''Make Me a Millionaire Inventor'' is an American television docu-series which airs on

CNBC CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...

, and has been called "a sort-of Mythbusters-meets-Shark-Tank mashup." The show's two hosts, George Zaidan and

Deanne Bell Deanne Olivia Bell is an American television personality and engineer. Career Prior to her media career, Deanne designed optomechanics for military aircraft sensors in Los Angeles and worked as a senior application engineer for a software star ...

, are "on a mission to find the best inventions NEVER made and give them new life." Each episode features Zaidan and Bell (a chemist/advisor and mechanical engineer, respectively) teaming up with two sets of inventors who have "hit a brick wall," to help them prepare their inventions for a pitch to potential investors who can help take them to market. The original version of the show aired in the UK in 2013 on Sky Vision, and the rights to the show were sold to a number of other providers worldwide.

Broadcast

The series premiered in America on CNBC on August 12, 2015, with episodes airing every Wednesday. A second season launched on October 6, 2016.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2015)

Season 2 (2016)

References

External links

* {{CNBC primetime programming 2015 American television series debuts 2016 American television series endings CNBC original programming English-language television shows