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The Mega-Brands That Built America

Season 3

2025 · 10 episodes

  1. 1. The World in Your Palm

    2025-06-01 · 43m

    The biggest names in computers go head-to-head in a race to create the first portable computers; through failures, alliances and the return of an American icon, they'll usher in their first ever handheld device.

  2. 2. The Retail Reckoning

    2025-06-08 · 43m

    Three American retail icons are born within months of each other in 1962, sparking a rivalry for the ages.

  3. 3. Rise of the Internet Empires

    2025-06-15 · 43m

    An ambitious upstart leaves Wall Street to start an internet store that becomes a global empire, while a young computer programmer revolutionizes the way we buy and sell online--creating rival multibillion-dollar brands that become household names.

  4. 4. Hardware Warfare

    2025-06-22 · 43m

    Family-owned hardware stores become behemoth brands who battle it out taking big risks, ushering in new innovations, and betting it all in a race to become the number one hardware store chain in America.

  5. 5. Rise of the Office Machines

    2025-06-29 · 43m

    To simplify tedious office tasks in the mid-20th century, one unknown company introduces the world's first photocopier and becomes a household name.

  6. 6. Photo Bombs

    2025-07-06 · 43m

    An underdog breaks the mold by creating instant photography, revolutionizing how we take photos. And it kicks off a war of innovation between two iconic companies battling to be the number one camera brand in the country.

  7. 7. Fight for the Fast Lane

    2025-07-13 · 43m

  8. 8. Pants on Fire

    2025-07-20 · 43m

  9. 9. Wipe Out the Competition

    2025-07-27 · 43m

  10. 10. Reinventing the Wheel

    2025-08-03 · 43m

    Harvey Firestone races to innovation against a crosstown rival as they both bet big on bringing car tires to the nation.

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