American Heroes Channel TV Guide — Sunday TV Listings & Schedule

Browse the full American Heroes Channel TV guide for Sunday, 20 September 2026. 26 programmes listed , including 6 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 1h

What History Forgot

S1 · E1 · Icons of Freedom Documentary

Icons of Freedom

Exploring the lesser-known side of American history in the Star Spangled Banner, Statue of Liberty, Monopoly board game and pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart.
01:00 1h

What History Forgot

S2 · E4 · Secrets and Scandals Documentary

Secrets and Scandals

A study of Madison Square Garden and how it came to be the world's most famous arena, as well as an account of the corruption involving Prohibition Bootlegging.
02:00 1h

What History Forgot

S2 · E5 · Breaking the Rules Documentary

Breaking the Rules

An accounting of the rules that were bent and broken pertaining to the Civil War, the CIA, the American Civil Rights movement, and the advent of flight.
03:00 1h

What History Forgot

S2 · E6 · Top Secret World War II Documentary

Top Secret World War II

Classified operations of World War II, including covert units, unbreakable codes, underground operation centers, and super-human Navy SEALS, are studied.
04:00 1h

What History Forgot

S1 · E1 · Icons of Freedom Documentary

Icons of Freedom

Exploring the lesser-known side of American history in the Star Spangled Banner, Statue of Liberty, Monopoly board game and pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart.
05:00 1h

What History Forgot

S2 · E2 · Making America Documentary

Making America

The secret stories behind the making of America, offering a glimpse into the central personalities, events and locations that gave rise to the nation.

Morning

06:00 1h

What History Forgot

S2 · E3 · Fighting for Freedom Documentary

Fighting for Freedom

The fall of Saigon; the origin story of the phrase "go for broke"; the truth behind "The Dirty Dozen"; the masterminds behind top-secret microfilm.
07:00 1h

The Nazi Jesus

Documentary Special

The struggle during World War II between the Catholic pope, who claimed to represent God on earth, and Hitler, who claimed to be God on earth.
08:00 1h

Nazis vs. Aliens

Sci-Fi Special

Investigators present what they believe to be a relationship between the work of Nazi scientists and the foreign technology of alien UFOs.
09:00 30m

Hard Truths of Conservation

S4 · E8 · A Wilder Harvest Sports

A Wilder Harvest

Dan Cabela travels from Kansas to Newfoundland to meet rural communities that rely on the yearly cycle of wild game harvest.
09:30 30m

America: Facts vs. Fiction

S2 · E8 · Masters of Illusion True

Masters of Illusion

Host Jamie Kaler presents hidden facts behind familiar stories from America's past, featuring a look into the truth behind America's illusionists and showmen.
10:00 30m

America: Facts vs. Fiction

S2 · E10 · Seeing isn't Believing True

Seeing isn't Believing

Host Jamie Kaler presents hidden facts behind familiar stories from America's past, featuring some of the most iconic photographs and footage.
10:30 30m

America: Facts vs. Fiction

S2 · E7 · Wartime Rosies True

Wartime Rosies

Jamie Kaler presents a look at how one woman broke Japan's secret code and a Hollywood sex goddess invented a remote-controlled torpedo during World War II.
11:00 1h

World War II in Color

S1 · E9 · Overlord True

Overlord

Viewers are presented with a unique historical narrative touching upon the ill-preparedness of Hitler's forces for the Allied invasion of France in 1944.

Daytime

12:00 1h

World War II in Color

S1 · E10 · Closing the Ring True

Closing the Ring

During the course of the summer's end in 1944, the intrepid forces of Allied nations continued their invasion of northwest Europe while pushing towards Germany
13:00 1h

World War II in Color

S1 · E11 · The Island War True

The Island War

American forces are discussed in relation to the invention of new wartime tactics, which resulted from attacks that turned the tide of WWII in the Pacific.
14:00 1h

World War II in Color

S1 · E12 · Victory in Europe True

Victory in Europe

Grandiose parades, soaring speeches and passionate radio announcements from the Second World War are uncovered by military historians.
15:00 1h

World War II in Color

S1 · E13 · Victory in the Pacific True

Victory in the Pacific

Archived material and expert commentary is brought together to provide proper perspective for Japan's dire situation during the mid-1940's.
16:00 1h

World War II in Color

S1 · E1 · The Gathering Storm True

The Gathering Storm

The beginnings of the Second World War are seen as German troops invade Poland to kick off the world's most notorious international war.
17:00 1h

Air Aces

S1 · E6 · Gabby Gabreski True

Gabby Gabreski

Against the backdrop of World War II, United States Air Force Pilot Francis "Gabby" Gabreski makes it his personal mission to be the best there ever was.

Evening

18:00 1h

Air Aces

S1 · E1 · George Beurling True

George Beurling

The story is told of Canadian fighter pilot George Beurling, who was known to break the rules, but became one of the greatest fighter pilots of World War II.
19:00 1h

Air Aces

S1 · E2 · Douglas Bader True

Douglas Bader

The story is told of Britain's air ace Douglas Bader, whose squadron of Canadian fighter pilots went to battle against Hitler's Luftwaffe in July 1940.
20:00 1h

Air Aces

S1 · E3 · Wing Walker True

Wing Walker

An in-depth look is taken at the crew of the Lancaster ME669, who had the job of dropping mega-tonnes of high-powered explosives over Nazi-occupied Germany.
21:00 1h

Air Aces

S1 · E4 · Red Tails True

Red Tails

An in-depth presentation is presented about the Tuskegee Airmen, the brave all-black fighter pilots that beat discrimination from their own military.
22:00 1h

Hitler in America

True Special

In the 1930s, American Nazis plagued the United States, from rallies held at Madison Square Garden, to intricate plots involving the theft of weapons secrets.
23:00 1h

Nazi Secret Gold

True Special

As one of most highly-sought treasures of the world, gold has led man to often-deadly extremes in his pursuit of it, as profiled in this glittering episode.

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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