The Return of the First Avenger
On March 18, 2014, ABC aired a one-hour television special titled "Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe", which documented the history of Marvel Studios and the development of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and included exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from all of the films, One-Shots and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and sneak peeks of "Avengers: Age of Ultron", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "Guardians of the Galaxy", unaired episodes of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and "Ant-Man". Brian Lowry of "Variety" felt the special, "contains a pretty interesting business and creative story. While it might all make sense in hindsight, there was appreciable audacity in Marvel's plan to release five loosely connected movies from the same hero-filled world, beginning with the cinematically unproven "Iron Man" and culminating with superhero team "The Avengers". As such, this fast-moving hour qualifies as more than just a cut-and-paste job from electronic press kits, although there's an element of that, certainly." The special was released on September 9, 2014 on the home media for "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." season 1.