Relive the ’90s With CW Documentary ‘The ’90s Boy Band Boom’ Featuring Chris Kirkpatrick, Nick Lachey & More This Saturday

Before One Direction produced teen heartthrob Harry Styles, NSYNC brought us Justin Timberlake and Backstreet Boys launched Nick Carter. Now, you can go back and revisit the biggest names — some of which you may have forgotten about — in The 90s Boy Band Boom, premiering Saturday, Feb. 8 at 8pm EST on The CW.
Boy bands have been around for decades, since the Osmonds and the Jacksons decided to sing and perform live with their siblings in the ’60s. But the 1990s, with MTV and VH1 at the peak of their popularity, really put them at the forefront of teen culture, creating a new, supersized surge of fandom among millennials.
The special will go behind the scenes of the boy band boom of the 1990s: the frosted tips, the baggy jeans, the competing fandoms — this documentary covers it all.
Plus, you’ll get all the deets from exclusive interviews with the people who actually lived through it: NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick, Backstreet Boys’ Brian Littrell and AJ McLean, and even 98 Degrees alum Nick Lachey. The songs (and the hair) may take you right back to middle school.