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Season 20

Sep 23, 2005
45 Episodes

Episodes

1

Chuck Norris

Sep 23, 2005
60 min

A look at the actor who parlayed his martial arts skills into a successful acting career. We visit Chuck on the set of his new TV movie, Walker, Texas Ranger, giving Chuck the opportunity to return to the Cordell Walker role he played on TV for eight years. Chuck talks about his difficult childhood, his brother's death in Vietnam, his rise to the top of the karate world and friendship with Bruce Lee, and his divorce and remarriage.

2

General Douglas MacArthur: The Return of a Legend

Sep 30, 2005
60 min

He was one of America's greatest commanders, a warrior so tough and determined that he helped win World War II with a simple promise: "I shall return." Douglas MacArthur was a soldier's soldier the son of an officer, the star of West Point, the Army's youngest-ever full general.

3

Albert Einstein

Oct 7, 2005
60 min
4

Ben & Jerry's

Oct 14, 2005
60 min
5

Bill Clinton: Hope, Charisma & Controversy

Oct 21, 2005
60 min
6

Catherine the Great

Oct 28, 2005
60 min
7

Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice

Nov 4, 2005
60 min
8

J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street

Nov 11, 2005
60 min
9

Mussolini: Italy's Nightmare

Nov 18, 2005
60 min
10

Peter

Nov 25, 2005
60 min
11

Peter the Great: The Tyrant Reformer

Dec 2, 2005
60 min
12

Pocahontas: Ambassador of the New World

Dec 9, 2005
60 min
13

Pontius Pilate

Dec 16, 2005
60 min
14

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Dec 23, 2005
60 min
15

Saint Paul

Dec 30, 2005
60 min
16

Solomon

Jan 6, 2006
60 min
17

The Hiltons

Jan 13, 2006
60 min
18

The Kellogg Brothers: Corn Flake Kings

Jan 20, 2006
60 min
19

William Shatner: Captain's Log

Jan 27, 2006
60 min
20

Al Qaeda

Feb 3, 2006
60 min
21

Frank Serpico: Honor Bound

Feb 10, 2006
60 min
22

Gerald R. Ford: Healing the Presidency

Feb 17, 2006
60 min
23

Jane Austen

Feb 24, 2006
60 min
24

The Brontë Sisters

Mar 3, 2006
60 min
25

The Home Depot

Mar 10, 2006
60 min

Founded in 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia, The Home Depot is today the largest home-improvement retailer in the world, with stores in all 50 states, as well as in Canada and Mexico. In this captivating BIOGRAPHY, interviews with some of the store's first employees and co-founders Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank highlight the secrets behind the triumph of this innovative "do-it-yourself" giant.

26

Thomas Edison: Father of Invention

Mar 17, 2006
60 min
27

Woodrow Wilson: Reluctant Warrior

Mar 24, 2006
60 min
28

Howard Schultz and Starbucks

Mar 31, 2006
60 min
29

Solomon and Sheba: An Epic Love Story

Apr 7, 2006
60 min
30

Weird Al Yankovic

Apr 14, 2006
60 min
31

Bill Gates: The Sultan of Software

Apr 21, 2006
60 min
32

Caroline Kennedy: The Next Generation

Apr 28, 2006
60 min
33

David Ben-Gurion

May 5, 2006
60 min
34

Ian Fleming

May 12, 2006
60 min
35

Lucky: The Story of Charles Lindbergh

May 19, 2006
60 min
36

Ted Kennedy: Tragedy, Scandal, and Redemption

May 26, 2006
60 min
37

The Apostles

Jun 2, 2006
60 min
38

The Harry Potter Kids

Jun 9, 2006
60 min
39

Barack Obama

Jun 16, 2006
60 min

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is profiled.

40

George Washington: American Revolutionary

Jun 23, 2006
60 min
41

Wall Street

Jun 30, 2006
60 min
42

Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy

Jul 7, 2006
60 min
43

Kate Middleton: Uncommon Bride

Jul 14, 2006
60 min
44

Pippa Middleton: Her Life

Jul 21, 2006
60 min
45

Under 21 and Filthy Rich

Jul 28, 2006
60 min