Modern Marvels is a television series that premiered on December 10, 1993 on the History Channel. The program focuses on how technologies affect and are used in today's society.
Since its debut in 1995, Modern Marvels has produced over 600 episodes covering various topics involving (to list a few) science, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture. Part of the appeal of Modern Marvels and the reason the show has been on the air for this long is the fact that it covers a wide range of subjects. Unlike most other science and technology shows, Modern Marvels focuses a significant portion of the episode on the history of the subject.
The show began to premiere new episodes in January 2010, not having done so through all of 2009. In August 2010, History Channel began to air older episodes that had been edited to fit a 30-minute time slot, under the title Modern Marvels: Essentials.
In October 2011, Modern Marvels began airing first-run episodes on History 2 (formerly History International) in addition to its main run on History Channel.
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