''90 Days'' is a video news magazine produced by

McDonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor, formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. Between then and its own merger with Boeing in 1997, it produ ...

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and distributed at the end of every business quarter (hence the show's title) through the mail to employees and shareholders of the company in VHS format. From its inception in September 1989 until the final episode in 1996 under the "90 Days" title, the program routinely featured segments about employees and company programs or products, all while incorporating a review of financial results from the previous quarter. An example clip from the program can currently be found on the video website YouTube. It was "a video report about issues, events and people important to you and

Overview

As Mr. McDonnell explains in "Number 1," the purpose behind going to the expense of producing and distributing ''90 Days'' was to facilitate better communication between the company and its employees and shareholders. In fact, the first episode came with a postcard so viewers could share their comments on the show, and a special mailing address was established for comments throughout the life of the program. When "Number 1" debuted, the company was in the midst of a major transition, and at the time this was an innovative form of communication that served as an insight into the company's direction.

Hosts

Over the course of the program's production, ''90 Days'' had three hosts: *

John McDonnell John Martin McDonnell (born 8 September 1951) is a British politician who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since 1997. ...

(episodes 1-17) *

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(episodes 18-25) *Guest host (episode 26)

Episodes

Each episode of ''90 Days'' was named according to its numerical order in the series, and featured a summary of that episode either on the reverse of the VHS video cover (early episodes) or printed on a label on the video itself (episodes after "Number 17").

Legacy of ''90 Days''

There are not any known plans to restart ''90 Days'' or its successor, ''Flight Times TV'', by

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References

{{reflist Documentary television series about aviation McDonnell Douglas 1989 American television series debuts 1996 American television series endings