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That '90s Show
Genre	Period sitcom Teen sitcom
Based on	That '70s Show by Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner & Mark Brazill
Developed by	Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner & Lindsey Turner & Gregg Mettler
Starring	Debra Jo Rupp Kurtwood Smith Callie Haverda Ashley Aufderheide Mace Coronel Reyn Doi Sam Morelos Maxwell Acee Donovan
Music by	James Iha
Opening theme	"In the Street" by Big Star (performed by Brett Anderson)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Marcy Carsey Tom Werner Gregg Mettler Bonnie Turner Terry Turner Lindsey Turner Debra Jo Rupp Kurtwood Smith Chrissy Pietrosh Jessica Goldstein Gail Mancuso
Producer	Steve Sandoval
Running time	21–30 minutes
Production company	The Carsey-Werner Company
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)
Related
That '70s Show

That '90s Show is an American television period teen sitcom set during the summer of 1995, featuring characters and locales that debuted in its predecessor, That '70s Show. It premiered on Netflix on January 19, 2023.

Premise

The show centers on Leia Forman, the teenage daughter of Eric Forman and Donna Pinciotti, forming bonds with other teenagers as she spends the summer of 1995 with her grandparents, Red and Kitty in Point Place, Wisconsin, 15 years after the events of That '70s Show.

Cast

Main

• Debra Jo Rupp as Kitty Forman, Leia's paternal grandmother
• Kurtwood Smith as Red Forman, Leia's paternal grandfather
• Callie Haverda as Leia Forman, a smart, snarky teenager who craves adventure, and is the daughter of Eric Forman (Topher Grace) and Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon) from the original series
• Ashley Aufderheide as Gwen Runck, a rebellious Riot grrrl with a loyal heart. She and Nate are half-siblings. She is similar to Steven Hyde.
• Mace Coronel as Jay Kelso, a charming, flirty young videographer, Leia's love interest, and the son of Michael Kelso (Ashton Kutcher) and Jackie Burkhart (Mila Kunis), and the half-brother of Betsy Kelso, Michael's daughter with Brooke from the original series (born in 1979).
• Reyn Doi as Ozzie, an insightful and perceptive teen who is openly gay
• Sam Morelos as Nikki, Nate's ambitious and intelligent girlfriend
• Maxwell Acee Donovan as Nate Runck, Gwen's easygoing and fun-loving brother

Special guest stars

• Topher Grace as Eric Forman, Leia's father and an adjunct college professor
• Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart, Jay's mother
• Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso, Jay's father
• Laura Prepon as Donna Pinciotti, Leia's mother, an author
• Andrea Anders as Sherri Runck, Gwen's and Nate's mother
• Wilmer Valderrama as Fez, who is now a popular hair stylist
• Tommy Chong as Leo Chingkwake
• Don Stark as Bob Pinciotti, Leia's maternal grandfather
• Jim Rash as Fenton, Sherrie's landlord

Episodes

Production

The sitcom That '70s Show aired on Fox for eight seasons from 1998 to 2006, centering around the lives of teenagers from 1976 to 1979. The show garnered additional popularity after its conclusion due to its availability on Netflix, before leaving the platform in September 2020.

In October 2021, Netflix announced a spin-off of the series, titled That '90s Show, with Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp reprising their roles as Red and Kitty Forman, respectively. It will be produced by The Carsey-Werner Company, with Gregg Mettler serving as showrunner and Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, their daughter Lindsay Turner, Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Smith and Rupp as executive producers.

Ten episodes have been ordered, with the series taking on a multi-cam format like the original. The show was filmed in front of a live studio audience at Sunset Bronson Studios in Los Angeles between February 7 and July 21, 2022.

In February 2022, Callie Haverda, Ashley Aufderheide, Mace Coronel, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Reyn Doi and Sam Morelos joined the cast as series regulars. It was also reported that Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, and Wilmer Valderrama will appear in recurring roles; though it was expected that Danny Masterson would not appear due to accusations made against him, and a pending criminal trial at that time. Production commenced February 6. On April 30, 2022, it was announced that Grace, Prepon, Kunis, Kutcher, and Valderrama will all return for guest appearances. Gail Mancuso directed eight episodes while Prepon directed two including the season finale.

Release

That '90s Show was released on January 19, 2023.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 74% based on 31 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A solidly serviceable sequel series, That '90s Show may take a little time to find its rhythm, but still delivers a respectable number of warmly nostalgic laughs." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 59 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Manuel Betancourt of The A.V. Club gave the series a B and said, "If you grew up watching That '70s Show, you'll likely have no way of assessing whether That '90s Show works on its own. Maybe it can't. And maybe it doesn't even want to." Reviewing the series for Chicago Sun-Times, Richard Roeper gave a rating of 2 out of 4 stars and described it as "a little edgy and occasionally chuckle-inducing and mostly sweet-natured, and it's just OK and quickly forgettable."

References

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External links

• That '90s Show on Netflix
• That '90s Show at IMDb 

• 2020s American teen sitcoms
• 2023 American television series debuts
• English-language Netflix original programming
• American sequel television series
• Television series about families
• Television series about teenagers
• Television series set in 1995
• Television shows set in Wisconsin
• Television series by Carsey-Werner Productions
• That '70s Show