from each year.
• Anti-Heroes: For each year, Michael Kenneth Williams (The Wire) presents the anti hero from a movie or TV show.
• Guilty Pleasures: Bret Michaels (Rock of Love with Bret Michaels) highlights the guilty pleasures from a certain year.
• Millennium Remixes: The end of every episode features a remix version of Hal Sparks recapping the year that was discussed.

Topics covered by year

2000

• Trading Spaces
• Almost Famous
• Pokémon
• Tiger Woods wins the 2000 U.S. Open
• The Perfect Storm
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
• Text messaging
• Santana & Rob Thomas's "Smooth"
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
• Speed dating
• Charlie's Angels
• Dora the Explorer
• Brian McKnight's "Back at One"
• American Psycho
• Blink 182's "All the Small Things"
• Jared Fogle
• Cheaters

Oh My! Moment of 2000: The rise and fall of Robert Downey Jr..

Hotties of 2000: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Halle Berry (X-Men) and Faith Hill

The Year in Spears 2000: "Oops!... I Did It Again"

Anti-Hero of 2000: Tony Soprano (The Sopranos)

Guilty Pleasures of 2000: Bring It On, Gilmore Girls and Von Dutch hats

2001

• Bridget Jones' Diary
• Mariah Carey invades TRL
• Afroman's "Because I Got High"
• Bratz
• Legally Blonde
• MP3 players
• Eve & Gwen Stefani's "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
• Wikipedia
• Drew Barrymore and Tom Green get married
• Dido's "Thank You"
• Listerine Pocketpaks
• Grand Theft Auto III
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
• Danny Almonte
• Crossing Over with John Edward
• Richard Reid wears bombs in his shoes to Flight 63
• 3 Doors Down's "Kryptonite"
• Donnie Darko

Oh My! Moment of 2001: Björk's Oscar outfit.

Hotties of 2001: Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge), Jennifer Lopez and Estella Warren (Planet of the Apes)

The Year in Spears 2001: The yellow snake and "I'm a Slave 4 U"

Anti-Hero of 2001: Jack Bauer (24)

Guilty Pleasures of 2001: The Fast and the Furious, Temptation Island and denim mini-skirts

2002

• Blue Crush
• Axis of evil
• Nelly's "Hot in Herre"
• Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
• Serena Williams
• Sheryl Crow's "Soak Up the Sun"
• The Wire
• Juicy Couture
• World Series of Poker
• Five for Fighting's "Superman (It's Not Easy)"
• Verizon's "Can You Hear Me Now? Good" advertisement
• Chicago
• Anna Nicole Smith wins $88 million lawsuit
• Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle"
• Ringtones
• 28 Days Later
• Missy Elliott's "Work It"
• Satellite radio
• 8 Mile

Oh My! Moment of 2002: Michael Jackson dangling his baby over a balcony.

Hotties of 2002: Brandy (Full Moon), Jessica Alba (Dark Angel) and Kelly Ripa (Live with Regis and Kelly)

The Year in Spears 2002: Britney breaks up with Justin Timberlake; Crossroads is a box office bomb; Britney wins a Razzie Award for Worst Actress in Crossroads; Britney is #1 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.

Anti-Hero of 2002: Vic Mackey (The Shield)

Guilty Pleasures of 2002: Crank Yankers and spray tan

2003

• Star Wars Kid
• R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)"
• Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher
• Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• Steve Bartman incident
• Monster
• Paris Hilton
• Freedom fries
• t.A.T.u.'s "All the Things She Said"
• Da Ali G Show
• Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica
• The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army"
• Blackout in the Northeast
• Freddy vs. Jason
• Dixie Chicks bash George W. Bush
• Kill Bill: Volume 1

Oh My! Moment of 2003: Pedro Martinez KO's Don Zimmer.

Hotties of 2003: Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), Jennifer Garner (Daredevil) and Kate Beckinsale (Underworld)

The Year in Spears 2003: Britney performs at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards with Madonna and Christina Aguilera; Britney releases her fourth album and wins a Grammy for "Toxic".

Anti-Hero of 2003: Magneto (X2: X-Men United)

Guilty Pleasures of 2003: Gigli, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness, and America's Next Top Model

2004

• White Chicks
• Pimp My Ride
• Terror Squad's "Lean Back"
• George W. Bush's re-election
• The Dean Scream
• Saw
• Desperate Housewives
• Designer dog
• The Notebook
• The Swan and I Want a Famous Face
• Livestrong wristbands
• Entourage
• Napoleon Dynamite
• The final episode of Friends
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
• J-Kwon's "Tipsy"
• Mean Girls

Oh My! Moment of 2004: The Passion of the Christ becomes a box-office hit.

Hotties of 2004: Elisha Cuthbert (24), Thandie Newton (The Chronicles of Riddick) and Portia de Rossi (Arrested Development)

The Year in Spears 2004: The gradual downward spiral begins: Britney marries her childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander in Las Vegas in January, quickly gets the marriage annulled, then marries Kevin Federline in July.

Anti-Hero of 2004: Gregory House (House)

Guilty Pleasures of 2004: Catwoman, Ashlee Simpson and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County

2005

• Brokeback Mountain
• Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone"
• Heelys
• R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet (Chapter 1)"
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• How I Met Your Mother
• Bluetooth
• The Polar Express
• Hell's Kitchen
• Howie Day's "Collide"
• Terrell Owens
• The Lonely Island's "Lazy Sunday"
• Ann Coulter
• Weezer's "Beverly Hills"
• Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney's short-lived marriage
• Parkour
• Mad Money
• King Kong

Oh My! Moment of 2005: Brangelina

Hotties of 2005: Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), Natalie Portman (Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith) and Jessica Biel

The Year in Spears 2005: Britney and Kevin: Chaotic premieres on the UPN; Britney's first child is born.

Anti-Hero of 2005: Tommy Gavin (Rescue Me)

Guilty Pleasures of 2005: "Don't Cha" by The Pussycat Dolls, Dancing with the Stars, and the Enormous Omelet Sandwich

2006

• Flavor of Love
• Wii
• Tyra Banks
• Pluto's demise
• Steve Irwin
• The Da Vinci Code
• Zinedine Zidane headbutts a player
• Nelly Furtado & Timbaland's "Promiscuous"
• Hannah Montana
• James Frey's A Million Little Pieces
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Diet Coke and Mentos eruption
• Shakira & Wyclef Jean's "Hips Don't Lie"
• Paul McCartney and Heather Mills split
• High School Musical
• Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love
• D4L's "Laffy Taffy"
• Snakes on a Plane

Oh My! Moment of 2006: Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton have a war of words.

Hotties of 2006: Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica), Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty)

The Year in Spears 2006: Britney is photographed driving with a baby in her lap; Britney gives birth to her second child; Britney gives her husband Kevin Federline the boot; Britney exposes her hoo-ha while leaving a vehicle.

Anti-Hero of 2006: Dexter Morgan (Dexter)

Guilty Pleasures of 2006: Paris Hilton's music career, Sanjaya Malakar, and Channing Tatum in Step Up

2007

• Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
• Juno
• Lil Mama's "Lip Gloss"
• Andrew Meyer gets tazed
• Yo Gabba Gabba!
• Google Street View
• Soulja Boy Tell'em's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
• Larry Craig's sex scandal
• Sammy Stephens
• Gossip Girl
• Bacon craze
• Barry Bonds breaks home run record and gets busted for steroids
• Hairspray
• Rock Band
• Get a Mac
• J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Paranormal Activity

Oh My! Moment of 2007: The Oscar De La Hoya cross-dressing scandal.

Hotties of 2007: Rihanna, Evangeline Lilly (Lost) and Rachel Bilson (The O.C.)

The Year in Spears 2007: Britney checks into a drug rehab facility, shaves her own head, attacks a photographer's car with an umbrella and half-heartedly performs at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, resulting in "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!"

Anti-Hero of 2007: Don Draper (Mad Men)

Guilty Pleasures of 2007: Megan Fox in Transformers, Cobra Starship, and Jon and Kate Plus Eight

2008

• Deal or No Deal
• Slap Chop
• Beijing Olympics
• Twilight
• Friday Night Lights
• Facebook
• Barack Obama elected President of the United States
• M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes"
• Breaking Bad
• Kid Rock's "All Summer Long"
• Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson
• Rickrolling
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl"
• The Dark Knight
• Thomas Beatie
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Oh My! Moment of 2008: David Duchovny checks into rehab for sex addiction the same year he won his first Golden Globe and stars in The X-Files sequel.

Hotties of 2008: Danica Patrick, Hope Solo and Adriana Lima (Victoria's Secret)

The Year in Spears 2008: Britney launches the comeback of the century; Britney appears on How I Met Your Mother; "Womanizer" is nominated for a Grammy; Britney wins for "Piece of Me" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards

Anti-Hero of 2008: Nancy Botwin (Weeds)

Guilty Pleasures of 2008: Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, Snuggie and To Catch a Predator

2009

• Jersey Shore
• Balloon boy hoax
• Precious
• David After Dentist
• Miracle on the Hudson River
• Susan Boyle
• Kesha's "Tik Tok"
• Taken
• Shake Weight
• Glee
• Octomom
• Lady Gaga
• First inauguration of Barack Obama
• Tiger Woods caught cheating with several mistresses
• Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A."
• Avatar

Oh My! Moment of 2009: David Letterman's illicit relationship with his intern.

Hotties of 2009: Zoe Saldana (Star Trek), Olivia Wilde (House) and Alicia Keys ("Empire State of Mind")

The Year in Spears 2009: Britney releases her greatest hits album; Britney has another #1 hit; Britney wins at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards; Britney launches the Circus Tour.

Anti-Hero of 2009: Jackie Peyton (Nurse Jackie)

Guilty Pleasures of 2009: Hoarders, Pitbull and Angry Birds

External links

• VH-1 | I Love the 2000s