The story of Qin Shi Huang is as epic in life as it is in death. Crowned as a boy king over 2,000 years ago, he grew to unify China for the first time, establishing a new form of government, uniform laws, and a single writing system that is still in use today. He also ordered the construction of a royal tomb that is larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza and is guarded by a massive army of terracotta warriors. Explore the transformative life and magnificent afterlife of China's first emperor.
Diagnose Me uncovers incredible true stories as doctors turn detective to solve seemingly unsolvable medical riddles. It's like a real life version of House!
Using interviews and dramatic first person accounts, viewers will witness horrifying tales of everyday people being struck down by strange symptoms and mysterious maladies. What follows is a race against time as brilliant doctors refuse to give up in their quest to uncover the medical clues, restore the patients to health and prevent an outbreak.
The challenge - create a life-size house made of ...CANDY! Watch as Candy Queen Jackie Sorkin and her team of candy artists design, glue, melt and shape hundreds of thousands of sweet pieces to build a fantasy come to life….just in time for the holidays.
Six college basketball prospects prepare for their professional careers, leading up to the NBA Draft, and showcase how Rich Paul's Klutch Sports Group is more than an agency.
Ed Edmunds has been scaring people since he was a teenager. He parlayed his interest in science fiction and his artistic skills into a mask-making business before he graduated high school, which led to the creation of his Colorado-based company, Distortions Unlimited. That was more than two decades ago, and today the company is world-renowned in the monster and creature animatronics industry. "Making Monsters" spotlights the work done at Distortions Unlimited, which Ed co-owns with his wife, Marsha, who handles client relations and sales, among other duties. Ed works closely alongside Jordu Schell, a veteran monster-maker whose work has been seen in films such as "Avatar." Together, the Distortions Unlimited crew creates lifelike creatures that populate haunted houses, Halloween stores and other fright attractions.
Award-winning chef and restaurateur Katie Button explores the origins and stories behind different delicious ingredients. She also shares her knowledge of cooking techniques to inspire others to be more curious, creative and joyful cooks.
Professional bass fisherman and TV personality Mike "Ike" Iaconelli searches for the world's most iconic fish living alongside some of the world's busiest concrete jungles.
Jeremy Brandt takes on the challenge of working with all things that slither, grunt, growl and bite. Whether it's tagging sharks, wrangling ostriches or farming eels, Brandt is rolling up his sleeves to get his wild on!
Roy Wood Jr. discusses the difference between "ancestors" and "forefathers," why Leonardo DiCaprio is the greatest white ally ever and how celebrities use fame to get people out of prison.
Jamil Damji and his team — his best friend and flipper Pace, his project manager and big sister Rahima, and real estate agent Laura, who is also Pace's wife — look to flip houses all over the Phoenix area into triple digit flips.
Nightmare stories are born from true stories of murder and mayhem. They haunt our childhoods and scare us throughout our lives. Todd Robbins brings to life the real stories that spawned these hair-raising tales.
Skilled pastry chefs enter the famed Hersheypark after dark and compete to create the most mind-bending chocolate showpieces in the new primetime series, Chocolate Meltdown: Hershey’s After Dark. The four-episode series, produced in partnership with Hershey’s is hosted by Sunny Anderson, who challenges the brave and talented pastry artists to create some of the most incredible chocolate creations we've ever seen!