American Greed
TVPG
Newsmagazine
Docudrama
Crime
A dissection of the dark side of the American Dream, a survey of how far some people go to become rich, no matter the cost to themselves and those around them.
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Saturday, April 27
Silk Road: Digital Drug Dealers
Season 10 • Episode 20
Federal agents seek to unmask the mastermind of the world's largest underground drug bazaar.
Saturday, April 27
Art Schlichter: All American Fraud
Season 11 • Episode 14
Former OSU quarterback Art Schlichter's gambling addiction turns him into a con artist.
Saturday, April 27
Blood Relatives; End of Life Scam
Season 12 • Episode 7
A son murders his family to cash in; a health facility owner uses an inflated billing scheme.
Saturday, April 27
The Fyre Festival
Season 13 • Episode 2
Billy McFarland organizes a disastrous music festival in the Bahamas.
Saturday, April 27
Fake Heiress Cons High Society
Season 13 • Episode 14
An artsy German heiress Anna Delvey makes a splash in Downtown New York's social scene.
Saturday, April 27
California Schemin'
Season 15 • Episode 14
Gina Champion-Cain lures in investors with promises of sky-high returns.
Saturday, April 27
The Accused Crypto Couple
Season 15 • Episode 10
Heather Morgan stands accused of laundering 4.5 billion dollars worth of stolen bitcoin.
Saturday, April 27
Boeing's Deadly Design
Season 15 • Episode 4
Two new Boeing 737 Max jets fall out of the sky five months apart, killing 346 people.
Saturday, April 27
Billion Dollar Fraud Goes Viral
Season 12 • Episode 9
Carlos Wanzeler and James Merrrill entice nearly one million people in a $1.7 billion internet scam.
Sunday, April 28
Art Schlichter: All American Fraud
Season 11 • Episode 14
Former OSU quarterback Art Schlichter's gambling addiction turns him into a con artist.
Sunday, April 28
Blood Relatives; End of Life Scam
Season 12 • Episode 7
A son murders his family to cash in; a health facility owner uses an inflated billing scheme.
Friday, May 3
Fouled Out: Rumeal Robinson
Season 11 • Episode 8
A former champion basketball player's schemes land him in prison.
Friday, May 3
The Polka King Con
Season 12 • Episode 4
Polka band leader Jan Lewan rips off his fans with false promises of sizable investment returns.
Friday, May 3
The Busted Mogul
Season 15 • Episode 18
Rich with ambition, Lobsang Dargey catapults from odd jobs to real estate development.
Friday, May 3
VIP Schemers
Season 15 • Episode 20
Convicted fraudster and identity thief Tracii Show Hutsona is once again up on federal charges.
Saturday, May 4
From Peanuts to Sick Millions
Season 11 • Episode 11
A CEO knowingly ships peanut products tainted with salmonella, killing nine and sickening thousands.
Saturday, May 4
Deadly Gold Digger
Season 11 • Episode 1
A femme fatale with a way of getting men to do what she wants sets a trap.
Saturday, May 11
The Most Hated Man in America
Season 12 • Episode 1
Businessman Martin Shkreli raises the price of a life-saving drug 5,000 percent.
Saturday, May 11
Neighborhood Inferno
Season 11 • Episode 17
Scammers blow up a house for insurance money, but end up engulfing dozens of homes in flames.
Saturday, May 11
Scams on Film; God and Gold
Season 12 • Episode 18
Fraudster John Rogers builds a photo archive; Larry Bates' clients invest in "fool's gold."
Saturday, May 11
Black Market Dirty Gold
Season 13 • Episode 5
Miami salesmen import billions of dollars' worth of gold from South America.
Saturday, May 11
How WeWork Went Wild
Season 15 • Episode 3
Inside the rise and near-collapse of WeWork, the startup co-founded by Adam Neumann.
Saturday, May 11
Preaching Pyramid Schemes
Season 15 • Episode 21
Marlon and LaShonda Moore are accused of exploiting vulnerable people during the pandemic.
Saturday, May 11
Burned by Greed
Season 14 • Episode 11
How multibillion-dollar company Pacific Gas & Electric comes to repeatedly kill its customers.
Sunday, May 12
The College Admissions Scandal
Season 13 • Episode 1
College admissions coach Rick Singer accepts money from parents for college admission.
Sunday, May 12
The Most Hated Man in America
Season 12 • Episode 1
Businessman Martin Shkreli raises the price of a life-saving drug 5,000 percent.
