American Genius

Ended First aired 01/Jun/2015 United States English 1 season(s) 8 episode(s)

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.

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Season 1 · Season 1

8 episode(s) · Air date: 01/Jun/2015

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S1E8

Edison vs. Tesla

Air date: 22/Jun/2015 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min

Summary

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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S1E7

Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg

Air date: 22/Jun/2015 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min

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

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S1E6

Colt vs. Wesson

Air date: 15/Jun/2015 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min

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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.

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S1E5

Space Race

Air date: 15/Jun/2015 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min

Summary

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.

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S1E4

Hearst vs. Pulitzer

Air date: 08/Jun/2015 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min

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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.

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S1E3

Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff

Air date: 08/Jun/2015 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min

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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.

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S1E2

Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss

Air date: 01/Jun/2015 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min

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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.

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S1E1

Jobs vs. Gates

Air date: 01/Jun/2015 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min

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

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