I Love the New Millennium

"I Love the New Millennium", the latest entry into the I Love the series, is a decade nostalgia show focusing on the 2000s that premiered on VH1 Monday, June 23, 2008. [cite news
url = http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?date=05/28/08&id=20080528vh101
title = VH1 Presents a Slate of All-New Series, Events, Documentaries and Specials
author = VH1 Press Release
date = 2008-05-28
accessdate = 2008-06-02] Each night, from Monday to Thursday, two of the eight episodes premiered, corresponding to the years from 2000 to 2007. As the series aired in 2008, it did not include episodes for the years 2008 or 2009. Although it hasn't been announced, it is speculated that episodes for 2008 and 2009 will be made after 2009.

I Love the... regulars Rachael Harris and Mo Rocca do not appear in this installment.

Recurring segments

In addition to the year specific topics discussed, each episode features

* Bushisms: Steve Bridges, portraying President George W. Bush, delivers a memorable Bushism from the given year.
* Time Capsule: Musician Andrew W.K. digs up three items from a time capsule that correspond to the episode's year.
* Sisqó's Hotties I Wanted To See In A Thong: Musician Sisqó, known for the Thong Song, shows three women from each year that he would like to see wearing a Thong.
* How Gay Was It?: For each year, Internet blogger Perez Hilton chooses a person or event and then rates it on his gaydar from 1 to 10.
* Blogs: Each celebrity gives an additional opinion on a certain topic from the episode in the form of a video blog entry.
* Then and Now: Taylor Dayne shows certain celebrities from the 2000s that also had contributions during the 1980s.
* Playlist of ...: Moby discusses three songs from a certain year.
* Liars of...: Jonny Fairplay shows the biggest liar(s) of a particular year.

Topics covered by year

2000

* Budweiser's Whassup? ad campaign.
* "Dude, Where's My Car?"
* "Jackass"
* 2000 Florida presidential election
* Dennis Miller on Monday Night Football
* Razor Scooter
* "Survivor"
* Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
* "Gladiator"
* TiVo
* Big Mouth Billy Bass
* ""
* "Erin Brockovich"
* Napster
* David Crosby fathers Melissa Etheridge & Julie Cypher's kids
* "MTV Cribs"
* "Cast Away"

2001

* "Zoolander"
* "Live with Regis and Kelly"
* Enrique Iglesias's "Hero"
* Low-rise jeans
* "Fear Factor"
* Sharon Stone's husband, Phil Bronstein, bit by Komodo dragon
* "Pearl Harbor"
* iPods
* "The Weakest Link"
* "Moulin Rouge"
* Mýa, Pink, Lil' Kim, & Christina Aguilera's "Lady Marmalade"
* Winona Ryder shoplifts
* Shaggy & RikRok's "It Wasn't Me"
* Segway
* "Memento"
* XFL
* America comes together following 9/11

2002

* "Spider-Man"
* Color Alert System
* Yao Ming
* Robert Blake
* "The Ring"
* Liza Minnelli marries David Gest
* Andrew W.K.'s Party Hard
* "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
* Botox Parties
* Ted Williams being cryogenically frozen
* "Signs"
* Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" and "Complicated"
* Mojito, Cosmo, & Martini
* "Unfaithful"
* David Blaine
* "American Idol"

2003

* "The O.C."
* ""
* Trucker hats
* Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes the governor of California
* "Chappelle's Show"
* 50 Cent's "In da Club"
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* "Joe Millionaire"
* Metrosexuals
* Clay Aiken
* "Finding Nemo"
* Paris Hilton sex tape
* Siegfried & Roy's tiger incident
* McGriddles
* Saddam Hussein captured
* ""

2004

* "Punk'd" (debuted a year earlier)
* Ken Jennings dominates "Jeopardy!"
* Kabbalah
* William Hung
* Jim McGreevey resigns from office
* "The Da Vinci Code"
* "Super Size Me"
* ""
* Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction"
* Ugg Boots
* "He's Just Not That Into You"
* The Darkness's "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
* Burger King's The Burger King
* Dance Dance Revolution
* 2004 World Series

2005

* Pope John Paul II dies/Benedict XVI becomes the new pope
* "To Catch a Predator"
* "Grizzly Man"
* The Runaway Bride
* José Canseco's ""
* Sudoku
* Pat O'Brien's voicemail scandal
* Martha Stewart released from prison
* Fauxhawks
* Hurricane Katrina and Michael D. Brown scandal
* YouTube
* OK Go's "Here It Goes Again"
* "Fat Actress"
* Bill O'Reilly's sexual harassment lawsuit
* "March of the Penguins"

2006

* ""
* Mel Gibson arrested for DUI
* MySpace (launched in 2003, but gained more exposure in 2006)
* Crocs
* "Dreamgirls"
* Fergie's "London Bridge"
* Neil Patrick Harris and Lance Bass "coming out of the closet"
* "Casino Royale"
* Dick Cheney hunting incident
* James Blunt's "You're Beautiful"
* "Little Miss Sunshine"
* Pink's "Stupid Girls"
* Kim Jong-Il test missiles
* Rachael Ray
* Daniel Powter's "Bad Day"
* "24" (debuted in 2001)

2007

* "300"
* GEICO cavemen commercials (debuted in 2004)
* iPhone
* Bob Barker retires from the "The Price Is Right" and Drew Carey takes his place
* "Transformers"
* Amy Winehouse's "Rehab"
* Don Imus refers to the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hoes"
* Astronaut Lisa Nowak's attempted kidnapping
* Rihanna's "Umbrella"
* "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"
* David Beckham joins the L.A. Galaxy
* Chris Daughtry
* Guyliner
* Michael Vick arrested for dog fighting
* Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah"
* "The Bourne Ultimatum"

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