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FBI TRUE

2023

FBI TRUE

2023
6.7
A real-life look into FBI agents’ high-pressure world with never-before-seen surveillance video, interrogations with hostage takers and terrorists, and personal photos from the agents’ collections.
The Real Story

2008

The Real Story

2008
10
Discover the true stories involving very real people, places and events -- some known to the public, others hidden from it -- that went on to inspire some of Hollywood's biggest hits, most iconic heroes and notorious villains.
Combat Ships

2017

Combat Ships

2017
8.3
The very first submarine, which legend claims lurked beneath New York Harbor during the American Revolutionary War. The small ships that rescued thousands from Dunkirk. The destroyer that forced the easing of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Over the centuries, conflicts have prompted advances to ship designs, making vessels stronger, faster, smarter, and capable of changing the course of wars. Join us as we examine the world's greatest Combat Ships, and reveal how they shaped world history and inspired men and women to acts of incredible courage.
Aerial America

2010

Aerial America

2010
7.8
Take off on a thrilling flight across America. This epic series offers rare glimpses of our nation's most treasured landmarks, all seen from breathtaking heights. From busy cityscapes to quiet landscapes, we capture the history and the pageantry of our amazing country, which is as diverse as the people who occupy it.
Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken

2024

Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken

2024
8.5
An inspiring story of healing and transcendence through the power of music. When five female residents from the Topeka Correctional Facility, a women's prison in Kansas, write letters to Etheridge, she then uses as inspiration to create and perform an original song for them. Having recently lost her son to opioids, Etheridge works to understand and interrupt the cycle of addiction while connecting with these women who, so often, are forgotten by society.
America in Color

2017

America in Color

2017
7.1
From the 1920s through the 1960s, America transformed from a young country on the rise into a global superpower. Using digital colorization technology, we present these formative decades as few have seen them, revisiting 50 vibrant years of good times and great despair, technological triumphs and natural disasters, and global villains and national heroes.
11 Minutes

2022

11 Minutes

2022
6.3
A four-part documentary that takes viewers inside the heart-stopping stories of terror and survival experienced by those who were at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas.
American Gangster: Trap Queens

2019

American Gangster: Trap Queens

2019
4
American Gangster: Trap Queens is a new installment of the critically acclaimed American Gangster series that examines the lives and the legend behind some of America's most notorious female criminals.
8 Days That Made Rome

2017

8 Days That Made Rome

2017
8.1
Bettany Hughes relives eight pivotal days that defined the Roman Empire and made it the world's first superpower.
Mafia Spies

2024

Mafia Spies

2024
6.3
Relying heavily on recently declassified material and premium cinematic recreations, this series charts a Cold War game of cat and mouse from Vegas to Miami to Havana that pitted Washington's strongest players against the 20th century's most notorious gangsters and exploring the secret connections among the CIA, the mob and Sinatra's Rat Pack that still resonate today.
CBS Reports

2016

CBS Reports

2016
Each CBS Reports documentary takes a deep dive into key issues driving national and global conversations. The stories cover a wide range of topics such as the ripple effects of America’s culture wars, climate change, the rise in extremism, the economic shifts impacting communities to countries and the ways technologies are both saving and threatening humanity. CBS Reports documentaries bring important stories to life from the people and voices who live them.
Mighty Trains

2016

Mighty Trains

2016
5.8
A journey riding the rails around the world, from the locomotive to rail traffic control to the maintenance depot.
My True Crime Story

2021

My True Crime Story

2021
7
Rapper and host Remy Ma profiles ordinary people who reveal how they got mixed up in criminal acts, from bank robberies to jewelry heists, and share their road to redemption in this true crime series.
MTV's Family Legacy

2023

MTV's Family Legacy

2023
3.5
A brand new music series that looks back on the most celebrated moments of legendary artists -- from Diddy to *NSYNC -- through the eyes of their kids.
Stories from the Vaults

2007

Stories from the Vaults

2007
Hosted by actor Tom Cavanagh, Stories from the Vaults is a series of 30-minute shows featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex. The new series, produced by Caragol Wells Productions, showcases the Smithsonian's rarest treasures as Tom Cavanagh meets with the experts behind the Smithsonian and discusses what it takes to preserve these precious artifacts for the generations to come. Stories from the Vaults debuted September 2007 on Smithsonian Networks. The second season premiered Sunday July 12th, 2009.
Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League

2021

Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League

2021
7.3
Once upon a time, football was just a game... From those who lived it, and those who made the beautiful game a billion pound business. The goals, the glamour, the glory.
Hell Below

2016

Hell Below

2016
6.5
Hell Below is an event-based series charting the stealth game of sub sea warfare, tracking the dramatic narrative from contact to attack of the greatest submarine patrols of World War II. From the rise of the Wolfpack to the drive for victory in the Pacific, we profile the strategic masterminds and the rapid evolution of technology and tactics, as the threat of undersea warfare brings every sailor's worst nightmare to life. Expert analysis and stock footage are woven with narrative driven re-enactments filmed on authentic Second World War era submarines to place the characters at the heart of the action.
The Challenge: Untold History

2022

The Challenge: Untold History

2022
8.7
Exploring the conception of the reality show. Featuring commentaries from competitors, producers, media analysts and famous fans.
Infamy: When Fame Turns Deadly

2021

Infamy: When Fame Turns Deadly

2021
9
Host Monica helps unravel the mystery and the motives behind high-profile celebrity crimes, revealing a dark side to being in the public eye.
The Lost Tapes

2016

The Lost Tapes

2016
10
Encounter the Pearl Harbor attacks, the L.A. riots, the Son of Sam murders and Patty Hearst's kidnapping the way they unfolded on TVs and radios across America. We present these shocking events from the 20th century, not through traditional journalistic reportage, but in real-time, as they were covered by national and local news broadcasts. This footage, much of which has not been seen in decades, gives an intimacy and immediacy to stories we thought we knew but will now rediscover through a unique perspective.