MythBusters

Name: MythBusters
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2003-01-23
Cast: Brian Louden, Jonathan Lung, Robert Lee

“Failure is always an option.”

2003 –2018
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TV-PG

Documentary

★ 7.8 TMDB Rating · 656 votes

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.

Created by: Peter Rees
Seasons: 16
Episodes: 272
Episode length: ~43m
First aired: Jan 23, 2003
Networks: Discovery, SBS
Original language: English
Origin: United States

Cast of MythBusters

Brian Louden
Self - Host
Jonathan Lung
Self - Host
Robert Lee
Self - Narrator (voice)

Where to Stream MythBusters by Country

United States: Streaming on Disney+, Hulu, PhiloRent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
United Kingdom: Streaming on Prime Video, Tubi, Amazon Prime Video FreeRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
India: No streaming offers listed right now
Canada: Streaming on Prime Video, Discovery +Rent or buy on Apple TV Store
Australia: Streaming on Prime Video, 7plus, ABC iviewRent or buy on Apple TV Store

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Seasons

Specials

Mar 21, 2004

25 episodes

These episodes were broadcast outside of the MythBusters' regular timeslot or were re-cuts of previous episodes.
Season 1

Jan 23, 2003

11 episodes
Season 2

Jan 11, 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

Feb 16, 2005

20 episodes

Scottie Chapman and Mythtern Christine Chamberlain leave the series this season. Grant Imahara joins the cast.
Season 4

Jan 11, 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

Jan 10, 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?
Season 6

Jan 16, 2008

19 episodes
Season 7

Apr 8, 2009

23 episodes
Season 8

Jan 4, 2010

23 episodes
Season 9

Apr 6, 2011

21 episodes
Season 10

Mar 25, 2012

20 episodes
Season 11

May 1, 2013

11 episodes
Season 12

Jan 4, 2014

15 episodes
Season 13

Jan 10, 2015

14 episodes
Season 14

Jan 2, 2016

11 episodes
Season 15

Nov 15, 2017

6 episodes
Season 16

Jan 3, 2018

8 episodes