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MONEY
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1 season · 3 episodes total · ~3 per season.
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The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
2022 1 seasons · 3 eps English
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BANGER
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DocumentaryDrama
Synopsis
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Divulges surprising origin stories of the American alcohol, gambling, sex, and tobacco industries and the ambitiously notorious entrepreneurs who built some of history's biggest fortunes on the nation's cravings.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
James M. Reilly
August Busch
Delbert Hunt
Self - Narrator
Zach Meiser
Buck Duke
Bart Elliott
Julius Schmid
Barbara Hahn
Self - Author of Making Tobacco Bright
Sarah Milov
Self - Author of The Cigarette a Political History
Garrett Oliver
Self - Editor of The Oxford Companion of Beer
Colin Spoelman
Self - Master Distiller / Whiskey Historian
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RUNTIME
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Short-form: under 10 episodes, so binge-completable in a weekend.
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RUNTIME
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Roughly 4 hours end-to-end — 1 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Premiered 2022 and has since ended.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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AWARDS
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Show type: Documentary.
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CAST
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16 series regulars — a large ensemble that can carry branching arcs.
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DIRECTOR
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Airs on History.
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- Seasons
- 1
- Total episodes
- 3
- Avg episode length
- 83 min
- Premiered
- 2022-06-12
- Last aired
- 2022-06-26
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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