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The Mega-Brands That Built America (2023)

July. 23,2023

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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.

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The Mega-Brands That Built America

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Seasons 4 : 2026

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Road Warriors

August. 02,2026

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.

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Episode 2 - The Game Makers

August. 09,2026

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.

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Episode 3 - Ideas That Stick

August. 16,2026

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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Episode 4 - Racing to the Top

August. 23,2026

A down-on-his-luck mechanic transforms outlaw moonshine racing into a major American spectator sport, overcoming rivals, setbacks, and financial crises to build a billion-dollar sports empire.

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Episode 5 - The Underwear Boom

August. 30,2026

P.H. Hanes sparks a revolution in American underwear, but rivals answer with breakthrough designs, bold branding, and a wartime windfall—transforming an unmentionable necessity into a $100 billion global industry.

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Episode 6 - Rise of the Personal Computer

September. 06,2026

A pair of garage tinkerers, a copier company's secret lab, and a college-dropout programmer spark a decades-long battle for the future of computing - shrinking the computer from a room-sized machine to the device billions carry every day.

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Seasons 3 : 2025

10 Episode

Seasons 2 : 2024

8 Episode

Seasons 1 : 2023

4 Episode