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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
Cinematography	Gary Baum
Editor	Scott Ashby
Running time	21–30 minutes
Production companies	The Carsey-Werner Company Ratamacue
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

• Kurtwood Smith as Red Forman, Leia's paternal grandfather.
• Debra Jo Rupp as Kitty Forman, Leia's paternal grandmother.
• 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 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 older brother.

Recurring

• Andrea Anders as Sherri Runck, the Formans' new neighbor and Gwen and Nate's mother who is in a relationship with Fez.
• Laura Prepon as Donna Pinciotti, Leia's mother, an author.
• Wilmer Valderrama as Fez, who is now a popular hair stylist.
• Tommy Chong as Leo Chingkwake

Special guest stars

• Topher Grace as Eric Forman, Leia's father and an adjunct college professor
• Laura Prepon as Donna Pinciotti (That ‘70’s Show, Leia’s mother
• Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart, Jay's mother
• Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso, Jay's father
• Don Stark as Bob Pinciotti, Leia's maternal grandfather
• Brian Austin Green as Himself/David Silver
• Jim Rash as Fenton, Sherri's landlord

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"That '90s Pilot"	Gail Mancuso	Teleplay by : Gregg Mettler Story by : Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner & Lindsey Turner & Gregg Mettler	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)
Now as a married couple, Eric Forman and Donna Pinciotti visit Eric's parents for the Fourth of July weekend. Eric and Donna's daughter, Leia, meets Gwen, her next door neighbor who introduces her to her group of friends. After helping them get a tap to open a keg that Nate, Jay and Nikki got for free, she decides she wants to stay at Point Place for the summer. Eric initially refuses, but then he's convinced by Donna and allows her to stay. Kitty for one, is really excited to have a house full of kids again, while Red doesn't feel the same. Later, Michael Kelso and Jackie Burkhart pay Red and Kitty a visit, announcing they're remarrying, for the second time.
2	"Free Leia"	Gail Mancuso	Chrissy Pietrosh & Jessica Goldstein	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)
The kids find Eric's very old stash of cannabis in a box of his stuff that Kitty gives them. They all get high and get the munchies and want Raisin Bran. Kitty suggests a movie night and takes Leia to the video store where Jay works. She sees that someone has a copy of the video that she wants and gets the address while Jay isn't looking and Kitty takes her there and it turns out to be Leo's house. Red and Kitty meet Sherrie, the mother of two of the kids that Leia is hanging out with, Gwen and Nate. She overhears them having sex while she is using their bathroom because her shower head is broken. Sherrie is single and Kitty tries to get her to dump her boyfriend who turns out to be Fez.
3	"Lip Smackers"	Gail Mancuso	Andrew Ti	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (January 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Kitty and Red find out that Sherrie is dating Fez. Leia wants to get her first kiss, so Gwen takes her to the mall where there are lots of guys. Sherrie says that she was unable to break up with Fez. Kitty goes to Fez salon, Chez Fez, and after an impassioned speech by Fez tells Fez to never let Sherrie go. Red takes Leia, Gwen and Ozzie to the mall but Leia is unable to get a kiss despite much effort and Gwen ends up making out with a guy instead. Nikki and Nate have to go to the urgent care because his lips had a reaction to her "Lip Smackers." Red purchases a Sharper Image massage chair and gets so relaxed by it that he is actually in a good mood. Kitty has to pull the plug on the chair because she needs grumpy Red to talk to Fez about Sherrie. Red talks to Fez for her and Fez finds out that she has kids and is in her forties and is glad that he "dodged that bullet." Leia has a heart to heart with Jay who says that he doesn't want to kiss her just to be kissing, he wants it to mean something. Leia plants on a kiss on a guy that she pursued earlier. Ozzie has a boyfriend named Etienne in Canada who everyone thinks is fake.
4	"Rave"	Gail Mancuso	Jake Lasker	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)
Leia is somewhat obsessed with Jay because he DIDN'T kiss her the other night. Jay gets convinced by Nikki and Nate that he didn't kiss her because he really does like her. Gwen and Ozzie make sure that Leia knows that Jay is a player. Leia and Jay decide that they are going to let the other make the first move so that the non first mover has the control in the relationship. The kids all go to a rave and forget to bring Ozzie. Jay tricks Leia into saying that she likes him first and they get mad at each other and dare each other to see who will be successful in picking someone up at the rave. Red tries to force Ozzie to talk but Kitty gets Ozzie to tell them the kids are at the rave by being nice to him. Red busts all the kids at the rave and brings them back to Point Place. Kitty grounds Leia for a week. Leia tricks Jay into saying that he likes her and she says that she just wants to be friends trying to get the control in the relationship.
5	"Step by Step"	Gail Mancuso	Erin Foley	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)
Red and Kitty get their first computer and Ozzie helps them set it up. Jay's brain is getting short-circuited by his confusion over Leia. Ozzie tells Leia that he wants to come out to Kitty and gets Leia to test the waters for him. Kitty thinks that Leia is contemplating sex and Donna rushes over with all kinds of contraceptives. Jay and Nate get tricked by an older woman into trying out her "free" hot tub and almost end up in her "free" king size bed. Ozzie tries to send Kitty an email about his coming out but she messes it up by her lack of computer knowledge so he finally just tells her straight out.
6	"The Birthday Girl"	Gail Mancuso	Lindsey Turner	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)
It's Leia's 15th birthday, and she can't get over Jay, who now has a new girlfriend. Kitty prepares for the birthday party, and Bob arrives from Florida. Bob gets Leia an expensive karaoke machine for her birthday, so Red and Kitty try to one-up him. Leia invites Jay and his girlfriend to the party, but they don't show up. Red gives Leia the Vista Cruiser for her birthday present. That night, Jay shows up at Leia's bedroom, and Leia kisses him. He kisses her back and says, "Serena who?". The two take a ride in the Vista Cruiser but get pulled over by the police.
7	"Boyfriend Day One"	Gail Mancuso	Clarissa Carson	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)
Leia and Jay get pulled over because the Vista Cruiser still had license plates from 1980. Red bans Jay from the Forman house. Gwen asks Sherrie if she can get a tattoo and she says no. Leia and Jay go to pick up Kitty at the dentist to show Red that Jay is responsible. Gwen gets them to stop at a tattoo parlor so that Kitty can sign off on an underage tattoo in her post dentist drugged up state. Ozzie and Nate go to check up on Nikkis SAT tutor and find out that he is a football star and a congressmans son. Kitty ends up getting a tattoo. Red gets mad at Leia and Jay and Sherrie because they screwed up picking up Kitty. Nate tells Nikki that he is afraid that she is going to leave him behind but she reassures him. Red teaches Sherrie how to ride a bike, sort of.
8	"Summer Storm"	Gail Mancuso	Tommy Johnagin	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)
9	"Dirty Double Booker"	Laura Prepon	Chrissy Pietrosh & Jessica Goldstein	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)
10	"Kids in America"	Laura Prepon	Gregg Mettler	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19)

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 is 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 were 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 34 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 58 out of 100 based on 17 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."

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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