← The Mega-Brands That Built America

Season 3

10 episodes · 2025

  1. 1The World in Your Palm

    01 Jun 2025 · 43 min

    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. 2The Retail Reckoning

    08 Jun 2025 · 43 min

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

  3. 3Rise of the Internet Empires

    15 Jun 2025 · 43 min

    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. 4Hardware Warfare

    22 Jun 2025 · 43 min

    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. 5Rise of the Office Machines

    29 Jun 2025 · 43 min

    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. 6Photo Bombs

    06 Jul 2025 · 43 min

    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. 7Fight for the Fast Lane

    13 Jul 2025 · 43 min

    American cars get a makeover when an engineer creates the first sports car.

  8. 8Pants on Fire

    20 Jul 2025 · 43 min

    Levi Strauss partners with a tailor who makes a groundbreaking discovery during the Gold Rush—sparking a blue jean boom and a fierce rivalry between two iconic companies that spans generations and builds a billion-dollar industry.

  9. 9Wipe Out the Competition

    27 Jul 2025 · 43 min

    Before toilet paper, Americans used just about anything–until the Scott brothers turn a mistake into an opportunity and invent the toilet paper roll, giving birth to a new billion-dollar industry.

  10. 10Reinventing the Wheel

    03 Aug 2025 · 43 min

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