Modern Marvels
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Celebrates the history, technology, and impact of the engineering achievements and innovations that have shaped the modern world.
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, February 24
The Horse
Season 14 • Episode 32
A celebration of the horse, the animal that helped mankind change the world.
Monday, February 24
Horsepower
Season 12 • Episode 19
The improvement of technology and how it has made engines more efficient.
Monday, February 24
Chrome
Season 15 • Episode 7
Chrome hot rod; the Chrome Shop Mafia adds bling to truckers' big rigs; Arlington Plating Co.
Monday, February 24
Grease
Season 16 • Episode 2
The hidden uses of grease inside giant machines; how grease is made in a New York factory.
Monday, February 24
Start to Finish
Season 15 • Episode 8
Vehicle assembly; building a home in a week; high-tech golf clubs; building demolition.
Monday, February 24
Paving America
Season 2 • Episode 19
American roads: from pre-World War II highways to the interstate system.
Monday, February 24
Moving America
Season 19 • Episode 3
Adam Richman explores how a legendary long-hauler meticulously custom-builds each truck at Daimler.
Monday, February 24
Overseas Highway
Season 9 • Episode 34
The Overseas Highway contains 51 bridges, linking mainland Florida with the Florida Keys.
Monday, February 24
The Horse
Season 14 • Episode 32
A celebration of the horse, the animal that helped mankind change the world.
Monday, February 24
Horsepower
Season 12 • Episode 19
The improvement of technology and how it has made engines more efficient.
Monday, February 24
Chrome
Season 15 • Episode 7
Chrome hot rod; the Chrome Shop Mafia adds bling to truckers' big rigs; Arlington Plating Co.
Monday, February 24
Grease
Season 16 • Episode 2
The hidden uses of grease inside giant machines; how grease is made in a New York factory.
Monday, February 24
Start to Finish
Season 15 • Episode 8
Vehicle assembly; building a home in a week; high-tech golf clubs; building demolition.
Monday, February 24
Paving America
Season 2 • Episode 19
American roads: from pre-World War II highways to the interstate system.
Monday, February 24
Moving America
Season 19 • Episode 3
Adam Richman explores how a legendary long-hauler meticulously custom-builds each truck at Daimler.
Monday, February 24
Overseas Highway
Season 9 • Episode 34
The Overseas Highway contains 51 bridges, linking mainland Florida with the Florida Keys.
Tuesday, February 25
The Horse
Season 14 • Episode 32
A celebration of the horse, the animal that helped mankind change the world.
Tuesday, February 25
Horsepower
Season 12 • Episode 19
The improvement of technology and how it has made engines more efficient.
Tuesday, February 25
Chrome
Season 15 • Episode 7
Chrome hot rod; the Chrome Shop Mafia adds bling to truckers' big rigs; Arlington Plating Co.
Tuesday, February 25
Grease
Season 16 • Episode 2
The hidden uses of grease inside giant machines; how grease is made in a New York factory.
Tuesday, February 25
Start to Finish
Season 15 • Episode 8
Vehicle assembly; building a home in a week; high-tech golf clubs; building demolition.
Tuesday, February 25
Paving America
Season 2 • Episode 19
American roads: from pre-World War II highways to the interstate system.
Tuesday, February 25
Moving America
Season 19 • Episode 3
Adam Richman explores how a legendary long-hauler meticulously custom-builds each truck at Daimler.
Tuesday, February 25
Overseas Highway
Season 9 • Episode 34
The Overseas Highway contains 51 bridges, linking mainland Florida with the Florida Keys.
Thursday, February 27
The Maginot Line
Season 6 • Episode 30
France builds a defensive string of forts between itself and Germany.
Friday, February 28
The Maginot Line
Season 6 • Episode 30
France builds a defensive string of forts between itself and Germany.
Friday, February 28
The Maginot Line
Season 6 • Episode 30
France builds a defensive string of forts between itself and Germany.
Saturday, March 1
Extreme Aircraft II
Season 13 • Episode 33
U.S. military fighter jets.
Sunday, March 2
Extreme Aircraft II
Season 13 • Episode 33
U.S. military fighter jets.
Sunday, March 2
Extreme Aircraft II
Season 13 • Episode 33
U.S. military fighter jets.
Sunday, March 2
Extreme Aircraft II
Season 13 • Episode 33
U.S. military fighter jets.
Sunday, March 2
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Season 13 • Episode 8
Nuclear bombs and microscopic anthrax spores can be weapons of mass destruction.
Monday, March 3
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Season 13 • Episode 8
Nuclear bombs and microscopic anthrax spores can be weapons of mass destruction.
Monday, March 3
Hunting Gear
Season 8 • Episode 27
Hunting technology evolves from the primitive to the digital.
Monday, March 3
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Season 13 • Episode 8
Nuclear bombs and microscopic anthrax spores can be weapons of mass destruction.
Monday, March 3
Nuclear Tech
Season 10 • Episode 25
Nuclear technology has uses in medicine, food preparation and radiation detection.
Monday, March 3
Nuclear Subs
Season 7 • Episode 45
Some nuclear submarines carry more firepower than all of the bombs dropped in history.
Monday, March 3
Doomsday Tech 1
Season 10 • Episode 68
Potential for accidental nuclear-weapons launch; global warming; futuristic threats.
Monday, March 3
More Doomsday Tech
Season 10 • Episode 69
Asteroids; bioterrorism; cyberterrorist attacks; genetic engineering.
Monday, March 3
Inventions of War
Season 6 • Episode 44
Everyday items directly descend from wartime innovations.
Monday, March 3
Tiny Weapons
Season 16 • Episode 17
Small weapons can have a big impact on the battlefield.
Monday, March 3
Hunting Gear
Season 8 • Episode 27
Hunting technology evolves from the primitive to the digital.
Monday, March 3
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Season 13 • Episode 8
Nuclear bombs and microscopic anthrax spores can be weapons of mass destruction.
Monday, March 3
Nuclear Tech
Season 10 • Episode 25
Nuclear technology has uses in medicine, food preparation and radiation detection.
Monday, March 3
Nuclear Subs
Season 7 • Episode 45
Some nuclear submarines carry more firepower than all of the bombs dropped in history.
Monday, March 3
Doomsday Tech 1
Season 10 • Episode 68
Potential for accidental nuclear-weapons launch; global warming; futuristic threats.
Monday, March 3
More Doomsday Tech
Season 10 • Episode 69
Asteroids; bioterrorism; cyberterrorist attacks; genetic engineering.
Monday, March 3
Inventions of War
Season 6 • Episode 44
Everyday items directly descend from wartime innovations.
Monday, March 3
Tiny Weapons
Season 16 • Episode 17
Small weapons can have a big impact on the battlefield.
Tuesday, March 4
Hunting Gear
Season 8 • Episode 27
Hunting technology evolves from the primitive to the digital.
Tuesday, March 4
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Season 13 • Episode 8
Nuclear bombs and microscopic anthrax spores can be weapons of mass destruction.
Tuesday, March 4
Nuclear Tech
Season 10 • Episode 25
Nuclear technology has uses in medicine, food preparation and radiation detection.
Tuesday, March 4
Nuclear Subs
Season 7 • Episode 45
Some nuclear submarines carry more firepower than all of the bombs dropped in history.
Tuesday, March 4
Doomsday Tech 1
Season 10 • Episode 68
Potential for accidental nuclear-weapons launch; global warming; futuristic threats.
Tuesday, March 4
More Doomsday Tech
Season 10 • Episode 69
Asteroids; bioterrorism; cyberterrorist attacks; genetic engineering.
Tuesday, March 4
Inventions of War
Season 6 • Episode 44
Everyday items directly descend from wartime innovations.
Tuesday, March 4
Tiny Weapons
Season 16 • Episode 17
Small weapons can have a big impact on the battlefield.
Sunday, March 9
Military Movers
Season 9 • Episode 27
Military planners move soldiers and cargo halfway around the world.
Monday, March 10
Military Movers
Season 9 • Episode 27
Military planners move soldiers and cargo halfway around the world.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters
Season 4 • Episode 29
Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters 6
Season 10 • Episode 15
Harrier jump jet; Ford Explorer Firestone tire rollovers.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters 9
Season 10 • Episode 44
Grain elevator explosion; Schoharie bridge collapse.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters 10
Season 10 • Episode 46
Tropicana Casino garage collapse; Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters 20
Season 12 • Episode 51
BP's Texas City refinery; airline crash; NASA's Skylab.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters of the '70s
Season 13 • Episode 20
Edmund Fitzgerald; Buffalo Creek; Los Angeles Harbor.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters: New Orleans
Season 12 • Episode 9
The levees and water-pumping system of New Orleans.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters
Season 4 • Episode 29
Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.
Monday, March 10
Military Movers
Season 9 • Episode 27
Military planners move soldiers and cargo halfway around the world.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters 6
Season 10 • Episode 15
Harrier jump jet; Ford Explorer Firestone tire rollovers.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters 9
Season 10 • Episode 44
Grain elevator explosion; Schoharie bridge collapse.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters 10
Season 10 • Episode 46
Tropicana Casino garage collapse; Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters 20
Season 12 • Episode 51
BP's Texas City refinery; airline crash; NASA's Skylab.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters of the '70s
Season 13 • Episode 20
Edmund Fitzgerald; Buffalo Creek; Los Angeles Harbor.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters: New Orleans
Season 12 • Episode 9
The levees and water-pumping system of New Orleans.
Monday, March 10
Engineering Disasters
Season 4 • Episode 29
Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.
Tuesday, March 11
Engineering Disasters 6
Season 10 • Episode 15
Harrier jump jet; Ford Explorer Firestone tire rollovers.
Tuesday, March 11
Engineering Disasters 9
Season 10 • Episode 44
Grain elevator explosion; Schoharie bridge collapse.
Tuesday, March 11
Engineering Disasters 10
Season 10 • Episode 46
Tropicana Casino garage collapse; Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse.
Tuesday, March 11
Engineering Disasters 20
Season 12 • Episode 51
BP's Texas City refinery; airline crash; NASA's Skylab.
Tuesday, March 11
Engineering Disasters of the '70s
Season 13 • Episode 20
Edmund Fitzgerald; Buffalo Creek; Los Angeles Harbor.
Tuesday, March 11
Engineering Disasters: New Orleans
Season 12 • Episode 9
The levees and water-pumping system of New Orleans.
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