TV series
MythBusters
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2003-01-23
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 16 seasons
- Episodes
- 272 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Network
- Discovery, SBS
- Production
- Beyond Productions, Beyond Entertainment
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Lee as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Adam Savage as Self - Host
- Jamie Hyneman as Self - Host
- Kari Byron as Self - Host
- Tory Belleci as Self - Host
- Grant Imahara as Self - Host
- Jessi Combs as Self - Host
- Brian Louden as Self - Host
- Jonathan Lung as Self - Host
- John McLeod as Self
- James Cameron as Self
- Barack Obama as Self
Creators and crew
- Peter Rees - Creator
- Adam Savage - Executive Producer
- Jamie Hyneman - Executive Producer
- Dan Tapster - Executive Producer
- John Luscombe - Executive Producer
- Mary E. Donahue - Executive Producer
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