Valley of the Boom

2019
3.5
12 reviews
TV-14
Rating
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (7)

1 Part 1: Print (“hello World”)
1/13/19
Season-only
Jim Barksdale and team take the ever-expanding Netscape on a road show in search of potential investors. Stephan Paternot and Todd Krizelman struggle to secure financing for their virtual community platform, TheGlobe.com. Michael Fenne changes his physical appearance as he travels across the country to Southern California searching for new opportunities.
2 Part 2: Pseudocode
1/13/19
Season-only
Jim Barksdale (Bradley Whitford) leads Netscape through a successful IPO, making it the dominant browser on the market. Microsoft retaliates, sparking the browser wars. TheGlobe.com continues to grow and finally raises enough money to keep afloat. Michael Fenne (Steve Zahn) excitedly starts a new company that promises to deliver revolutionary streaming technology.
3 Part 3: agile method
1/20/19
Season-only
With the browser wars in full swing, Microsoft attacks Netscape. In need of additional financing, TheGlobe.com team hesitates to bring on a potential investor, unconvinced he’ll be a good fit for the company. Using stolen tech, Michael Fenne (Steve Zahn) launches a new company called Pixelon.
4 Part 4: priority inversion
1/20/19
Season-only
In the next strike in the browser wars, Microsoft bundles Internet Explorer with every new Windows PC, hitting Netscape hard. Stephan Paternot and Todd Krizelman run on fumes as they juggle IPO prep with managing their expanding startup. As Pixelon prepares for its massive live event iBash, Michael Fenne’s management style grows more erratic!
5 Part 5: segfault
1/27/19
Season-only
Jim Barksdale (Bradley Whitford) takes drastic measures to reestablish Netscape as a cutting-edge innovator. TheGlobe.com struggles to maintain focus on virtual communities, and Pixelon launches iBash, a massive concert in Vegas with a star-studded lineup, as it introduces its revolutionary streaming technology to the world.
6 Part 6: fatal error
1/27/19
Season-only
Jim Barksdale (Bradley Whitford) keeps up with the Microsoft antitrust case. Stephan Paternot (Dakota Shapiro) and Todd Krizelman (Oliver Cooper) are in the throes of trying to save TheGlobe.com as they discover some potentially damaging news. Pixelon’s investors and board members confront Michael Fenne (Steve Zahn), demanding an explanation about their failing tech.
101 Trailer
12/10/18
Season-only
Valley of the Boom is a high-octane, wildly inventive look at the explosive, game-changing birth of Silicon Valley, from the browser wars of the early '90s through the 2001 dot-com bust. A mix of entertaining scripted drama and insightful interviews, this series peers inside the rise, fall, and revival of tech, and the origins of a new world that has changed our lives forever.

About this show

This limited hybrid series takes us from the explosive, game-changing birth of Silicon Valley through the 2001 dot-com bust. Carried by tremendous characters who experienced the rise, fall and revival of tech as we've come to know it, a new hybrid format delivers access to their never-before-told true stories of the technology revolution, which fold into a propulsive character-based scripted drama.

Ratings and reviews

3.5
12 reviews
Ryan Schanzenbacher
January 14, 2019
I know that only the first two episodes have aired, however I am loving it so far! I like how they are able to combine a documentary style approach to most of the show, while still keeping humor in the show to keep us entertained, such as 4th wall breaks. I can't wait for the series to continue!
Zyra L. F.
January 16, 2019
is this just filler while waiting for new episodes of Star Talk? weird how they just started dumping multiple eps on nat geo.
Chancelor Guerra
December 28, 2018
Has some funny moments, factual, good work
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