TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific

How Did They Build That? Sky Gardens & Seismic Stations

The engineering secrets behind a massive sky garden in Singapore, the world's most slender tower in Brighton, and a railway station in the shadow of Vesuvius.

How Did They Build That? Radical & Resplendent

Exploring the design and engineering stories behind D.C.'s Museum of African American History, the Montreal Tower and the Equinor building in Oslo.

How Did They Build That? Elevated & Elegant

Traveling from Canada to Belgium to the Southern U.S. to examine an eye-popping school, museum and railway station and reveal how they were built.

How Did They Build That? Skywalks & Suspensions

Uncovering the design and engineering secrets behind the Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Audain Museum and more.

How Did They Build That? Floating & Lifting

Architects and engineers build an eco-friendly convention center on Vancouver's waterfront, a lift bridge in Bordeaux and a cocoon-shaped skyscraper in Tokyo each with unique challenges like marine habitats and massive spans.

How Did They Build That? Curved & Cables

A new performance center with a tent-like glass-and-steel lobby tests engineers in Kansas City; two twisting apartment towers make heads spin in Ontario.

How Did They Build That? Breakthroughs & Bridges

Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.

How Did They Build That? Upside Down & Under Sea

Visiting the Vancouver House, Norway's Under restaurant and the Seattle Central Library to discover how these visionary buildings were created.

How Did They Build That? Riverparks & Artworks

Traveling to New York, Denver and Nice, France to visit Little Island, the Denver Museum of Art and La Tête Carrée; the secrets to how they were built is revealed.

How Did They Fix That? Sealing Nevada's Abandoned Mines

Nevada has over 40,000 abandoned mines posing dangers. Mike joins contractors for a week to secure five sites. Alongside biologists, they explore and document wildlife. Reaching these isolated mines requires barges, helicopters, and bulldozers.

How Did They Fix That? US Navy Hovercraft Overhaul

Mike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops onto beaches; Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission.

How Did They Fix That? Cirque Du Soleil: High-Flying Fixes

At Cirque Du Soileil in Las Vegas, Mike embeds with the talented teams that maintain the amazing machines behind Cirque Du Soleil's stage shows.

How Did They Fix That?

An in-depth look at how things are repaired.

How Did They Fix That? Scream Machines

[non-EPG] Mike works with repair and construction teams at Dreamworld, Australia's largest theme park, after a cyclone caused $4M in damage. They fix scream machines and finish a $50M expansion featuring the world's first triple switch rollercoaster.

Air Disasters Reckless Approaches

A crew argues with no runway in sight; a captain ignores a critical signal; an exhausted pilot picks a catastrophic time to try a new approach.

Air Disasters The Turning Point

A Boeing 767 crashes miles from a South Korean runway; the investigation leads to contradicting stories between the surviving pilot and air traffic control.