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American Titans
American Titans

American Titans

—The drive, determination, innovation and often sheer recklessness of men like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Thomas Edison and Cornelius Vanderbilt made America the mightiest nation on Earth. Despite wealth and power, these titans of industry and captains of commerce were not always philanthropic, often driven by greed, ambition, jealousy and revenge. Relying on cinematic re-creations and commentary from historians and other authorities, "American Titans" reveals stories of those who outfought, outspent, and outsmarted rivals to steer the Industrial Revolution into the Gilded Age. Each hourlong episode presents a clash of two tycoons who were at odds, focusing on key moments of each mogul's career -- the first successes, the major hurdles, and the partnerships that either ended in glory or defeat.
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Season 15 of 6 Episodes

  • What started as an indomitable partnership for steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and coal king Henry Clay Frick, ended in violence.

  • Kerosene king John D. Rockefeller clashes with Pennsylvania Railroad President Thomas A. Scott for control of the oil industry in America.

  • Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, pioneers in the electrical industry and business rivals, have a difference of opinion over the best method to transmit power.

  • Newspaper publishers William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer engage in a high-stakes circulation war in the 1890s.

  • Businessmen William A. Clark and Marcus Daly find themselves in a battle to mine copper ore hidden in the hills of Montana.

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5 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Carnegie vs. Frick
    Rockefeller vs. Scott
    Edison vs. Tesla
    Hearst vs. Pulitzer
    Daly vs. Clark
  • Carnegie vs. Frick

    What started as an indomitable partnership for steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and coal king Henry Clay Frick, ended in violence.
    Upcoming
  • Rockefeller vs. Scott

    Kerosene king John D. Rockefeller clashes with Pennsylvania Railroad President Thomas A. Scott for control of the oil industry in America.
    Upcoming
  • Edison vs. Tesla

    Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, pioneers in the electrical industry and business rivals, have a difference of opinion over the best method to transmit power.
    Upcoming
  • Hearst vs. Pulitzer

    Newspaper publishers William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer engage in a high-stakes circulation war in the 1890s.
    Upcoming
  • Daly vs. Clark

    Businessmen William A. Clark and Marcus Daly find themselves in a battle to mine copper ore hidden in the hills of Montana.
    Upcoming
American Titans

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The drive, determination, innovation and often sheer recklessness of men like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Thomas Edison and Cornelius Vanderbilt made America the mightiest nation on Earth. Despite wealth and power, these titans of industry and captains of commerce were not always philanthropic, often driven by greed, ambition, jealousy and revenge. Relying on cinematic re-creations and commentary from historians and other authorities, "American Titans" reveals stories of those who outfought, outspent, and outsmarted rivals to steer the Industrial Revolution into the Gilded Age. Each hourlong episode presents a clash of two tycoons who were at odds, focusing on key moments of each mogul's career -- the first successes, the major hurdles, and the partnerships that either ended in glory or defeat.

Starring

Joe Feldman-Barros, Ned Read

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