I Love the 2000s
Genre	Documentary
Narrated by	Pete Stacker
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	VH1
Release	June 17 (2014-06-17) – June 21, 2014 (2014-06-21)
Related
I Love the '80s I Love the '70s I Love the '80s Strikes Back I Love the '90s I Love the '90s: Part Deux I Love the '80s 3-D I Love the Holidays I Love Toys I Love the '70s: Volume 2 I Love the New Millennium Best of I Love the...

I Love the 2000s is a miniseries, the twelfth and final installment of the I Love the... series, and the sequel to I Love the New Millennium on VH1.^[1] Two episodes premiered each night from Tuesday to Saturday, corresponding to the years from 2000 to 2009. It premiered on June 17 and ended on June 21, 2014.

Recurring segments

• George Takei's Oh My! Moment: In a nod to the famous line that was said by his Star Trek character Hikaru Sulu, George Takei covers the most outrageous stories of the year that once made the headlines.
• Hotties: Nelly lists three female entertainment personalities from each year. The music (with a video, which is shown on the segment.) is heard on the episode: 2002 (see below).
• The Year in Spears: A report of every Britney Spears moment from each year presented in the form an old timey newsreel.
• Anti-Hero: For each year, Michael Kenneth Williams presents a well-known fictional character whose mostly shades of grey.
• Guilty Pleasures: Bret Michaels highlights the guilty pleasures from a certain year.
• Hal Sparks' Millennium Remix: The end of the episode featured an auto-tuned remix of Hal Sparks recapping the year that was discussed.

Topics covered by year

2000

• Trading Spaces
• Almost Famous
• Pokémon (previously covered in I Love the '90s: Part Deux)
• Tiger Woods wins the 2000 U.S. Open
• The Perfect Storm
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (previously covered in I Love the '90s)
• Text messaging
• "Smooth" by Santana and Rob Thomas
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65
• Speed dating
• Charlie's Angels
• Dora the Explorer
• "Back at One" by Brian McKnight
• American Psycho
• "All the Small Things" by Blink 182 (previously mentioned in an I Love the New Millennium segment)
• Jared Fogle
• Cheaters

George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2000: The rise and fall of Robert Downey Jr.

Hotties of 2000: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Halle Berry and Faith Hill

The Year in Spears (2000): Britney's sophomore album Oops!... I Did It Again

Anti-Hero of 2000: Tony Soprano

Guilty Pleasures of 2000: Bring It On, Gilmore Girls and Von Dutch hats

2001

• Bridget Jones' Diary
• Mariah Carey invades TRL
• "Because I Got High" by Afroman
• Bratz
• Legally Blonde
• MP3 players
• "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" by Eve and Gwen Stefani
• Wikipedia
• Drew Barrymore and Tom Green marriage
• "Thank You" by Dido
• Listerine Pocketpaks
• Grand Theft Auto III
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
• Danny Almonte
• Crossing Over with John Edward
• Richard Reid wears bombs in his shoes to Flight 63
• "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down
• Donnie Darko

George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2001: Björk's Oscar outfit.

Hotties of 2001: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez and Estella Warren

The Year in Spears (2001): MTV Video Music Awards-The yellow snake and "I'm a Slave 4 U"

Anti-Hero of 2001: Jack Bauer

Guilty Pleasures of 2001: The Fast and the Furious, Temptation Island and denim mini-skirts

2002

• Blue Crush
• Axis of evil
• "Hot in Herre" by Nelly
• Bennifer
• Serena Williams
• "Soak Up the Sun" by Sheryl Crow
• The Wire
• Juicy Couture
• World Series of Poker
• "Superman (It's Not Easy)" by Five for Fighting
• Verizon's "Can You Hear Me Now? Good" advertisement
• Chicago
• Anna Nicole Smith wins $88 million lawsuit
• "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World
• Ringtones
• 28 Days Later
• "Work It" by Missy Elliott
• Satellite radio
• 8 Mile

George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2002: Michael Jackson nearly drops baby Blanket over a balcony.

Hotties of 2002: Brandy, Jessica Alba and Kelly Ripa

The Year in Spears (2002): Britney breaks up with Justin Timberlake, Crossroads is a box office bomb which also earned Britney her first Razzie, and Forbes Celebrity 100 ranked Britney at #1.

Anti-Hero of 2002: Vic Mackey

Guilty Pleasures of 2002: Crank Yankers and spray tan

2003

• Star Wars Kid
• "Ignition (Remix)" by R. Kelly
• Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher hook up
• Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• Steve Bartman incident
• Monster
• Paris Hilton
• Freedom fries
• "All the Things She Said" by t.A.T.u
• Da Ali G Show
• Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica
• "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes
• Blackout in the Northeast
• Freddy vs. Jason
• Dixie Chicks bash George W. Bush
• Kill Bill: Volume 1

George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2003: Don Zimmer gets owned by Pedro Martinez.

Hotties of 2003: Kristanna Loken, Jennifer Garner and Kate Beckinsale

The Year in Spears (2003): Britney performs at the VMAs with Madonna and Christina Aguilera, released her fourth album, and wins a Grammy for "Toxic".

Anti-Hero of 2003: Magneto

Guilty Pleasures of 2003: Gigli, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness and America's Next Top Model

2004

• White Chicks
• Pimp My Ride
• "Lean Back" by Terror Squad
• George W. Bush's re-election
• The Dean scream
• Saw
• Desperate Housewives
• Designer dogs
• The Notebook
• The Swan and I Want a Famous Face
• Livestrong wristbands
• Entourage
• Napoleon Dynamite
• The final episode of Friends
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
• "Tipsy" by J-Kwon
• Mean Girls

George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2004: The Passion of the Christ becomes a box-office hit.

Hotties of 2004: Elisha Cuthbert, Thandie Newton and Portia de Rossi

The Year in Spears (2004): The gradual downward spiral begins: Britney marries her childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander in Las Vegas in January, quickly gets the marriage annulled, then marries Kevin Federline in July.

Anti-Hero of 2004: Gregory House

Guilty Pleasures of 2004: Catwoman, Ashlee Simpson and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County

2005

• Brokeback Mountain
• "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson
• Heelys
• "Trapped in the Closet (Chapter 1)" by R. Kelly
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• How I Met Your Mother
• Bluetooth
• The Polar Express (originally released in 2004)
• Hell's Kitchen
• "Collide" by Howie Day
• Terrell Owens
• "Lazy Sunday" by The Lonely Island
• Ann Coulter
• "Beverly Hills" by Weezer
• Renée Zellweger and Kenny Chesney's short-lived marriage
• Parkour
• Mad Money
• King Kong

George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2005: Brangelina

Hotties of 2005: Eva Longoria, Natalie Portman and Jessica Biel

The Year in Spears (2005): TV show Britney and Kevin: Chaotic premieres on the UPN, and Britney's first child is born.

Anti-Hero of 2005: Tommy Gavin

Guilty Pleasures of 2005: "Don't Cha" by The Pussycat Dolls, Dancing with the Stars and the Enormous Omelet Sandwich

2006

• Flavor of Love
• Wii
• Tyra Banks
• The IAU demotes Pluto
• Steve Irwin
• The Da Vinci Code
• Zinedine Zidane headbutts a player
• "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado and Timbaland
• Hannah Montana
• A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Diet Coke and Mentos eruption
• "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira and Wyclef Jean
• Paul McCartney and Heather Mills split
• High School Musical
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• "Laffy Taffy" by D4L
• Snakes on a Plane

George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2006: Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton have a war of words.

Hotties of 2006: Grace Park, Hayden Panettiere and Vanessa Williams

The Year in Spears (2006): Britney is photographed driving with Sean Preston in her lap, gives birth to her second child, kicks Kevin Federline to the curb, and exposes her hoo-ha while leaving a vehicle.

Anti-Hero of 2006: Dexter Morgan

Guilty Pleasures of 2006: Paris Hilton's music career, Sanjaya Malakar, and Channing Tatum in Step Up

2007

• Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
• Juno
• "Lip Gloss" by Lil Mama
• Andrew Meyer gets tazed
• Yo Gabba Gabba!
• Google Street View
• "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy Tell'em
• Larry Craig's sex scandal
• Sammy Stephens' flea market commercial
• Gossip Girl
• Bacon craze
• Barry Bonds breaks home run record but gets busted for steroids
• Hairspray
• Rock Band
• Get a Mac
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
• Paranormal Activity

George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2007: The Oscar De La Hoya cross-dressing scandal.

Hotties of 2007: Rihanna, Evangeline Lilly and Rachel Bilson

The Year in Spears (2007): Britney checks into a drug rehab facility, shaves her own head, attacks a photographer's car with an umbrella and half-heartedly performs at the VMAs, resulting in "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!"

Anti-Hero of 2007: Don Draper

Guilty Pleasures of 2007: Megan Fox in Transformers, Cobra Starship and Jon & Kate Plus Eight

2008

• Deal or No Deal
• Slap Chop
• 2008 Summer Olympics
• Twilight
• Friday Night Lights
• Facebook (originally introduced in 2004)
• Barack Obama elected President of the United States
• "Paper Planes" by M.I.A.
• Breaking Bad
• "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock
• Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson
• Rickrolling
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry
• The Dark Knight
• Thomas Beatie
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2008: David Duchovny checks into rehab for sex addiction the same year he won his first Golden Globe and starred in The X-Files sequel.

Hotties of 2008: Danica Patrick, Hope Solo and Adriana Lima

The Year in Spears (2008): Britney launches the comeback of the century with an appearance on How I Met Your Mother, a Grammy nomination for "Womanizer", and "Piece of Me" clean sweeping the VMAs.

Anti-Hero of 2008: Nancy Botwin

Guilty Pleasures of 2008: Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, Snuggie and To Catch a Predator (previously covered on I Love the New Millennium)

2009

• Jersey Shore
• Balloon boy hoax
• Precious
• David After Dentist
• Miracle on the Hudson River
• Susan Boyle
• "Tik Tok" by Kesha
• Taken
• Shake Weight
• Glee
• Octomom
• Lady Gaga
• First inauguration of Barack Obama
• Tiger Woods caught cheating with several mistresses
• "Party in the U.S.A." by Miley Cyrus
• Avatar

George Takei's Oh My! Moment of 2009: David Letterman's illicit relationship with his intern.

Hotties of 2009: Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde and Alicia Keys

The Year in Spears (2009): Britney releases her second greatest hits album, scores another #1 hit, is presented with the Ultimate Choice Award at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, and launches the Circus Tour.

Anti-Hero of 2009: Jackie Peyton

Guilty Pleasures of 2009: Hoarders, Pitbull and Angry Birds