The Mega-Brands That Built America

2023 · 42m · TMDB 8.5/10 (6 votes)

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About The Mega-Brands That Built America

The innovations, failures and incredible achievements of some of the most successful businesses in history, from megastores like Costco and Walmart to shipping giants like FedEx and UPS, that forever changed the way Americans live.

Status
Returning Series
TMDB rating
8.5/10 from 6 votes
Seasons
4
Episodes
22

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

Latest aired season

Season 4

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S4 E1

Road Warriors

During WWII, a struggling automaker and Detroit's industry titan race to build a revolutionary all-purpose military vehicle, then spend decades battling to reinvent their wartime creation into America's most popular type of car: the SUV.

S4 E2Unaired

The Game Makers

A showman named Mark Goodson and a former nightclub singer named Merv Griffin wage a three-decades battle to reinvent the television game show, creating franchises with spinning wheels, buzzers, and catchphrases that become ingrained in American culture as billion-dollar global brands.

S4 E3Unaired

Ideas That Stick

A husband's homemade bandage, a college dropout's breakthrough adhesive, and a factory worker's wartime fix transform simple strips of tape into indispensable American icons - creating a $90 billion industry, one sticky invention at a time.

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