The Mega-Brands That Built America (2023) is a documentary web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Mega-Brands That Built America online in HD.
The Mega-Brands That Built America — Storyline
The innovations, failures and incredible achievements of some of the most successful businesses in history, from megastores like Costco and Walmart to shipping giants like FedEx and UPS, that forever changed the way Americans live.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Campbell Scott, Gary Hoover
The Mega-Brands That Built America — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2023-07-23 |
| Seasons | 4 |
| Episodes | 28 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | History |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Rating | 8.4/10 (7 votes) |
The Mega-Brands That Built America — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Battle of the Superstores (2023-07-23) — Founding fathers of the biggest retail stores in the world battle to be the first to innovate, build, and revolutionize the industry. And one of the top businessmen of the 20th cen
- E2: The World Delivered (2023-07-30) — A century ago, shipping packages was slow and shipping overnight was impossible, until two Seattle brothers risk everything to reinvent shipping packages for all; a tenacious Yale
- E3: A Whole New Ballgame (2023-08-06) — The evolution of America's most beloved sports of baseball, basketball and football are made possible by the innovations of sporting goods pioneers named Spalding, Wilson, and the
- E4: Dirty Work (2023-08-13) — In the 1800s, when Americans barely bathed and deadly diseases were commonplace, James Gamble and Harley Procter invent a new soap that revolutionizes America and opens up a market
Season 2
- E1: End of the Landlines (2024-04-28) — When Motorola introduces the first handheld portable telephone to the world, the futuristic technology sets off a fierce battle among international telecommunications companies to
- E2: Internet Killed the Video Store (2024-05-05) — A database software engineer is inspired to create a bigger, unprecedented family friendly video-store, Blockbuster. But, as the dot com boom explodes an opening appears for two so
- E3: Easy Money (2024-05-12) — In the middle of the 20th century, a small piece of plastic revolutionizes the world of commerce as Diners' Club, Bank of America, and American Express race to change how people pa
- E4: Suite Dreams: Birth of the Modern Hotel (2024-05-19) — Two visionaries breathe new life into the hotel industry in America and the world, by setting the modern standard for hospitality. Despite setbacks, economic downturns, and interna
- E5: Music on the Move (2024-06-02) — In the 1950s, rival electronics companies aim to make music portable for the first time ever. What follows is a decades-long rivalry that prompts the creation of iconic products li
- E6: Clash of the Computer Titans (2024-06-09) — A game designer named Steve Jobs starts a personal computer company in his parents' garage on his way to bringing computers mainstream. But when he commissions the help of a softwa
- E7: Rentals to Riches (2024-06-23) — A down-on-his-luck car salesman has the visionary idea to start the first rental car company in America, and when he joins forces with cab company owner John Hertz, they spread the
- E8: Sneaker Head-to-Head (2024-06-30) — Two sneaker companies become industry titans through a decades long battle for global dominance, as they unleash iconic footwear that will bring sneakers mainstream and make them p
Season 3
- E1: The World in Your Palm (2025-06-01) — 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 th
- E2: The Retail Reckoning (2025-06-08) — Three American retail icons are born within months of each other in 1962, sparking a rivalry for the ages.
- E3: Rise of the Internet Empires (2025-06-15) — 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–cr
- E4: Hardware Warfare (2025-06-22) — 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
- E5: Rise of the Office Machines (2025-06-29) — To simplify tedious office tasks in the mid-20th century, one unknown company introduces the world's first photocopier and becomes a household name.
- E6: Photo Bombs (2025-07-06) — 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 th
- E7: Fight for the Fast Lane (2025-07-13) — American cars get a makeover when an engineer creates the first sports car.
- E8: Pants on Fire (2025-07-20) — 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
- E9: Wipe Out the Competition (2025-07-27) — 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-
- E10: Reinventing the Wheel (2025-08-03) — Harvey Firestone races to innovation against a crosstown rival as they both bet big on bringing car tires to the nation.
Season 4
- E1: Road Warriors (2026-08-02) — During WWII, a struggling automaker and Detroit's industry titan race to build a revolutionary all-purpose military vehicle, then spend decades battling to reinvent their wartime c
- E2: The Game Makers (2026-08-09) — A showman named Mark Goodson and a former nightclub singer named Merv Griffin wage a three-decades battle to reinvent the television game show, creating franchises with spinning wh
- E3: Ideas That Stick (2026-08-16) — A husband's homemade bandage, a college dropout's breakthrough adhesive, and a factory worker's wartime fix transform simple strips of tape into indispensable American icons – crea
- E4: Racing to the Top (2026-08-23) — A down-on-his-luck mechanic transforms outlaw moonshine racing into a major American spectator sport, overcoming rivals, setbacks, and financial crises to build a billion-dollar sp
- E5: The Underwear Boom (2026-08-30) — P.H. Hanes sparks a revolution in American underwear, but rivals answer with breakthrough designs, bold branding, and a wartime windfall—transforming an unmentionable necessity int
- E6: Rise of the Personal Computer (2026-09-06) — A pair of garage tinkerers, a copier company's secret lab, and a college-dropout programmer spark a decades-long battle for the future of computing – shrinking the computer from a
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does The Mega-Brands That Built America have? 4 season(s) with 28 episodes.
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