The Food That Built America

The Food That Built America is an American nonfiction docudrama series for the History Channel, that premiered on August 11, 2019. Each episode tells a story behind the biggest food brands in the United States. The series have scenes that uses actors to dramatize historical events which are interspersed with commentary by culinary historians and other commentators.[3][4]

The Food That Built America
GenreDocudrama
Presented byAdam Richman and others[1]
Narrated byCampbell Scott[2]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes41
Production
Executive producers
  • Kim Woodard
  • Greg Henry
  • Isaac Holub
  • Yoshi Stone
  • Jim Pasquarella
  • Mary E. Donahue
Production companyLucky 8
Release
Original networkHistory
Original releaseAugust 11, 2019 (2019-08-11) –
present

The series was first announced in March 2019. The first season premiered on August 11, 2019, and ran for three episodes until August 13. In May 2020, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on February 9, 2021, and ran for 16 episodes. The third season premiered on February 27, 2022, and consisted of 12 episodes. The fourth season premiered on February 19, 2023, and will consist of an unknown number of episodes.

Episodes

Series overview
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
13August 11, 2019 (2019-08-11)August 13, 2019 (2019-08-13)
216February 9, 2021 (2021-02-09)June 27, 2021 (2021-06-27)
312February 27, 2022 (2022-02-27)May 15, 2022 (2022-05-15)
4TBAFebruary 19, 2023 (2023-02-19)TBA

Season 1 (2019)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date Viewers
(millions)
11"Lines in the Sand"August 11, 2019 (2019-08-11)1.16[5]
22"Best Served Cold"August 12, 2019 (2019-08-12)1.36[6]
33"The Spoils of War"August 13, 2019 (2019-08-13)1.51[7]

Season 2 (2021)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date Viewers
(millions)
41"Pizza Wars"February 9, 2021 (2021-02-09)1.21[8]
Two sets of Irish-American brothers, the Carney brothers in Kansas and the Monaghan brothers in Michigan created the rival pizza restaurant chains in America that became the largest chains in the world, Pizza Hut and Domino's respectively.
52"Chocolate Rush"February 14, 2021 (2021-02-14)1.03[9]
63"The Kings of Burgers"February 21, 2021 (2021-02-21)1.25[10]
74"American Cheese"February 28, 2021 (2021-02-28)1.15[11]
85"Cola Wars"March 7, 2021 (2021-03-07)0.99[12]
96"Chip Dynasties"March 14, 2021 (2021-03-14)1.10[13]
107"Cookie Wars"March 21, 2021 (2021-03-21)1.07[14]
118"Soup of the Century"March 28, 2021 (2021-03-28)0.95[15]
129"Godfathers of Fast Food"April 4, 2021 (2021-04-04)1.15[16]
The histories of fast food pioneers White Castle and Nathan's Famous.
1310"The TV Dinner"April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)1.05[17]
1411"Ice Cream Empires"April 18, 2021 (2021-04-18)1.00[18]
1512"A Game of Chicken"May 31, 2021 (2021-05-31)1.00[19]

Donald N. Smith leaves McDonald's to become the Burger King CEO.

Fred L. Turner and Ray Kroc churn out the Happy Meal in 1979.
1613"When the Chips Are Down"June 6, 2021 (2021-06-06)0.82[20]
1714"The Rise of a Rival"June 13, 2021 (2021-06-13)0.64[21]
1815"Gum Slingers"June 20, 2021 (2021-06-20)0.75[22]
The birth and growth of the American Chicle and Wrigley in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the development of the chewing gum industry is dramatized.
1916"Breakfast Barons"June 27, 2021 (2021-06-27)0.59[23]
C. W. Post and his company battle the Kellogg brothers' Kellogg's in this dramatization about the development of the breakfast cereal industry.

Season 3 (2022)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date Viewers
(millions)
201"Submarine Warfare"February 27, 2022 (2022-02-27)0.81[24]
The birth in the mid-1960s and growth of the Subway and Blimpie submarine sandwich chains are dramatized.
212"A Cold One"March 6, 2022 (2022-03-06)0.86[25]
The birth in the mid-19th century and growth of the Schlitz and the Pabst beer companies are dramatized.
223"Do or Donut"March 13, 2022 (2022-03-13)0.89[26]
The birth in the mid-20th century and growth of the Dunkin' Donuts and the Krispy Kreme retail doughnut chains are dramatized.
234"A Dish Best Served... Soft"March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)0.68[27]
The birth in the mid-20th century and growth of the Carvel and Dairy Queen soft serve ice cream chains are dramatized.
245"The Best Thing Since..."March 27, 2022 (2022-03-27)0.76[28]
The best thing since sliced bread. This episode is the dramatization of the rise of the Continental Baking Company during the mid-20th century under the leadership of Lee Marshall with the development of Wonder Bread, the first nationwide available pre-sliced white bread, and the supermarket bakery snack Twinkie. This story is contrast with that of the birth and rise of Pepperidge Farm under the leadership of Margaret Rudkin whose company developed a whole wheat bread before diversifying with the introductions of Goldfish crackers and Milano cookies.
256"Cookie Fortunes"April 3, 2022 (2022-04-03)0.73[29]
By the 1970s, large food conglomerates such as Nabisco and Keebler had dominated the low cost store-bought cookie market for decades, but none of those cookies had that at-home taste that people crave and willing to pay more money for higher-quality better-tasting cookies. That all changed when entrepreneurs Debbi Fields and Wally Amos respectively created the Mrs. Fields and Famous Amos brands of gourmet chocolate chip cookies.
267"The Beef is On"April 10, 2022 (2022-04-10)0.73[30]
278"Pop Stars"April 17, 2022 (2022-04-17)0.85[31]
289"Beyond the Burger"April 24, 2022 (2022-04-24)0.80[32]
2910"Chain Reaction"May 1, 2022 (2022-05-01)0.82[33]
3011"Let Them Eat Snack Cakes"May 8, 2022 (2022-05-08)0.89[34]
3112"Pasta Party"May 15, 2022 (2022-05-15)0.86[35]

Season 4 (2023)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date Viewers
(millions)
321"Breakfast That Pops"February 19, 2023 (2023-02-19)0.55[36]
332"Holiday Treats"February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26)0.56[37]
343"Flight of the Buffalo Wing"March 5, 2023 (2023-03-05)0.50[38]
354"Candy Revolution"March 12, 2023 (2023-03-12)0.47[39]
365"Clash of the Coffee"March 19, 2023 (2023-03-19)0.60[40]
376"The Chicken Coup"March 26, 2023 (2023-03-26)0.45[41]
387"When Food Freezes Over"April 2, 2023 (2023-04-02)0.50[42]
398"Thanksgiving Dinner"April 9, 2023 (2023-04-09)N/A
409"Peanut Butter Battle"April 16, 2023 (2023-04-16)N/A
4110"American Spirits"April 23, 2023 (2023-04-23)TBD
4211"Where There's Smoke[43]"June 11, 2023 (2023-06-11)TBD

Production
Photo of the Blimpie in North Bergen, New Jersey, which was used in the series' third-season premiere

In March 2019, the series was green-lit.[44] In May 2020, the series was renewed for a second season.[45][46] Yoshi Stone is the series' showrunner.[47] Along with Stone, Kim Woodard, Greg Henry, and Isaac Holub executive produce for Lucky 8. Jim Pasquarella and Mary E. Donahue executive produce for the History Channel.[48][45]

Reception

The first season garnered a total of 18.8 million viewers.[49][45]

Podcast

In February 2021, the History Channel partnered with OZY Media to launch a podcast of the same name.[50] The first episode premiered on February 4, 2021.[51]

The Food That Built America Snack Sized

In 2021, the producers of The Food That Built America created a new series called The Food That Built America Snack Sized by reediting some episodes to approximately half of the original size through the elimination of food historian commentary and some minor scenes to make smaller size episodes with a faster pace.[52]

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