The BEST episodes of Dark Side of the 90's
Every episode of Dark Side of the 90's ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dark Side of the 90's!
A deep dive into the decade's untold history, revealing secrets, and prespectives.
#1 - Tabloid TV
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/12/2022
With sex, attempted murder and betrayal, nothing personifies the tabloidification of '90s America better than the story of how Amy Fisher shot Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the head.
#2 - Rave Culture: Under the Influence
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/24/2024
Rave culture is a euphoric cocktail of electronic dance music, synthetic party drugs and optimism. But where there are drugs there is also exploitation, violence, and moral panic.
#3 - Scores Strip Club: Girls & Gambinos
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/17/2024
Scores becomes a celebrity hangout. But when the club attracts the costly “protection” of the Gambino crime family, getting out of bed with the mob means getting in with the FBI.
#4 - Agassi & 90's Tennis Prodigies
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/3/2024
Enfant terrible Andre Agassi leads a handful of prodigies to shake up the stodgy sport of tennis. Athletes become international celebrities, but their fame comes at a cost.
#5 - Spice Girls
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/27/2024
The Spice Girls are one of the biggest pop acts ever. But behind the glitz and glamour, they battle blackmail, eating disorders, death threats, abusive relationships and addiction.
#6 - Infomercials: Shams and Scams
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/20/2024
Infomercials mark the Golden Age of the Con Job. These shameless 90's scam artist vie to become top dog in a cut throat industry--leaving a trail of misery in their wake.
#8 - Robert Downey Jr. - The Comeback Kid
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/6/2024
Robert Downey Jr. turns his troubled backstory into a superpower. While battling a string of addictions, Downey reinvents himself into one of the most celebrated actors today.
#9 - NYPD Blue
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/30/2024
NYPD Blue forever changes TV with its use of nudity, violence and profanity. Heavy scrutiny from special interest groups will nearly get it cancelled before it ever even airs.
#10 - Friends: The One About The TV Show
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/23/2024
Friends is must-see TV but some of the cast struggle under the weight of sudden and massive fame with painfully public addictions, and at least one near-death experience.
#11 - Tyson: The Rise and Fall of Kid Dynamite
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/16/2024
Tyson reshaped boxing, becoming a pop culture sensation, feared for his violence and seeming invincibility; but in the end, he'll face the greatest opponent of his life: himself.
#12 - Morning Show Wars
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/9/2022
Morning TV is the profit center of the news divisions that produce them; "Today" and "Good Morning America" battle for dominance where there's no room for failure.
#14 - The Rise of Rush Limbaugh
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/26/2022
Rush Limbaugh is conservative radio's first megastar, claiming to have "talent on loan from God." He creates a divide in America that we see unfolding today.
#16 - Trash TV: Dirty and Deadly Talk
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/15/2021
As 90's Talk TV evolved from the cerebral (Donahue) to the trashy (Jerry Springer), the new format fused combustive relationships, shock and violence to entertain the masses.
#18 - UFC Pt. 1: No Holds Barred
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/5/2022
Ken Shamrock and the UFC are joined at the knuckle. Dubbed “human cockfighting,” the UFC will fight senators and scandals in a battle that almost ends the sport before it begins.
#19 - Cops: Bad Boys, Bad Boys
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/28/2022
When COPS hits the airwaves, the gritty reality of police work becomes a phenomenon. Despite being the longest-running prime-time live-action series, COPS is mired in controversy.
#20 - MTV & The Real World
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/21/2022
MTV's The Real World is television with something to say--with a soap opera twist. But when MTV gets rich from reality TV, they trade in realness for fart jokes and hot tubs.
#22 - Hip Hop: The East vs West Media War
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/2/2021
90's hip hop had an uphill fight for airplay and recognition. When the media finally caught on, they told a story that twisted the narrative with sometimes dangerous consequences.
#24 - Secrets of the Runway
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/9/2021
90's supermodels were part rock stars, part royalty, and all dusted in cocaine. But off the runway, many were abused by men using their power to conceal an ugly secret.
#25 - A Tale of Two Cults
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/26/2021
Doomsday cults emerged in the '90s, seizing on Y2K fears. While we watched the tragic Waco massacre on TV, Heaven's Gate leader Marshall Applewhite made his own plan.