Scripted series · Discovery
MythBusters
Failure is always an option.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Adam Savage
Self - Host
258 eps
Brian Louden
Self - Host
14 eps
Jamie Hyneman
Self - Host
258 eps
Jonathan Lung
Self - Host
14 eps
Kari Byron
Self - Host
223 eps
Tory Belleci
Self - Host
223 eps
Grant Imahara
Self - Host
223 eps
Jessi Combs
Self - Host
24 eps
Robert Lee
Self - Narrator (voice)
272 eps
Tony Shalhoub
Self
1 eps
Dan Green
Self
1 eps
Roger Clemens
Self
1 eps
John McLeod
Self
2 eps
Jacques Bergerac
Self
1 eps
Jonathan Banks
Self
1 eps
Colby Boothman-Shepard
Self
1 eps
James Cameron
Self
2 eps
Seth Rogen
Self
1 eps
Barack Obama
Self
2 eps
Alton Brown
Self
1 eps
Vince Gilligan
Self
2 eps
Jessi Combs
Host - Self
1 eps
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self
1 eps
Stephen Colbert
Self
1 eps
Sophia Bush
Self / Princess Leia
1 eps
John Growney
Self
1 eps
Aaron Paul
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How MythBusters actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
MythBusters reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
16 seasons · 272 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200425 episodes
These episodes were broadcast outside of the MythBusters' regular timeslot or were re-cuts of previous episodes.
Best episode · S00E25 Duct Tape: The Return
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200311 episodes
8.1IMDbBest episode · S01E06 Barrel of Bricks
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200417 episodes
7.8IMDbTory Belleci, Scottie Chapman and Mythtern Christine Chamberlain make their first appearances this season. Folklorist Heather Joseph-Witham makes her final appearance this season.
Best episode · S02E06 Myths Revisited
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200520 episodes
8.1IMDbScottie Chapman and Mythtern Christine Chamberlain leave the series this season. Grant Imahara joins the cast.
Best episode · S03E11 Jaws Special
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200628 episodes
8.1IMDbThe 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.
Best episode · S04E07 Bullets Fired Up
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
200725 episodes
8.0IMDbIn 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?
Best episode · S05E01 Hindenburg Mystery
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
200819 episodes
8.6IMDbBest episode · S06E10 NASA Moon Landing
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
200923 episodes
8.5IMDbBest episode · S07E09 Prison Escape
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
201023 episodes
8.7IMDbBest episode · S08E19 Inverted Underwater Car
Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
201121 episodes
8.9IMDbBest episode · S09E03 Running on Water
Season 10 · Complete
Season 10
201220 episodes
8.9IMDbBest episode · S10E17 Fright Night
Season 11 · Complete
Season 11
201311 episodes
8.5IMDbBest episode · S11E10 Breaking Bad Special
Season 12 · Complete
Season 12
201415 episodes
8.9IMDbBest episode · S12E03 Hollywood Car Crash Cliches
Season 13 · Complete
Season 13
201514 episodes
9.2IMDb
Season 14 · Complete
Season 14
201611 episodes
8.5IMDbBest episode · S14E03 Tanker Crush
Season 15 · Complete
Season 15
20176 episodes
8.0IMDb
Season 16 · Complete
Season 16
20188 episodes
9.6IMDb
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S16E08
Dropping a Bomb
S16E07
Electrified Escape
S16E06
Backseat Getaway Driver
S16E05
Dynamite Deposit
S16E04
Spike In The Road
S16E03
Wild Wild West
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
- Photo unavailable
Peter Rees
Showrunner
Adam Savage
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Dan Tapster
Executive producer
Mary E. Donahue
Executive producer
John Luscombe
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Cameo Wallace
Executive producer
Jamie Hyneman
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Tracy Rudolph
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Chris Williams
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tabitha LentleProducer
- Lauren WilliamsProducer
- Linda WolkovitchProducer
- Peter ReesProducer
- Adam SavageExecutive Producer
- Alice DallowProducer
Writing
- Chris WilliamsWriter
Direction
- Steve ChristensenDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Disney PlusStreaming
- HuluStreaming
- Amazon VideoBuy
- Apple TV StoreBuy
- HBO Max Amazon ChannelStreaming
- PhiloStreaming
- Google Play MoviesBuy
- Discovery+ Amazon ChannelStreaming
- Fandango At HomeBuy
- YouTube TVStreaming
- DiscoveryStreaming
- HBO MaxStreaming
- Discovery +Streaming
If you liked this
Similar Series
Series that share this one's texture, not just its genre tags.
Explained
2018
Non-fiction storytelling · Similar storytelling style
Sex, Explained
2020
Non-fiction storytelling · Similar storytelling style
Is It True That...?
2025
Non-fiction storytelling · Similar storytelling style
1000 Ways to Die
2009
Non-fiction storytelling
Challenger: The Final Flight
2020
Non-fiction storytelling
Alien Worlds
2020
Non-fiction storytelling
Joanna Page's Wild Life
2025
Non-fiction storytelling
Conan O'Brien Must Go
2024
Non-fiction storytelling
The End of an Era
2025
Non-fiction storytelling
0 to 9 : The Secret History of Numbers
2025
Non-fiction storytelling
Origins, a tale of light
2025
Non-fiction storytelling
Michael Jackson: The Trial
2026
Non-fiction storytelling
Where to go from here
Watch Next
Our editors' suggestion for the show you should start tonight — and why.
Explained
2018
Step from fiction into the real events that inspired it.
Christmas at Sea
2025
The true story version, told with the same rigour.
How the Universe Works
2010
Step from fiction into the real events that inspired it.
The Universe
2007
The true story version, told with the same rigour.
Secret Garden
2026
Step from fiction into the real events that inspired it.
Cosmos
2014
The true story version, told with the same rigour.
Never stop watching
Related Collections
No related collections yet
This title isn't in a published Nutevio collection yet. It will appear here automatically as soon as it is.
Join the conversation