Time Was

Time Was
Opening title for HBO's Time Was
Starring	Dick Cavett
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	7
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	1979 (1979)

Time Was is a documentary television series that premiered on HBO¹ 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 via archival footage. The series was followed up with two other HBO documentary series hosted by Cavett, Remember When, which premiered in May 1981 and Yesteryear, which premiered in July 1982.²³⁴⁵