Air Date
October 6, 2024
Episodes
5 episodes
Built America Presents
Season 1
Overview
Offering viewers an insightful look into the incredible feats of engineering that have shaped the nation. This series focuses on the stories behind some of America’s most iconic structures and the innovative minds that brought them to life.
Episodes
1. Football Feasts
Herman Lay takes regional and small-time chips business to a national scale with his cutting-edge sales techniques and world-changing packaging technology.
2. Fast Food Frenzy
In the 1950s, Ray Kroc franchises McDonald's nationwide, but right behind Kroc a wave of other entrepreneurs try to cash in on the fast food restaurant craze.
3. Video Game Wars
Thanks to the industry-defining innovations of three men through the creation of games like Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon, Nintendo goes from a struggling playing card company to a video game juggernaut.
4. Tricks & Treats
A cereal executive's bold idea to finance the "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" movie kicks-off a candy revolution; in the early 1900s, an underestimated confectioner creates the first wrapped penny candy--the Tootsie Roll.