American Heroes Channel TV Guide — Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Browse the full American Heroes Channel TV guide for Wednesday, 20 May 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

FutureWeapons

S3 · E7 · Hard Target Science

Hard Target

Inflatable armor; shoulder-fired grenades; A10 Thunderbolt ground-attack plane; an assault rifle round that can remain at supersonic speeds up to 1,200 yards.

01:00 1h

FutureWeapons

S3 · E3 · Close Protection Science

Close Protection

Mack learns about a multi-caliber combat machine, naval gun, close quarter weapon and a device that can stop bomb and gun smugglers on passenger planes.

02:00 1h

FutureWeapons

S3 · E5 · Guns Science

Guns

From the rapid-fire cannon being used heavily by the United States military, to a personal weapon of defense, FutureWeapons tackles all forms of guns.

03:00 1h

FutureWeapons

S3 · E6 · Future Warrior Science

Future Warrior

In Ohio, Richard "Mack" Machowicz checks out an armored vehicle, various ways to defend against guns, rockets and improvised explosive devices, and more.

04:00 1h

FutureWeapons

S3 · E7 · Hard Target Science

Hard Target

Inflatable armor; shoulder-fired grenades; A10 Thunderbolt ground-attack plane; an assault rifle round that can remain at supersonic speeds up to 1,200 yards.

05:00 1h

FutureWeapons

S3 · E1 · Firepower Science

Firepower

A secret device that can destroy terrorist bombs; a new squad weapon that can counter-attack an ambush; surface-to-air missile; sniper rifle from the U.S. Army.

Morning

06:00 1h

FutureWeapons

S3 · E2 · Non-lethal Science

Non-lethal

Military evolution for the Taser; Earth's smartest baton round; a device that can bring a vehicle to a halt by using high-tech net capturing suicide bombers.

07:00 1h

Bullet Points

S1 · E1 · Battle For the Pacific Documentary

Battle For the Pacific

The battles that turned the tide in the Pacific and led America to naval supremacy over the Japan in the year following the attack on Pearl Harbor are featured.

08:00 1h

Bullet Points

S1 · E2 · America's First War on Communism Documentary

America's First War on Communism

The story of America's three-year war against communist giants in Korea is told, highlighting the battles that turned the tide away from a communist victory.

09:00 1h

Bullet Points

S1 · E3 · The Vietnam War Documentary

The Vietnam War

The heroics, key technologies and defining battles of the Vietnam War are broken down, from the first shots fired in the Gulf of Tonkin to the fall of Saigon.

10:00 1h

Bullet Points

S1 · E4 · Operation Desert Storm Documentary

Operation Desert Storm

The key things that led to the U.S. and its allies claiming victory over dictator Saddam Hussein as he attempted to conquer Kuwait in 1991 are highlighted.

11:00 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.

Daytime

12:00 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.

13:00 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.

14:00 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.

15:00 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.

16:00 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.

17:00 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.

Evening

18:00 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.

19:00 1h

Alcatraz: Beyond the Rock

True Special

An examination of a conspiracy which allowed three inmates to escape an impenetrable fortress, revealing hidden secrets of the dungeon of Alcatraz.

20:00 1h

Coast Guard at War

True Special

A few untold stories of the U.S. Coast Guard are shared, featuring footage and personal accounts from members who performed a combat role in the Vietnam War.

21:00 1h

Against the Odds

S1 · E6 · A Chance in Hell: The Battle of Ramadi Documentary

A Chance in Hell: The Battle of Ramadi

A comprehensive exploration is taken into the 2006 Battle of Ramadi and how Colonel Sean MacFarland's troops' odds could not have been worse.

22:00 1h

Against the Odds

S1 · E2 · Those Damned Engineers Documentary

Those Damned Engineers

In December of 1944, the seemingly defeated Germans launch a secret offensive to capture the city of Antwerp, the heart of the Allied supply chain

23:00 1h

Against the Odds

S1 · E3 · The Heroes of Tarawa Documentary

The Heroes of Tarawa

The U.S. had to test whether the Japanese-held islands of the Pacific Ocean could be captured, and the testing ground would be heavily fortified Tarawa.

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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