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American Genius

All Episodes 2015
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  • 2015-06-02T01:00:00Z
  • 45m
  • 6h (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Stephen David Entertainment
  • Documentary
Behind every great genius was a great rival - an unstoppable adversary whose incredible vision, determination, and ambition is their match. Out of their struggles came the world's most brilliant inventions, the spoils of the heated battle between competitors.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2015-06-02T01:00:00Z

1x01 Jobs vs. Gates

Series Premiere

1x01 Jobs vs. Gates

  • 2015-06-02T01:00:00Z45m

In the 1980s, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs break out in a heated battle to bring the personal computer to the masses.

The Wright Brothers build and fly the world’s first airplane, but they keep it a secret, leaving an opening for motor designer, Glenn Curtiss, to swoop in and compete to be the first to fly in public.

2015-06-09T01:00:00Z

1x03 Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff

1x03 Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff

  • 2015-06-09T01:00:00Z45m

A young Midwestern farm boy creates an innovation that forever changes the future of communication, only to have it stolen away by one of America's greatest media moguls.

2015-06-09T01:00:00Z

1x04 Hearst vs. Pulitzer

1x04 Hearst vs. Pulitzer

  • 2015-06-09T01:00:00Z45m

The newspaper redefined the way America tells its stories, but its rise to prominence was born out of a bitter rivalry between a man who built himself up from nothing and the wealthy son of a business tycoon. Follow William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer as they push the limits of journalism in unthinkable ways, forever changing the media landscape.

2015-06-16T01:00:00Z

1x05 Space Race

1x05 Space Race

  • 2015-06-16T01:00:00Z45m

America and the Soviet Union, deadlocked in the Cold War, set their sights on the final frontier — space. Go inside the more than decadelong struggle between the two superpowers as they both set out to conquer the moon. German scientist Werner Von Braun leads the charge for the U.S. and Sergei Korolev for the Soviets, but in the race to space, only one side can get there first.

2015-06-16T01:00:00Z

1x06 Colt vs. Wesson

1x06 Colt vs. Wesson

  • 2015-06-16T01:00:00Z45m

Samuel Colt and partners Edwin Smith & Daniel Wesson become locked in the first true “arms” race, as they compete to perfect the world’s first revolver.

J. Robert Oppenheimer and Werner Heisenberg are in the world's largest arms race to build the first atomic bomb.

Season Finale

2015-06-23T01:00:00Z

1x08 Edison vs. Tesla

Season Finale

1x08 Edison vs. Tesla

  • 2015-06-23T01:00:00Z45m

Celebrated inventor Thomas Edison goes to war with his former assistant, Nikola Tesla, to determine who will power the world with electric light.

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