TV Show Details
Air Date:November 11th, 1979
Last Air Date:November 11th, 1979
Network:HBO
Status:Ended
Genres:Documentary
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Bruce Cohn Productions
Time Was (1979)
HBO
Miniseries
StarringDick Cavett
Plot
Time Was... is a documentary television series that premiered on Home Box Office on November 11, 1979. It was hosted by Dick Cavett with each program looking at one decade from the past starting from the 1920s up to the 1970s. The historical program looked at the lifestyles and society during the various periods of time. The series was followed up with two other HBO documentary series hosted by Cavett, Remember When and Yesteryear.