The Mega-Brands That Built America
The Mega-Brands That Built America: Season 3

Air Date

June 1, 2025

Episodes

10 episodes

The Mega-Brands That Built America

Season 3

Episodes

1. The World in Your Palm

June 1, 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. The Retail Reckoning

June 8, 2025
43 min

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

3. Rise of the Internet Empires

June 15, 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. Hardware Warfare

June 22, 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. Rise of the Office Machines

June 29, 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. Photo Bombs

July 6, 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. Fight for the Fast Lane

July 13, 2025
43 min

8. Pants on Fire

July 20, 2025
43 min

9. Wipe Out the Competition

July 27, 2025
43 min

10. Reinventing the Wheel

August 3, 2025
43 min

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