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Season 4 – The Mega-Brands That Built America

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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.
The Mega-Brands That Built America — Season 4

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Kim Woodard

Executive Producer

Greg Henry

Executive Producer

Isaac Holub

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George Kralovansky

Executive Producer

Shari Ortner

Executive Producer

Brian Burstein

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Airs Aug 2 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 popular type of car, the SUV. Details Episode 2 Airs Aug 9 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. Details Episode 3 Airs Aug 16 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. Details Episode 4 Airs Aug 23 Racing to the Top 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. Details Episode 5 Airs Aug 30 The Underwear Boom 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. Details Episode 6 Airs undefined Rise of the Personal Computer 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. Details
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Season Info

Executive Producer
Kim Woodard, Greg Henry, Isaac Holub, George Kralovansky, Shari Ortner, Brian Burstein, Harry Courniotes, Jim Pasquarella, Brandy Crawford-Uriu
Network
History
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Documentary, History, Reality
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 2, 2026