MythBusters

MythBusters (2003)

Failure is always an option.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Creator: Peter Rees
  • First Air Date: 2003-01-23
  • Last Air Date: 2018-02-21
  • Total Seasons: 16
  • Total Episodes: 272
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 43 min.
  • Production Company: Beyond Productions
  • Production Country: Australia, United States of America, Ireland
  • Network: Discovery, SBS
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From 545 Ratings

Summary

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.

  • Keywords: experiment, research, urban legend, engineering, explosion, debunking, crash test dummy, myth, science
  • Where to Watch MythBusters Online

    You can now watch MythBusters online on the following streaming providers in the United States.

  • MythBusters Trailer

    MythBusters Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date: 2004-03-21
    25 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2003-01-23
    11 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2004-01-11
    17 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2005-02-16
    20 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 2006-01-11
    28 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 2007-01-10
    25 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 2008-01-16
    19 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 2009-04-08
    23 Episodes

    Season 8

    First Air Date: 2010-01-04
    23 Episodes

    Season 9

    First Air Date: 2011-04-06
    21 Episodes

    Season 10

    First Air Date: 2012-03-25
    20 Episodes

    Season 11

    First Air Date: 2013-05-01
    11 Episodes

    Season 12

    First Air Date: 2014-01-04
    15 Episodes

    Season 13

    First Air Date: 2015-01-10
    14 Episodes

    Season 14

    First Air Date: 2016-01-02
    11 Episodes

    Season 15

    First Air Date: 2017-11-15
    6 Episodes

    Season 16

    First Air Date: 2018-01-03
    8 Episodes

    MythBusters Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1JATO Car, Pop Rocks (Pilot 1)47 min
    Season 1Episode 2Stuck on You, Biscuit Bullet, Falling Lawyer (Pilot 2)47 min
    Season 1Episode 3Poppy-Seed Drug Test47 min
    Season 2Episode 1Exploding Toilet, Is It Worth Running in the Rain?, Ice Bullet47 min
    Season 2Episode 2Cell Phone+Gas Station=Explosion??, Exploding Implants, Exploding CDs47 min
    Season 2Episode 3Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet47 min
    Season 2Episode 4Penny Drop, Microwave Madness!, Radio Fillings47 min
    Season 2Episode 5Buried Alive!!!, 101 Uses for Cola, Hammer Jump47 min
    Season 2Episode 6Tongue Stud Lightning Rod, Tree Cannon, You Can't Beat the Breath Test!47 min
    Season 2Episode 7Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket60 min
    Season 2Episode 8Escape from Alcatraz, Does a Duck's Quack Echo?, Mind Control Chips47 min
    Season 2Episode 9Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle60 min
    Season 2Episode 10Chicken Gun, Octopus Egg Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine60 min
    Season 2Episode 11Break Step Bridge60 min
    Season 2Episode 12Buried in Concrete, Daddy Longlegs, Jet Taxi60 min
    Season 2Episode 13Sinking Titanic60 min
    Season 3Episode 1Myths Revisited60 min
    Season 3Episode 2Scuba Diver, Car Capers60 min
    Season 3Episode 3Ancient Death Ray, Skunk Cleaning, What Is Bulletproof?60 min
    Season 3Episode 4Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine60 min
    Season 3Episode 5Beat the Radar Detector60 min
    Season 3Episode 6Quicksand60 min
    Season 3Episode 7Exploding Jawbreaker60 min
    Season 3Episode 8Pingpong Rescue60 min
    Season 3Episode 9Boom-Lift Catapult60 min
    Season 3Episode 10Exploding House60 min
    Season 3Episode 11Ming Dynasty Astronaut60 min
    Season 3Episode 12Brown Note60 min
    Season 3Episode 13Salsa Escape60 min
    Season 3Episode 14Exploding Port-a-Potty60 min
    Season 3Episode 15Is Yawning Contagious?60 min
    Season 3Episode 16Cooling a Six-Pack60 min
    Season 3Episode 17Son of a Gun60 min
    Season 3Episode 18Breaking Glass60 min
    Season 3Episode 19Jet Pack60 min
    Season 3Episode 20Killer Brace Position60 min
    Season 3Episode 21Bulletproof Water60 min
    Season 3Episode 22Border Slingshot60 min
    Season 3Episode 23Killer Tissue Box60 min
    Season 3Episode 24Escape Slide Parachute60 min
    Season 3Episode 25MythBusters Revisited60 min
    Season 3Episode 26Chinese Invasion Alarm60 min
    Season 3Episode 27MythBusters Revealed60 min
    Season 4Episode 1Confederate Rocket60 min
    Season 4Episode 2Vodka Myths60 min
    Season 4Episode 3Steel Toe-Cap Amputation60 min
    Season 4Episode 4Seasickness: Kill or Cure60 min
    Season 4Episode 5Paper Crossbow60 min
    Season 4Episode 6Shredded Plane60 min
    Season 4Episode 7Archimedes Death Ray Revisited60 min
    Season 4Episode 8Helium Football60 min
    Season 4Episode 9Franklin's Kite60 min
    Season 4Episode 10Cell Phone on Airplanes60 min
    Season 4Episode 11Bullets Fired Up60 min
    Season 4Episode 12Myths Reopened60 min
    Season 4Episode 13Mind Control60 min
    Season 4Episode 14Exploding Pants60 min
    Season 4Episode 15Steam Cannon / Breakfast Cereal60 min
    Season 4Episode 16Whirlpool Myth, Snowplow60 min
    Season 4Episode 17Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (1)60 min
    Season 4Episode 18Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (2)60 min
    Season 4Episode 19Shattering Subwoofer / Rough Road Driving60 min
    Season 4Episode 20Deadly Straw60 min
    Season 4Episode 21Earthquake Machine60 min
    Season 4Episode 22Diet Coke and Mentos60 min
    Season 4Episode 23Killer Cable Snaps60 min
    Season 4Episode 24Concrete Glider60 min
    Season 4Episode 25Air Cylinder Rocket60 min
    Season 4Episode 26More Myths Revisited60 min
    Season 4Episode 27Exploding Lighter60 min
    Season 4Episode 28Anti-Gravity Device60 min
    Season 4Episode 29Firearms Folklore60 min
    Season 4Episode 3022,000 Foot Fall60 min
    Season 4Episode 31Shop Till You Drop60 min
    Season 4Episode 32Hollywood on Trial60 min
    Season 5Episode 1Holiday Special60 min
    Season 5Episode 2Hindenburg Mystery60 min
    Season 5Episode 3Pirate Special60 min
    Season 5Episode 4Underwater Car60 min
    Season 5Episode 5Speed Cameras60 min
    Season 5Episode 6Dog Myths60 min
    Season 5Episode 7More Myths Reopened60 min
    Season 5Episode 8Voice Flame Extinguisher60 min
    Season 5Episode 9Birds in a Truck60 min
    Season 5Episode 10Walking on Water60 min
    Season 5Episode 11Western Myths60 min
    Season 5Episode 12Big Rig Myths60 min
    Season 5Episode 13Grenades and Guts60 min
    Season 5Episode 14Snow Special60 min
    Season 5Episode 15Baseball Myths60 min
    Season 5Episode 16Viewer Special60 min
    Season 5Episode 17Red Rag to a Bull60 min
    Season 5Episode 18Superhero Hour60 min
    Season 5Episode 19Myth Revolution!60 min
    Season 5Episode 20Trail Blazers60 min
    Season 5Episode 21Exploding Water Heater60 min
    Season 5Episode 22Shooting Fish in a Barrel60 min
    Season 5Episode 23Pirates 2!60 min
    Season 5Episode 24Confederate Steam Gun60 min
    Season 5Episode 25Air Plane Hour60 min
    Season 5Episode 26James Bond Special (1)60 min
    Season 5Episode 27Lead Balloon60 min
    Season 5Episode 28Airplane on a Conveyor Belt60 min
    Season 5Episode 29James Bond Special (2)60 min
    Season 5Episode 30Viewer Special 260 min
    Season 5Episode 31MacGyver Myths60 min
    Season 6Episode 1Alaska Special60 min
    Season 6Episode 2NASA Moon Landing60 min
    Season 6Episode 3Exploding Steak60 min
    Season 6Episode 4Ninjas 260 min
    Season 6Episode 5Blind Driving60 min
    Season 6Episode 6Viral Hour60 min
    Season 6Episode 7Phone Book Friction60 min
    Season 6Episode 8Water Stun Gun60 min
    Season 6Episode 9Alcohol Myths60 min
    Season 6Episode 10Motorcycle Flip60 min
    Season 6Episode 11Coffin Punch60 min
    Season 6Episode 12End with a Bang60 min
    Season 6Episode 13Viewer Special Threequel60 min
    Season 7Episode 1Demolition Derby Special90 min
    Season 7Episode 2Alaska Special 260 min
    Season 7Episode 3Banana Slip, Double Dip60 min
    Season 7Episode 4YouTube Special60 min
    Season 7Episode 5Swimming in Syrup60 min
    Season 7Episode 6Exploding Bumper60 min
    Season 7Episode 7Seesaw Saga60 min
    Season 7Episode 8Thermite vs. Ice60 min
    Season 7Episode 9Prison Escape60 min
    Season 7Episode 10Curving Bullets60 min
    Season 7Episode 11Car vs. Rain60 min
    Season 7Episode 12Knock Your Socks Off60 min
    Season 7Episode 13Duct Tape Hour60 min
    Season 7Episode 14Dirty vs. Clean Car60 min
    Season 7Episode 15Greased Lightning60 min
    Season 7Episode 16Hurricane Windows60 min
    Season 7Episode 17Crash and Burn60 min
    Season 7Episode 18Myth Evolution60 min
    Season 7Episode 19Dumpster Diving60 min
    Season 7Episode 20Antacid Jail Break60 min
    Season 7Episode 21Unarmed and Unharmed60 min
    Season 7Episode 22Hidden Nasties60 min
    Season 7Episode 23Mini Myth Mayhem60 min
    Season 7Episode 24Boomerang Bullet60 min
    Season 8Episode 1Soda Cup Killer60 min
    Season 8Episode 2Dive to Survive60 min
    Season 8Episode 3Spy Car Escape60 min
    Season 8Episode 4Bottle Bash60 min
    Season 8Episode 5No Pain, No Gain60 min
    Season 8Episode 6Mythssion Control60 min
    Season 8Episode 7Duct Tape Hour 260 min
    Season 8Episode 8Waterslide Wipeout60 min
    Season 8Episode 9Fireball Stun Gun60 min
    Season 8Episode 10Flu Fiction60 min
    Season 8Episode 11MythBusters Top 25 Moments60 min
    Season 9Episode 1Hair of the Dog60 min
    Season 9Episode 2Storm Chasing Myths60 min
    Season 9Episode 3Cold Feet60 min
    Season 9Episode 4Table Cloth Chaos60 min
    Season 9Episode 5Arrow Machine Gun60 min
    Season 9Episode 6Mini Myth Madness60 min
    Season 9Episode 7Reverse Engineering60 min
    Season 9Episode 8Inverted Underwater Car60 min
    Season 9Episode 9Bug Special60 min
    Season 9Episode 10President's Challenge60 min
    Season 9Episode 11Green Hornet Special60 min
    Season 9Episode 12Operation Valkyrie60 min
    Season 10Episode 1Mission Impossible Face Off60 min
    Season 10Episode 2Blue Ice60 min
    Season 10Episode 3Running on Water60 min
    Season 10Episode 4Bubble Trouble60 min
    Season 10Episode 5Torpedo Tastic60 min
    Season 10Episode 6Blow Your Own Sail60 min
    Season 10Episode 7Spy Car 260 min
    Season 10Episode 8Dodge a Bullet60 min
    Season 10Episode 9Fixing a Flat60 min
    Season 10Episode 10Let There Be Light60 min
    Season 10Episode 11Paper Armor60 min
    Season 11Episode 1Bikes and Bazookas60 min
    Season 11Episode 2Newton's Crane Cradle60 min
    Season 11Episode 3Walk a Straight Line60 min
    Season 11Episode 4Duct Tape Plane60 min
    Season 11Episode 5Flying Guillotine60 min
    Season 11Episode 6Drain Disaster60 min
    Season 11Episode 7Location, Location, Location60 min
    Season 11Episode 8Wet and Wild60 min
    Season 11Episode 9Wheel of Mythfortune60 min
    Season 11Episode 10Toilet Bomb60 min
    Season 12Episode 1Duct Tape Island60 min
    Season 12Episode 2Fire vs. Ice60 min
    Season 12Episode 3Square Wheels60 min
    Season 12Episode 4Swinging Pirates60 min
    Season 12Episode 5Battle of the Sexes60 min
    Season 12Episode 6Driving in Heels60 min
    Season 12Episode 7Revenge of the Myth60 min
    Season 12Episode 8Bouncing Bullet60 min
    Season 12Episode 9Mailbag Special60 min
    Season 12Episode 10Bubble Pack Plunge60 min
    Season 12Episode 11Duel Dilemmas60 min
    Season 12Episode 12Hollywood Gunslingers60 min
    Season 12Episode 13Jawsome Shark Special60 min
    Season 13Episode 1Titanic Survival60 min
    Season 13Episode 2Trench Torpedo60 min
    Season 13Episode 3Hail Hijinx60 min
    Season 13Episode 4Fright Night60 min
    Season 13Episode 5Mini Myth Medley60 min
    Season 13Episode 6Cannonball Chemistry60 min
    Season 13Episode 7Food Fables60 min
    Season 13Episode 8Explosions A to Z60 min
    Season 14Episode 1JATO Rocket Car: Mission Accomplished?60 min
    Season 14Episode 2Deadliest Catch Crabtastic Special60 min
    Season 14Episode 3Down and Dirty; Earthquake Survival60 min
    Season 14Episode 4Indy Car Special60 min
    Season 14Episode 5Battle of the Sexes - Round 260 min
    Season 14Episode 6Motorcycle Water Ski60 min
    Season 14Episode 7Hypermiling / Crash Cushion60 min
    Season 14Episode 8Duct Tape Canyon60 min
    Season 14Episode 9Painting with Explosives / Bifurcated Boat60 min
    Season 14Episode 10Breaking Bad Special60 min
    Season 14Episode 11Zombie Special60 min
    Season 15Episode 1Star Wars: Revenge of the Myth60 min
    Season 15Episode 2Moonshiner Myths60 min
    Season 15Episode 3Hollywood Car Crash Cliches60 min
    Season 15Episode 4Car Chase Chaos / Animal Antics60 min
    Season 15Episode 5*DO* Try This at Home60 min
    Season 15Episode 6Mythssion Impossible60 min
    Season 15Episode 7Bullet Baloney60 min
    Season 15Episode 8Supersonic Ping Pong / Ice Cannon60 min
    Season 16Episode 1Fire in the Hole60 min
    Season 16Episode 2Household Disasters60 min
    Season 16Episode 3Commercial Myths60 min
    Season 16Episode 4Road Rage60 min
    Season 16Episode 5Laws of Attraction60 min
    Season 16Episode 6Traffic Ticks60 min
    Season 16Episode 7Plane Boarding; Bite the Bullet60 min
    Season 17Episode 1The Simpsons Special60 min
    Season 17Episode 2The Busters of the Lost Myths60 min
    Season 17Episode 3The A-Team Special60 min
    Season 17Episode 4Video Games Special60 min
    Season 17Episode 5Transformers60 min
    Season 17Episode 6San Francisco Drift60 min
    Season 18Episode 1Blow It Out of the Water60 min
    Season 18Episode 2Flights of Fantasy60 min
    Season 18Episode 3Accidental Ammo60 min
    Season 18Episode 4Dangerous Driving60 min
    Season 18Episode 5Supernatural Shooters60 min
    Season 18Episode 6Unfinished Business60 min
    Season 18Episode 7Mythbusters vs. JAWS60 min
    Season 18Episode 8Star Wars - The Myths Strike Back60 min
    Season 19Episode 1The Explosion Special60 min
    Season 19Episode 2Tanker Crush60 min
    Season 19Episode 3Cooking Chaos60 min
    Season 19Episode 4Driven to Destruction60 min
    Season 19Episode 5Volunteer Special60 min
    Season 19Episode 6Failure Is Not an Option!60 min
    Season 19Episode 7Rocketmen60 min
    Season 19Episode 8The Reddit Special60 min
    Season 19Episode 9Grand Finale60 min
    Season 19Episode 10Reunion60 min
    Season 19Episode 11Duct Tape: The Return60 min
    Season 20Episode 1Heads Will Roll60 min
    Season 20Episode 2Chimney Cannon60 min
    Season 20Episode 3Earthquake Water Heater60 min
    Season 20Episode 4Rock 'n' Roll Road Rage60 min
    Season 20Episode 5Invisible Assassins60 min
    Season 20Episode 6Dead Body Double60 min
    Season 20Episode 7Fire Arrow vs. Gas Tank60 min
    Season 20Episode 8Pane in the Glass60 min
    Season 20Episode 9Wild Wild West60 min
    Season 20Episode 10Spike in the Road60 min
    Season 20Episode 11Dynamite Deposit60 min
    Season 20Episode 12Backseat Getaway Driver60 min
    Season 20Episode 13Valentine's Day Myth Madness60 min
    Season 20Episode 14Dropping a Bomb60 min
    • Brian Louden

      as Self - Host
    • Jonathan Lung

      as Self - Host
    • Robert Lee

      as Self - Narrator (voice)

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