The HISTORY Channel’s innovative series “The Mega-Brands That Built America” returns for its third season on Sunday, June 1 @ 9PM ET/PT. Executive produced by and featuring NFL legend Peyton Manning, the series highlights the origin stories of some of the most successful businesses and business titans in history. Each one-hour episode is jampacked with nostalgic products, surprising historical connections, gripping dramatic tales, incredible technological breakthroughs, and unexpected facts told through the eyes of the visionaries and entrepreneurs behind the brands, coupled with expert interviews, archival visuals, and dramatic recreations. “The Mega-Brands That Built America” is everything you didn’t know about the colossal brands that revolutionized the way we live.
Topics explored this season include: Rise of the Internet Store, Office Superstars, Hardware Heroes, Denim Dynasties, Czars of the Selfie, Handheld Brains, and more.
Each week, a new episode will stream on The HISTORY® Channel app, history.com, and across major TV providers’ VOD platforms the day after it airs on The HISTORY® Channel.
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The Mega-Brands That Built America |
| Network: HistoryGenre: DocumentarySeasons: 3Episodes: 22 | |
OverviewThe 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. |


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