MythBusters
Sign in to saveMythBusters is a science entertainment television series created by Peter Rees, and produced by Beyond International, in Australia. The series premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2003. It was broadcast on television networks and other Discovery channels worldwide. The show's original hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, used elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.
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MythBusters is a television show that premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2003, where hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman used scientific methods to test whether popular rumors, myths, movie scenes, and viral videos are actually true or false. The show became popular worldwide because it made science entertaining by investigating everyday claims that people wonder about, from dangerous stunts to common sayings.
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- MythBusters title screen from 2003–2016
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- Peter Rees
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- English
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- 17
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- 296
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- List of MythBusters episodes
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- Beyond International
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- History
- Cast
- Episodes
- Format
- Experiment approach
- Rejected myths
- Outcomes of the experiments
- Busted
- Plausible
- Confirmed
- Warnings and self-censorship
- Accidents
- Esparto accident
- Cannonball accident
- Name lawsuit
- Popularity and influence
- Tours and exhibits
- International broadcasts
- Revival and spin-offs
- See also
- Similar television series
- General
- Notes
- References
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MythBusters is a science entertainment television series created by Peter Rees, and produced by Beyond International, in Australia. The series premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2003. It was broadcast on television networks and other Discovery channels worldwide. The show's original hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, used elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.
Filmed in San Francisco, MythBusters aired 282 episodes before cancellation at the end of the 2016 season. Planning and experimentation took place at Hyneman's workshops in San Francisco. Experiments requiring more space or special accommodations were filmed on location, typically around the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in Northern California, going to other states, or even countries, when required. During the second season, members of Savage and Hyneman's behind-the-scenes team were organized into a second team of MythBusters, "The Build Team". They generally tested myths separately from the main duo and operated from another workshop. This arrangement continued until 2014, when it was announced at the end of "Plane Boarding" that Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, and Grant Imahara would leave the show. Savage and Hyneman hosted the final two seasons alone. In October 2015, producers announced that MythBusters would air its 14th and final season in 2016. The show aired its final episode with the original cast on March 6, 2016.
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