American Dreams
American Dreams
TV-PG | 29 September 2002 (USA)
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  • Reviews
    GamerTab That was an excellent one.
    Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen
    Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
    Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
    clevesq-1 Once I bought season one of "American Dreams" on DVD in 2012, I fell in love with it, the music, the dancing, etc. And then, I saw the last two seasons online and I still thought that it was a wonderful show. I had a whole lot of fun watching such a show! But now, I want the show back on TV and set in the 1970's! I've been working on this petition for a while to bring back "American Dreams", so for those of you who liked or even loved "American Dreams" just like I ended up doing, here's what I want you to do: 1.) Sign up for change.org 2.) Go to my petition for this link chn.ge/1jXfjD1 3.) Send both links to all of your friends in order for them to sign the petition.4.) Have all of them send both of the links to all of their friends in order for them to sign the petition and so on.That's the way the petition will work if it ends up that way. Please, don't do this for me, but for the late Mr. Dick Clark, too. Thank you!
    DKosty123 How do you recreate something that only happens once when it was like a dream that captured the imagination of a whole country? I have been watching season 1 on DVD and it appears that is what is the goal of this program. It pretty much does the job too. It tries to recreate the history on American Bandstand and the feelings of the era. Here is how it started- It premiered locally in late September 1952 as Bandstand on Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV Channel 6 (now WPVI-TV), as a replacement for a weekday movie that had shown predominantly British movies. The original host was Bob Horn, but no one remembers that start. In late spring of 1957, the ABC television network asked their O&O's and affiliates for programming suggestions to fill their 3:30 p.m. (ET) time slot (WFIL had been pre-empting the ABC programming with Bandstand). Clark decided to pitch the show to ABC president Thomas W. Moore, and after some badgering the show was picked up nationally, becoming American Bandstand on August 5, 1957. Clark had been hosting since 1956 and would continue to host until 1989 when the run ended.While the recreation of this era is not entirely accurate, the setting and the spirit are all captured here. The recent death of Dick Clark who took the only local show that premiered in Philadelphia and made it a nationwide success is a spirit that still lives on. What is important to remember is what this show did for the music industry in America. This show put American music on the map. The National exposure from Bandstand began the modern music era.Nearly every artist and every top 10 song for over 3 decades would appear on the program. This show tries to recreate Philadelphia in the era of televisions start. The drama of getting on the show, the back stage politics, and other events of the era are something that has now passed into history. Even the show would eventually move to California before it's run ended.Still, the series recaptures some of the magic. I doubt it could be done much better. The dvds have extra music and some real footage of Dick Clark interviewing singers of the era. The only wish is that there could be more of that stuff.This history is now the stuff of museum's as we are in a totally different age. This show is the best blast to that past available.In Memory - Dick Clark 2012 & Bob Horn 1966 plus others who pioneered a great era of music and television.
    Blazex99 I am furious at NBC for American DREAMS! American Dreams was the only show that I watched on t.v. other then E.R., and E.R. has gone down the tubes too. What is going on? I cant watch a single show that I like without hating it or loving it and it gets canceled! NBC is getting much attention about how they are falling behind in ratings and quality of their shows. "Hit Me Baby One More Time" what the Freak is that! Enough with the dam "Apprentise" and horrible reality shows! Get with the program! WHo cares about ratings. What is more important quality shows that do less then stellar in ratings or god awful shows that do mostly well? I am no longer watching NBC anymore. I will miss E.R., but hey its going nowhere. Fix it now. Bring back American Dreams. Or at least release season 2 and 3 on DVD. NBC you suck!!
    Kimmieskids I really enjoy watching American Dreams. I was born in the late 60's (67) and I've always heard stories about things that happened and now I can have see how things went along. I like seeing the old black & white TV's in Mr. Pryors store, I remember having those old TV's and the way the flipped and rolled but we loved watching it, now days you turn on the TV and get mad because they changed shows, it's nice to remember how it used to be and to see how far we have come. I hope every American can try to live their American Dream. I had heard that they were going to take it off the air but I'm hoping it is just here say. Let's all keep telling them how much we enjoy the show to keep it alive!