American Titans (2015)
American Titans tells the little known stories of the men who made America what it is today as they emerged from rags to incomprehensible riches: Rockefeller, Carnegie, Ford, Edison, Stanford and Hearst. Their ferocious drive, innovation and often sheer recklessness took them to the top of the rich and powerful list.
Seasons & Episode
Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and coal king Henry Clay Frick join forces to dominate America's second Industrial Revolution. Their wealthy empire will crush rivals, destroy the labor movement, and ignite a bitter feud between titans that ends in violence.
John D. Rockefeller, the young new king of kerosene, and Thomas A. Scott, the visionary behind the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, battle for control of America's new oil industry.
In the late 1800's a new life-changing electrical industry emerges with the two greatest minds of the day, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, backing opposing positions on how the multi-million dollar industry will transmit power for the next century.
Railroad kingpin Cornelius Vanderbilt takes on his old friend Daniel Drew in a Wall Street war for the Erie Railroad. Vanderbilt has millions, but sly Drew and his protégés, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk are set to break the bank of America's biggest tycoon.
Hearst and Pulitzer Break All Ethical Rules To Sell Newspapers. Journalists aren't supposed to insert themselves into the news but that didn't stop Hearst and Pulitzer from doing so.
The lawless territory of 1880's Montana remains up for grabs. Two relentless American Titans, William Clark and Marcus Daly, find themselves in a war to control power over the state and to mine millions in copper ore hidden in the "richest hill on earth".