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s07e14 · 2026-07-27
To Be Determined · US
The Food That Built America
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For generations of Americans, food titans like Henry Heinz, Milton Hershey, John and Will Kellogg, C.W. Post and the McDonald brothers have literally been household names, but you don't know their stories. Before they were brand names, they were brilliant, sometimes ruthless, visionaries who revolutionized food and changed the landscape of America forever. This miniseries event will tell the fascinating stories of the people behind the food that built America – those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, and along the way built cities, invented new technologies and helped win wars.
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16 this season · 83 totals04e01 Breakfast That Pops 2023-02-20 02:00
Breakfast That Pops
Two heavy-hitting cereal rivals duke it out for breakfast dominance; competition heats up when an idea is stolen; the ensuing battle transforms the breakfast landscape from a labor-intensive meal at the table to a meal of convenience on the go.
s04e02 Holiday Treats 2023-02-27 02:00
Holiday Treats
The top-selling candy days of the year revolve around Easter, Valentine's Day, and Halloween. And it all started with a few bold pioneers.
s04e03 Flight of the Buffalo Wing 2023-03-06 02:00
Flight of the Buffalo Wing
Before chicken wings were America's favorite Sunday football snack, they were considered an undesirable cut of meat. Until two restaurateurs in Buffalo, New York, reinvent the way wings are cooked.
s04e04 Candy Revolution 2023-03-13 01:00
Candy Revolution
A cereal executive's bold idea to finance the 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' movie will kick-off a candy revolution that produces some of the most iconic, imaginative confections in history.
s04e05 Clash of the Coffee 2023-03-20 01:00
Clash of the Coffee
Two icons compete for America's coffee drinkers and forever change a worldwide, multi-billion-dollar industry.
s04e06 The Chicken Coup 2023-03-27 01:00
The Chicken Coup
Eventually challenging America's burger joint heavyweights, two future fast-food kingpins find themselves on a collision course in an all-out chicken sandwich war that is still raging to this day.
s04e07 When Food Freezes Over 2023-04-03 01:00
When Food Freezes Over
Four intrepid food entrepreneurs race to harness emerging technologies like the home freezer and microwave, to bring revolutionary frozen snack icons to a waiting world, and forever change what we eat, when we eat, and how we eat.
s04e08 Thanksgiving Dinner 2023-04-10 01:00
Thanksgiving Dinner
A look at some staples of Thanksgiving dinner that weren't around until a few brands used technological advances to reinvent turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and more; food innovators made each part of the meal accessible.
s04e09 Peanut Butter Battle 2023-04-17 01:00
Peanut Butter Battle
When an entrepreneur creates shelf-stable peanut butter out of his garage, it leads to the birth of an iconic sandwich; as competition heats up to be America's favorite peanut butter, three famous brands battle it out to be number one.
s04e10 American Spirits 2023-04-24 01:00
American Spirits
Two entrepreneurs rise from the ashes of Prohibition by staking everything on two liquors - a bitter, bottom-shelf whisky, and a flavorless foreign moonshine - and go on to save an industry and create two of the most popular brands in the country.
s04e11 Where There's Smoke 2023-06-12 01:00
Where There's Smoke
Lighting up the backyard grill is an American summer tradition like no other. But 100 years ago, cooking outside was not nearly as popular or accessible. Most backyard grilling essentials hadn't been invented yet, and many people didn't even have backyards, while the hot dogs we know, and love were still relatively unknown in the marketplace. It would take industry titan Henry Ford, one relentless tinkerer named Kingsford, and a passionate butcher from the Oscar Mayer family to create the most iconic brands of the Summer and change the face of American backyards forever.
s04e12 Thirst Quenchers 2023-06-19 01:00
Thirst Quenchers
Before juice was everywhere, these innovators used brilliant ingenuity to create the most nostalgic drink products and thirst quenchers of the last century, leading the charge on a new billion dollar beverage industry.
s04e13 Supermarket Sweep 2023-06-26 01:00
Supermarket Sweep
At the turn of the 20th century, Bernard Kroger and another upstart grocer come up with genius innovations that help invent the modern supermarket.
s04e14 Bring Home the Bacon 2023-07-10 01:00
Bring Home the Bacon
A young upstart named Oscar Mayer creates one of the most iconic meat brands on the planet; pioneer Jay Hormel invents a meat product sold the world over, which becomes part of a $20 billion food empire.
s04e15 Dog Eat Dog 2023-07-17 01:00
Dog Eat Dog
At a time when dog food is a rarity and cat food is almost nonexistent, it will take visionary innovators to invent the first dog treat, the first dry dog food, the first cat food, and many more innovations that will carve out the billion-dollar pet food industry, and solidify dogs and cats as part of the American family.
s04e16 Beer Run 2023-07-24 01:00
Beer Run
At a time when U.S. beer is dominated by the same lager style, one Milwaukee company experiments with something new. What starts as an unappealing low-calorie beer will become the number one beer in America, and a battle between two all-time titans to be the king of light beer.