MythBusters

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2003

MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.

Storyline

Released

2003-01-23

Episode Runtime

43 min

Language

English

Status

Ended

Genre

Documentary

Production

Beyond Productions, Beyond Entertainment

Directors

Peter Rees

CASTS

Seasons

Specials

2004

25 Episodes

These episodes were broadcast outside of the MythBusters' regular timeslot or were re-cuts of previous episodes.

Season 1

8.1

2003

11 Episodes

Season 1 of MythBusters premiered on 2003-01-23.

Season 2

7.8

2004

17 Episodes

Tory Belleci, Scottie Chapman and Mythtern Christine Chamberlain make their first appearances this season. Folklorist Heather Joseph-Witham makes her final appearance this season.

Season 3

8.1

2005

20 Episodes

Scottie Chapman and Mythtern Christine Chamberlain leave the series this season. Grant Imahara joins the cast.

Season 4

8.1

2006

28 Episodes

The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. The holiday special episode in this season was the first time MythBusters was broadcast in high definition.

Season 5

2007

25 Episodes

In another exciting season, Jamie and Adam test the stuff of nightmares in an underwater car, and seek to prove if you can fold paper more than seven times. The team also goes out of this world to put four classic hypnosis hypotheses under the microscope. They even tackle classic western myths: historical and current, horse and car, guns and explosions. What more could you possibly want?