My Generation

1h 30min

Documentary

High-profile narrators Forest Whitaker, Ethan Hawke, Kristen Bell, Jenna Ortega and Azul Estrada guide viewers through generational histories via original interviews with those who witnessed major events firsthand.

Production Companies

MSNBC Films

NBC News Studios

Episodes

Cast

Baby Boomers

1. Baby Boomers

1h 30min

5th Oct 2024

Interviews with dozens of notables from both ends of the baby boom generation shed light – via anecdotes, rather than history lessons – on some of the most seminal events of the 1960s and '70s.

Generation X

2. Generation X

1h 30min

12th Oct 2024

A look at the music, art, pop culture, tragedies and triumphs of Generation X: America's smallest, middle-child generation. Told through personal experiences and archival and narrated by Ethan Hawke.

Millennials

3. Millennials

1h 30min

19th Oct 2024

Millennials will drop our viewers into the middle seat of the entitled, coddled, avocado toast-filled world of the last generation to experience life before the Internet.

Gen Z

4. Gen Z

1h 30min

26th Oct 2024

Gen Z explores the cultural and political events that are shaping young Americans born between 1997 and 2012. Narrated by Jenna Ortega, and told through the voices of Generation Z – the most diverse and interconnected generation in history.

First air date

5th Oct 2024

Last air date

26th Oct 2024

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks