How the States Got Their Shapes

Season 2 (19 Episodes)

2 Seasons 2012 TV-PG 1h 00m 8.2

Host Brian Unger travels the United States explaining the weird shapes on the map.

Follows correspondent Brian Unger as he criss-crosses the country reporting on the tales behind the boundaries. Think: Why does Montana look like it took a bite out of Idaho? Or how are flying fish threatening to re-draw the lines of Illinois?

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 3 Hillbilly vs. Redneck

3. Hillbilly vs. Redneck

Aired: Oct 6, 2012

Two underdogs of American culture go head to head to prove how hillbillies an...

Episode 4 Hatfields vs. McCoys

4. Hatfields vs. McCoys

Aired: Oct 6, 2012

America's most iconic rivalry was more than just a feud between families. The...

Episode 5 Bigfoot vs. Aliens

5. Bigfoot vs. Aliens

Aired: Oct 13, 2012

America is a nation under siege by unexplained phenomena. Whether you're afra...

Episode 6 North vs. South

6. North vs. South

Aired: Oct 13, 2012

It's America's original rivalry, a divide that was so wide it took a war to c...

Episode 9 Vice vs. Virtue

9. Vice vs. Virtue

Aired: Oct 27, 2012

Americans have a lot of vices and they don't just stay in Vegas. From drugs t...

Episode 10 Midwest vs. The Rest

10. Midwest vs. The Rest

Aired: Oct 27, 2012

It's the glue that holds our map together and feeds America, but the Midwest ...

Episode 11 Is West Best?

11. Is West Best?

Aired: Nov 3, 2012

In the battle between city and country, it looks like the city is coming out ...

Episode 12 City vs. Country

12. City vs. Country

Aired: Nov 3, 2012

The squabble between east coast and west coast leaves the rest of the country...

Episode 13 East vs. West

13. East vs. West

Aired: Nov 10, 2012

We may be a law-abiding nation but we also admire the outlaw, and the clash b...

Episode 14 Rebels & Outlaws

14. Rebels & Outlaws

Aired: Nov 17, 2012

Everything is bigger in Texas. It's the only state that acts like a country, ...

Episode 15 Mess with Texas

15. Mess with Texas

Aired: Nov 24, 2012

Money makes the world go `round and in America, the pursuit of riches has sha...

Episode 16 State vs. State

16. State vs. State

Aired: Dec 8, 2012

Does size matter when you're a state? While the giants like to throw their we...

Episode 17 Rich vs. Poor

17. Rich vs. Poor

Aired: Dec 15, 2012

After three years on the road, host Brian Unger is taking a different look at...

Episode 18 Big vs. Small

18. Big vs. Small

Aired: Dec 22, 2012

Does size matter when you're a state? While the giants like to throw their we...

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Info about How the States Got Their Shapes

Current Status: Canceled

Network: History

Production Country: United States

Genres: Adventure, Documentary, History

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