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- A look at the technology behind some of the 1960s greatest inventions and fads. Prominently featured are color television, transistor radios, satellite broadcasting, touch-tone phones, lava lamps, the Ford Mustang, and toys like Etch-a-Sketch and the Super Ball.
- 2018–7.1 (9)TV EpisodeSamantha travels to Northern Ireland. While visiting Belfast she drinks premium hot chocolate and visits the shipyard and the offices that designed the Titanic. On the northern coast she visits the Basalt Columns and a 400 year old Antrim castle.
- NASCAR returns to "The Track too tough to tame" at Darlington, South Carolina for Labor Day Weekend. Relive the excitement of years past with commemorative paint schemes and an ending for the records. Included a special part of the race called by Ken Squier and Ned Jarret.
- Samantha travels to Boston where she eats at the historic Union Oyster House, explores the river with the Boston University Women's rowing team, and visits the Old South Meeting House (a church that led to the Boston Tea Party). She also explores her family history at the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
- Wether it's bacon, eggs, and toast, oatmeal, a breakfast sandwich or cold cereal; it's the most important meal of the day. Sit back with glass of orange juice and see how your breakfast is made. Also, see how sailors aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. John C. Stennis have breakfast in the middle of the ocean.
- See what it takes to make the perfect shot: a bulls-eye. Expert marksmen can shoot from their target from over a mile away while a billiard player can take the perfect shot to win the game. Also see the modern take on ancient weapons like the trebuchet and the cannon.
- Samantha takes a road trip through Southern California starting at the Coronado hotel in San Diego and the local hot spots. She also visits the small towns of Julian, Borrego Springs, and Temecula before ending at the mountains near Big Bear.
- Whether you take your car to the local car wash or you do it yourself in your driveway, all cars need to be cleaned. This episode of Modern Marvels goes behind the scenes at one of the largest car washes in the country and shows a master car detailed at work. Also included are tips on washing your car at home.
- 1983–198522mTV-Y8.5 (56)TV EpisodeSally's interesting theories about schooling and her trouble with a kid whose ruler she borrowed. The kids play football leading to Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown. Marcie and Peppermint Patty become school crossing guards. Linus' blanket has a mind of its own and begins to annoy Lucy. Charlie Brown's team goes through the predictable struggles.
- While in Chattanooga, Samantha goes on a wheelchair accessible walk through town and then a nature preserve where you can ride electric carts near Lookout Mountain. She also visits the Towing Museum, Tennessee Aquarium, Reflection Riding Arboretum, Chattanooga Choo Choo complex, and other local attractions
- The 17-mile long Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel connects two cities in Virginia that normally would require a 340 mile round trip. Featured are the history of the Chesapeake Bay and the engineering challenges of constructing a bridge and tunnel across a wild body of water not once but twice.
- The story behind our modern Christmas traditions including how Christmas trees are grown and harvested as well as how Christmas lights and ornaments are made. Also featured are holiday store window displays at Macy's, the Rockefeller Christmas tree, and fruit cakes.
- Christmas Through the Decades explores the traditions, fads, and gifts of Christmases past. Each episode includes interviews from pop culture experts and celebrities and covers popular music, TV specials, movies, toys and more for the featured decade.
- 2003–6.9 (44)TV EpisodeCNBC reporter Melissa Lee goes on an in depth behind the scenes look at the world's most popular beverage company and the globe's most recognizable brand; Coca-Cola. She answers what. the soft drink giant doing to stay ahead of competitors and gaining ground in emerging markets to keep business humming.
- A view at the history, machinery, and the industry supporting coin operated vending machines. Machines included are soda and snack vending machines, gum-ball dispensers, arcade games, and parking meters. The historic Automats, jukeboxes, pay phones, and kinetoscopes are also featured.
- The positives and negatives of commercial fishing on the economy and nature are profiled. New England and Canadian fisheries help bring fish to Europe in Colonial times. A look at current practices in the Atlantic Ocean, a Bering Sea factory trawler and deep sea fish farms. Scientists work with fishermen on methods to curb over fishing and extinction thus ensuring the world's appetite for seafood will continue to be satisfied.
- The history and the many uses of copper including how it helped create the Bronze Age and how it's mined. Among the many uses for the red metal explored are its corrosion resistant properties on sea going vessels, it's decorative appeal, and it's antimicrobial properties. Also featured are copper bells, roofs, electronics, pipes, and wires.
- A look at how the tools of the cowboy trade came to be and how they are made from past to the present. Among the inventions featured are ropes, saddles, horseshoes, branding technology, guns, Also featured are modern innovations like the use cell phones, ATVs, airplanes, and helicopters. Rodeos are also featured.
- 2018–6.5 (8)TV EpisodeSamantha and her family visit Alaska. They explore Native American culture and go sled dog racing. They also visit Glacier Bay National Park and view Humpback whales before visiting a Salmon hatchery and explore the local wildlife by the shore. Lastly in a visit to Ketchikan the men go Salmon fishing and the ladies catch a show on a crab fishing boat while being visited by Bald Eagles
- One of man's greatest accomplishments: dams, are explored. The history of dams from construction to demolition as well as their impact on the environment. Construction of embankment dams and larger Hydroelectric dams such as Three Gorges, Hoover, and Grand Coulee are explored. Also featured are the positive impact beavers and their dams have on nature and the havoc man made dams wreak if one collapses.
- A look at some at how some more of the worlds most dangerous cargo is handled including nuclear medicine, wild animals, and the trucking of explosives set to be destroyed. Also includes a look a the Merchant Marines and Liberty Ships during World War II.
- Filmed live at the Apollo Theatre in New York, Don Rickles One Night Only, celebrates the life and career of Mr. Warmth; Don Rickles. The special is hosted by Jerry Sienfeld and features clips from Don's career in Hollywood as well as celebrity cameos and jokes galor.
- Features The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 and other engineering disasters.
- Featured disasters and mishaps include the malfunctioning baggage carousel at the Denver International Airport, the Texas A&M bonfire, the M-4 Sherman tank, the 1993 Milwaukee Water Treatment disaster, and the collapse of the Skyline Plaza.
- Engineering disasters profiled in this episode include flaws in the Patriot Missle system, the Cocoanut Grove night club fire, a failed building demolition, the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, and a toxic waste dump in Love Canal, NY.
- Engineering disasters highlighted include a coal mine in China, a crane collapse in Milwaukee, ground water contaminated with gasoline additives, and the hazards of radiation. Also profiled are the environmental disasters that plagued the Salton Sea in California and the Aral Sea in Asia.
- A look at some of history's most notorious engineering failures. Included are the USMC's Harrier Attack jet, the Piper Alpha North Sea oil platform fire, the collapse of the Pleasants Power Station cooling tower in West Virginia, and the derailment of high speed train in Germany. Also include is a look at the various close calls that almost led to nuclear war.
- The history behind the most extraordinary planes ever built. They include the experimental X-Series planes, such as the X-1 , X-15, X-31, and the X-43. Also features supersonic stealth planes like the U-2, B-2, F-22, and the SR-71 Blackbird.
- Not every invention is a winner. Look at some of history's worst inventions including incompetent military weapons like the nuclear rifle and the Goliath tank. Also featured are the mechanical television, radiated medical products, and the odd looking Dymaxion house and car. Other cars featured where the Chrysler Turbine car and Ford's Nuclear powered car.
- It was the first World Series after September 11 terrorist attacks and with the nation still worried about another terrorist attack President George W. Bush was tapped to throw out the first pitch of Game 3 in New York. This program talks about the aftermath of the attack and how The Leader of the Free World helped the nation begin to heal with something as simple as a baseball. Features interviews with Condoleezza Rice, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the man himself, the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush among others.
- The history of glass from BC times through the innovations of glass blowing to create all types of glass. Also featured are colored glass, eye glasses, microscopes, telescopes, mirrors, light bulbs, lighthouses, and Corning's development of fiber optic cable.
- A profile of history's greatest tower including the Tower of Babel, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Big Ben, and the Eiffel Tower. Also features in depth looks at the Seattle Space Needle, the CN Tower in Toronto, and the Las Vegas Stratosphere.
- From humble beginnings in the Davidson family garage to one of the world's most famous companies and a marketing juggernaut, Harley-Davidson is known for one thing American built motorcycles. This program explores the company's history, technological advances, and the culture behind a American original.
- The household appliances we take for granted everyday are profiled. They include the stove, the microwave, the sewing machine, the vacuum cleaner, the toaster, the mixer, the refrigerator, the washer, dryer, and air conditioning. Also featured are how electricity and the lightbulb changed the American household.
- Samantha returns to where the series started, Houston, Texas. This time she visits local eateries including Blood Bros barbecue and White Rhino. She also visits the oldest church in Houston, goes rollerblading with a local club and explores the history of the city after the freeing of the slaves.
- 1983–198522mTV-Y7.9 (54)TV EpisodeSnoopy uses various techniques to get a hold of Linus' blanket including acting like a vulture. Peppermint Patty continues to struggle in school to the point where she threatens to drop out and hang out with Snoopy all day. Re-Run goes for a ride on his mother's bicycle. Charlie Brown tries to coach up his baseball team.
- 2018–7.3 (7)TV EpisodeSamantha visits the Lake Geneva region of Switzerland where she explores a St. Bernard kennel that helps people with special needs, a dark chocolate shop, and a Charlie Chaplin museum. Also featured are a visit to an Alp horn music festival, a trip on a Swiss lake boat and a shop where she makes her own watch.
- 1983–198522mTV-Y8.2 (54)TV EpisodeCharlie Brown tangles with the Kite-Eating Tree. Snoopy eats Sally's homework. The gang goes to summer camp where Peppermint Patty confronts the little red-haired girl. Lucy fawns over Schroder unsuccessfully. Something that goes bump in the night scares Snoopy, so he seeks help from Lucy.
- 1983–1985TV-Y8.1 (63)TV EpisodeLucy has to put up with a lot; but she can also dish it out with the best of them whether it's playing baseball, or putting up with her brother. Other stories include Peppermint Patty staying at Charlie Brown's house and Snoopy is nominated for an award.
- A look at the measurement devices we encounter daily including measuring tapes, clocks (including atomic clocks and the history of clocks), swimming touch pads, speedometers, weight scales, and thermometers. Also includes a look at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- Rocket engineers pushing the technological envelope expect a crash or two or hundred. But a collapsed roof or burst dam can only be attributed to sloppy engineering.
- Madison gives a tour of her home town. First she sits down to interview, author, actress, and song writer Marshall Chapman. Later she visits the Triple L Ranch and then eats a burger at Burger Up. Also Christopher Knight has an agricultural report.
- Exploring New York's Southern Finger Lakes, including glass blowing in Corning, N.V. Watkins Glen State Park, stand-up paddleboarding in Hammondsport, N.Y.
- A look at various proving grounds including the historic Packard Automotive proving ground in Michigan and the Colorado springs U.S. Olympic training facility. Two army proving grounds for extreme weather in Alaska and Arizona are also featured.
- A look at underground real estate including illegal drug smuggling tunnels, Las Vegas flood controls, and a salt mine that doubles as a vault for classic films and government documents. Also featured is the National Research Lab in Oak Ridge.
- Silver is part of our lives from your utensils, to your electronics, and your car among others. A ubiquitous necessity that doesn't grow on trees. Go behind the scenes to see how silver is mined and how it's processed into everyday objects.
- 1983–1985TV-Y8.3 (59)TV EpisodeLucy picks on Charlie Brown driving him to seek help from Snoopy. Charlie Brown and Linus try to fly a kite. Peppermint Patty and Snoopy go to a dance. Thiebault borrows Charlie Brown's baseball mitt and then insults Peppermint Patty and Marcie.
- 1983–1985TV-Y8.3 (53)TV EpisodePeppermint Patty is accused of stealing her teacher's gold stars and she enlists Snoopy's help in order to clear her name. Linus claims someone stole his blanket; the search leads to a likely culprit. Schroder's piano playing elicits many varied reactions. The gang tries to teach each other how to play football leading to hilarious moments.
- Snoopy drives the gang to a computer camp. Once they explore the world of computers and Snoopy plays with a robot. Linus starts a clinic for kids that have security blankets. Snoopy goes to visit Spike in the desert taking Linus' blanket with him. Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty go on a date. Later Marcie and Peppermint Patty both develop a crush on Charlie Brown.
- Darley vists various cities int he Southern US. In Kentucky, she visits the Bowling Green Corvette museum and goes caving. It is followed by a trip to Greenville, South Carolina for a bike ride from downtown's famous waterfall to the nearby eclectic town of Traveler's Rest. Also featured are visits to the cities in Arkansas of Bentonville, Little Rock and Hot Springs.