American Genius
Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 8
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.
Episodes(8)
1. Jobs vs. Gates
In the 1980s, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs break out in a heated battle to bring the personal computer to the masses.
Air Date : 2015-06-01
2. Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss
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.
Air Date : 2015-06-01
3. Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff
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.
Air Date : 2015-06-08
4. Hearst vs. Pulitzer
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.
Air Date : 2015-06-08
5. Space Race
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.
Air Date : 2015-06-15
6. Colt vs. Wesson
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.
Air Date : 2015-06-15
7. Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg
J. Robert Oppenheimer and Werner Heisenberg are in the world's largest arms race to build the first atomic bomb.
Air Date : 2015-06-22
8. Edison vs. Tesla
Celebrated inventor Thomas Edison goes to war with his former assistant, Nikola Tesla, to determine who will power the world with electric light.
Air Date : 2015-06-22
Cast
Jeff Wilburn
(Narrator (voice))
Mark Falvo
(Government Official)
Johnna Leary
(IBM Executive)
Evan I. Schwartz
(Self)
Chuck Taber
(Apple Employee)
Don Meehan Jr
(Horace Smith)
Nicholas Chase Applegate
(Race Official)
John Hawthorne Smith
(Larry Tesler)
Vaughn Bullard
(Bar Patron)
Vince Eisenson
(Xerox Suit)
Will Steckman
(U.S. Soldier)
Gary Ayash
(Reporter)
Lawrence Derx
(Edison Scientist)
Chaz Riddle
(Lab assistant)
Joseph Varca
(Steve Jobs)
Artie Brennan
(Paul Allen)
Scott Bolger
(Foreman)
Philip J Rossi
(Bill Gates)
William H. Power
(Dr. James Eason)
Biz Stone
(Self)
Jake Swing
(Tim Paterson)
John Wilkins III
(Jobs' Doctor)
Edgar Fox
(Orville Wright)
Sam Jules
(Young Wilbur Wright)
Xander Crowell
(Young Orville Wright)
Marc Goodman
(Race Official)
Donald Imm
(Government Official)
Brian Leider
(Wilbur Wright)
Daniel Van Thomas
(Glenn Curtiss)
Faron Salisbury
(Lt. Selfridge)
Kurt Vogelsang
(Henry Ford)
Jeffrey Klemmer
(Solomon Carvalho)
Sheri Lahris
(Newspaper Editor)
Joe Menino
(Morrill Goddard)
Richard Spencer
(John Sculley)
Jack Champion
(Kid Blink)
Hugh Scully
(Joseph Pulitzer)
Teagan Heesch
(Young Daniel Wesson)
John Keabler
(William Randolph Hearst)
Karn Ford
(Kate Pulitzer)
Apryl Crowell
(Winniford Black)
Michael Chmiel
(Young Pulitzer)
Raffaela O'Neill
(Evangelina)
Lisa Wassel
(Newspaper Editor)
Todd Mazzie
(Karl Decker)
Emma Jean Delia
(Pem Farnsworth)
Tyler Herwick
(Young David Sarnoff)
John Ramaine
(Crocker)
Will Sarratt
(Philo Farnsworth)
Stelio Savante
(David Sarnoff)
Daniel Olson
(Sergei Korolev)
Jon Boatwright
(Walt Disney)
Brandon deSpain
(Vasily Mishin)
Daren Donofrio
(Yuri Gagarin)
Tim Duquette
(Nikita Khrushchev)
Francis French
(Self)
Charles Green
(Al Munier)
Corey Maher
(Werner Von Braun)
Tim Perez-Ross
(Col. Holger Toftoy)
Eric Supensky
(Andrei Grenchko)
Adam Jonas Segaller
(Samuel Colt)
Philip Guerette
(Daniel Wesson)
John Byrne
(Edwin Wesson)
Ashley Hlebinsky
(Self)
Rick Jermain
(Sam Colt's Father)
Todd Kerns
(Capt. Samuel Walker)
Katey Parker
(Elizabeth Colt)
Ryan Wesley Gilreath
(J. Robert Oppenheimer)
Yosef Podolski
(Werner Heisenberg)
Dan Brennan
(Leslie Groves)
David Mitchum Brown
(Harry S. Truman)
Craig Wesley Divino
(Moe Berg)
Mike Marunde
(Reich Minister)
Joanna Shubert
(UC Berkley Student)
Allen Williamson
(Edwin H. Armstrong)
Eric Rolland
(Thomas Edison)
Anthony Misiano
(Nikola Tesla)
Aaron Ainsworth
(William Kemmler)
Radford Baker
(Thomas Edison's Assistant)
Andy Rivera
(Henry Byllesby)
Gus Zucco
(Draftsman)
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