Back In...

Back In...
GenreRetrospective documentary series
Country of originCanada
No. of episodes20
Original release
NetworkM3
Related
Back In... Love

Back In... is a retrospective documentary series broadcast on the Canadian music video channel MuchMoreMusic. The series also airs on Star! and some Citytv stations. 20 episodes have been broadcast, each profiled by a different year, going from 1980 to 1999. Each episode's title would always end with the last two digits of a year; such an example would be "Back In... '88" or "Back In... '99".

About the show

The show premiered in 2004. Anderson Cooper was a commentator on the series.

1980s

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990s

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Spinoff

In late August 2006, a spinoff of Back In... was created, called Back In... Love connecting celebrities to other celebrities who had alleged or confirmed sexual or romantic encounters.

Reception

CanWest News Service's Alex Strachan called Back In... a "fast-moving, witty nostalgia series". Strachan said that Anderson Cooper offered "ironic commentary" and that it was "a delightful, if occasionally scary, year-by-year look at pop culture in the mid-1980s and early 1990s". Brad Oswald of the Winnipeg Free Press thought the series was a "flimsy pop-culture retrospective" that is "lightweight fun".

References

  1. 1 2 McKay, John (2004-08-18). "CNN anchor hosts pop flashback series". Times Colonist. The Canadian Press. NewsBank 14F00A87265EFB98. Retrieved 2026-06-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Strachan, Alex (2004-10-08). "Fine tuning: Joan Rivers isn't scariest in Nip/Tuck". Times Colonist. CanWest News Service. NewsBank 14F35C50AEDB9B00. Retrieved 2026-06-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Strachan, Alex (2004-08-20). "Back to the '80s with MuchMoreMusic". The Gazette. CanWest News Service. ProQuest 434078126. Retrieved 2026-06-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Oswald, Brad (2004-08-19). "Ronnie Hawkins lived fast, didn't die young". Winnipeg Free Press. Factiva WFP0000020040819e08j0002o. Archived from the original on 2026-06-13. Retrieved 2026-06-13.