The Food That Built America

Season 2 Episode 10: The TV Dinner

Gilbert Swanson inherits his father's frozen turkey company and partners with a food chemist to innovate a revolutionary dinner that Americans can heat up at home... they call it the TV Dinner. And when a restauranteur named Vernon Stouffer tries to bring his frozen meals to market, he's blown out of the water by the TV Dinner... until he harnesses a new technology called...the microwave.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

7

Episodes:

83

Cast:

Campbell Scott, Adam Richman

Quality:

HD

Duration:

43 min

First Air:

2019

Rating:

7.9