American Heroes Channel TV Guide — Thursday, 16 July 2026

Browse the full American Heroes Channel TV guide for Thursday, 16 July 2026. 24 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

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.

01:00 1h

What History Forgot

S1 · E5 · Verge of Destruction Documentary

Verge of Destruction

Viewed are fallout shelters in World War II as refuge in the firebombings of Tokyo and the D-Day invasion, and the war's best kept secrets are revealed.

02:00 1h

What History Forgot

S1 · E6 · Rebels With a Cause Documentary

Rebels With a Cause

Overlooked facts on how Parks wasn't the first black woman to keep her bus seat, the Berlin Airlift had candy for kids, and a moonshiner made a war rifle.

03:00 1h

What History Forgot

S2 · E1 · Defying the Nazis Documentary

Defying the Nazis

The stories behind some of the biggest deceptions, the most classified secrets, and the covert weapons utilized to help defy the Nazis in World War II.

04:00 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.

05:00 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.

Morning

06:00 1h

What History Forgot

S1 · E4 · Secret Weapons Documentary

Secret Weapons

In the Cold War, U.S. military buried nukes near the USSR and had a double agent, weaponized weather in the Vietnam War, and used magic and inflated WW2 tanks.

07:00 1h

Codes and Conspiracies

S2 · E5 · Deadly Cults Documentary

Deadly Cults

An examination is presented into some of the world's most iconic and clandestine institutions, featuring a look into some of America's most infamous cults.

08:00 1h

Codes and Conspiracies

S2 · E6 · Experimental Soldiers Documentary

Experimental Soldiers

A look is taken into some of the world's most iconic institutions and stories, featuring the United States' quest to create super soldiers during the Cold War.

09:00 1h

Codes and Conspiracies

S3 · E4 · Gold Documentary

Gold

An examination of where most of today's gold is located, and who holds the ownership rights to this precious metal, long treasured and fought over by man.

10:00 1h

Codes and Conspiracies

S3 · E3 · The Vatican Documentary

The Vatican

The Vatican is one of the most secretive institutions on earth, protecting not only its elite reputation, but it's faithful members, with reckless abandon.

11:00 1h

Codes and Conspiracies

S3 · E6 · Code Wars Documentary

Code Wars

The question is posed of whether expert American code breakers have the knowledge to defeat the uncrackable encryption on consumer cell phones.

Daytime

12:00 1h

Codes and Conspiracies

S3 · E2 · Civil War Documentary

Civil War

A study of how spies determined crucial moments of the Civil War, from a group that met to plot an assassination, to the work of Alan Pinkerton.

13:00 1h

Codes and Conspiracies

S1 · E6 · Freemasons Documentary

Freemasons

An in-depth exploration is taken into Freemasonry, an organization in which most of the Founding Fathers and many presidents were members.

14:00 1h

Codes and Conspiracies

S1 · E5 · Brothels Documentary

Brothels

Brothels, one of society's most clandestine institutions, are examined, featuring a look into the secrets they have held and why they have endured.

15:00 1h

Codes and Conspiracies

S1 · E4 · Bunkers Documentary

Bunkers

An exploration is presented into the stories behind America's secret bunkers and how they have played an important role in history.

16:00 1h

UFOs Over Earth

S1 · E1 · The Fayetteville Incident True

The Fayetteville Incident

The Mutual UFO Network uses science, psychology and law enforcement to carefully investigate people's personal accounts of UFO sightings and alien abductions.

17:00 1h

UFOs over Earth

S1 · E3 · Mass Sightings over Mexico True

Mass Sightings over Mexico

While investigating a series of mass sightings in three Mexican cities, the members of a UFO investigation team encounter conflicting stories and evidence.

Evening

18:00 1h

UFOs over Earth

S1 · E2 · The Bucks County Flap True

The Bucks County Flap

In a Philadelphia suburb where reports of UFO sightings have recently increased, MUFON investigators search for sightings that can possibly be verified.

19:00 1h

Weaponology

S2 · E5 · Rangers True

Rangers

The United States Army Rangers are a specialized light infantry special operations force that has fought in every major conflict from D-Day to Baghdad.

20:00 1h

Weaponology

S2 · E11 · French Foreign Legion True

French Foreign Legion

Historians and experts discuss in detail the history behind the French Foreign Legion and the soldiers who come from all over the world to become Legionnaires.

21:00 1h

Weaponology

S2 · E8 · Royal Marine Commandos True

Royal Marine Commandos

The Royal Marine Commandos are the United Kingdom's military chameleons who specialize in amphibious, mountain and arctic warfare.

22:00 1h

Weaponology

S2 · E1 · Navy SEALs True

Navy SEALs

The elite special operations forces of the U.S. Navy SEALs have developed diverse tactics for unconventional warfare since the unit was created in the 1960s.

23:00 1h

Weaponology

S2 · E7 · SAS True

SAS

The program takes a close look at the SAS, a British Special Forces unit that fights behind enemy lines and has revolutionized the war on terrorism.

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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