MythBusters (2003)

Documentary · Mystery · Reality-TV

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.

IMDb rating: 8.3 (56,713 votes)
Seasons: 15
Streaming (US): Hulu · HBO Max · Discovery+ Amazon Channel · YouTube TV · Philo · Discovery · Discovery + · The Roku Channel · Pluto TV · Xumo Play · Spectrum On Demand · Plex · Plex Channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2003)

7.37 avg 18 episodes 7.3 → 7.0 50 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot 1: Jet-Assisted Chevy/Pop Rocks and Soda	7.3	321
2	Pilot 2: Vacuum Toilet/Biscuit Bazooka/Leaping Lawyer	7.2	272
3	Pilot 3: Larry's Lawn-Chair Balloon/Goldfinger/Poppy-Seed Drug Test	7.5	247
4	Ice Bullet/Exploding Toilet/Who Gets Wetter?	7.4	286
5	Cell Phone Destruction/Silicone Breasts/CD-ROM Shattering	7.4	275
6	Barrel of Bricks/Pissing on the Third Rail/Eel Skin Wallet	7.4	272
7	Penny Drop/Deadly Microwaves/Radio Tooth Fillings	7.4	245
8	Hammer Bridge Drop/Buried Alive/Cola	7.5	241
9	Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing/Tree Cannon/Beat the Breath Test	7.6	229
10	Stinky Car/Raccoon Rocket	7.4	230
11	Escape from Alcatraz/Duck Quack/Stud Finder	8.0	247
12	Explosive Decompression/Frog Giggin'/Rear Axle	7.5	220
13	Chicken Gun/Octopus Pregnancy/Killer Washing Machine	7.4	209
14	Break Step Bridge/Toothbrush Surprise/Rowing Water Skier	7.2	204
15	Sinking Titanic/Goldfish Memory/Trombone Explosion	7.3	207
16	Buried in Concrete/Daddy Longlegs/Jet Taxi	7.2	193
17	Best Animal Myths	7.0	143
18	Best Electric Myths	7.0	137

Season 2 (2004)

7.33 avg 15 episodes 7.3 → 7.4 50 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Myths Revisited	7.3	185
2	Best Explosions	7.1	128
3	Scuba Diver/Car Capers	7.3	181
4	Ancient Death Ray/Skunk Cleaning/What Is Bulletproof?	7.4	187
5	Elevator of Death/Levitation Machine	7.6	193
6	Beat the Radar Detector	7.3	178
7	Quicksand/Bathtub/Electrocution/MRI Rays and Tattoos	7.4	180
8	Exploding Jawbreaker	7.4	191
9	Pingpong Rescue	7.6	181
10	Boom-Lift Catapult	7.2	179
11	Exploding House	7.6	182
12	Ming Dynasty Astronaut	7.5	190
13	Viewers Choice Christmas Special	7.0	163
14	Buster Special	6.8	179
15	Ultimate Mythbusters	7.4	142

Season 3 (2005)

7.38 avg 24 episodes 7.3 → 7.2 51 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Brown Note	7.3	182
2	Salsa Escape	7.6	187
3	Exploding Port-A-Potty	7.1	167
4	Is Yawning Contagious?	7.3	179
5	Mythbusters Outtakes	7.3	139
6	Cooling a Six Pack	7.5	179
7	Son of a Gun	7.3	170
8	Shop Til You Drop	7.3	157
9	Mythbusters Revealed	7.6	151
10	Hollywood on Trial	7.5	154
11	Breaking Glass	7.5	166
12	Jet Pack	7.3	158
13	Killer Brace Position	7.5	177
14	Bullet Proof Water, 360 Degree Swing	7.7	187
15	Escape Slide Parachute	7.4	164
16	Border Slingshot	7.2	166
17	Killer Tissue Box	7.1	151
18	Jaws Special	8.0	537
19	Mythbusters Revisited	7.2	146
20	Chinese Invasion Alarm	7.2	153
21	Confederate Rocket	7.5	182
22	Vodka Myths	7.3	167
25	Steel Toe Amputation	7.2	168
26	Seasickness: Kill or Cure	7.2	163

Season 4 (2006)

7.43 avg 28 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 50 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Paper Crossbow	7.4	178
2	Shredded Plane	7.5	168
3	Archimedes Death Ray Revisited	7.2	167
4	Helium Football	7.1	186
5	Franklin's Kite	7.1	165
6	Cell Phones on Planes	7.0	156
7	Bullets Fired Up	7.4	164
8	Mythbusters Revisited III	7.1	141
9	Mind Control	7.1	154
10	Exploding Pants	7.4	150
11	Crimes and Myth-Demeanors 1	8.0	175
12	Steam Cannon	7.4	161
13	Whirlpool/Snowplow	7.2	160
14	Mentos and Soda	7.9	173
15	Shattering Subwoofer	7.3	148
16	Crimes and Myth-demeanors 2	8.0	159
17	Earthquake Machine	7.6	164
18	Deadly Straw	7.3	148
19	Mega Movie Myths	8.0	300
20	Killer Cable Snaps	7.4	165
21	Air Cylinder Rocket	7.5	145
22	More Myths Revisited	7.2	137
23	Exploding Lighter	7.4	150
24	Concrete Glider	7.3	142
25	Firearms Folklore	7.4	155
26	Anti-Gravity Device	7.4	146
27	Holiday Special	7.7	179
28	22,000 Foot Fall	7.6	145

Season 5 (2007)

7.52 avg 25 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 51 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hindenburg Mystery	7.7	184
2	Pirate Special	7.7	189
3	Underwater Car	8.0	179
4	Speed Cameras	7.2	157
5	Dog Myths	7.7	172
6	Myths Redux	7.4	145
7	Voice Flame Extinguisher	7.1	156
8	Birds in a Truck	7.3	151
9	Walking on Water	7.6	175
10	Western Myths	7.5	160
11	Big Rig Myths	7.6	150
12	Grenades and Guts	7.4	144
13	Snow Special	7.4	145
14	Baseball Myths	7.4	141
15	Viewers' Special	7.4	140
16	Red Flag to a Bull	7.5	145
17	Superhero Hour	7.6	156
18	Myth Evolution	7.3	137
19	Trail Blazers	7.3	134
20	Exploding Water Heater	8.2	184
21	Super Sized Myths!	7.7	139
22	Shooting Fish in a Barrel	7.3	152
23	Pirates 2!	7.6	149
24	Confederate Steam Gun	7.4	141
25	Airplane Hour	7.7	148

Season 6 (2008)

7.45 avg 21 episodes 7.7 → 7.2 45 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	James Bond Special: Part 1	7.7	142
2	Lead Balloon	7.8	169
3	Airplane on Conveyor Belt	7.3	144
4	James Bond Special: Part 2	7.5	132
5	Viewers Special 2	7.3	133
6	MacGyver Special	7.9	204
7	Alaska Special	7.5	160
8	MythBusters Young Scientists Special	7.6	103
9	Shark Week Special 2	7.5	111
10	Exploding Steak	7.0	139
11	NASA Moon Landing Hoax	8.1	234
12	Viral Hour	7.4	135
13	Phonebook Friction	7.7	150
14	Water Stun Gun	7.3	130
15	Blind Driving	7.3	144
16	Ninjas 2	7.2	135
17	Alcohol Myths	7.5	145
18	Motorcycle Flip	7.4	139
19	Coffin Punch	7.1	135
20	End with a Bang	7.1	129
21	Viewer Special Threequel	7.2	135

Season 7 (2009)

7.34 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 7.2 51 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Demolition Derby Special	8.0	148
2	Alaska Special: Part 2	7.3	135
3	Exploding Bumpers	7.1	135
4	Banana Slip/Double Dip	7.3	140
5	Seesaw Saga	7.4	142
6	Swimming in Syrup	7.1	143
7	YouTube Special	7.5	144
8	Thermite vs. Ice	7.6	136
9	Prison Escape: Part 2	7.2	134
10	Curving Bullets	7.1	144
11	Car vs. Rain	7.1	135
12	Knock Your Socks Off!	7.2	155
13	Duct Tape Hour	7.7	161
14	Dirty vs. Clean Car	7.3	138
15	Greased Lightning	7.3	121
16	Hurricane Windows	7.1	127
17	Crash and Burn	7.2	167
18	Myth Evolution 2	7.4	126
19	Dumpster Diving	7.6	139
20	Antacid Jail Break	7.1	149
21	Unarmed and Unharmed	7.3	139
22	Hidden Nasties	7.5	156
23	Mini Myth Mayhem	7.5	149
24	Boomerang Bullet	7.2	137

Season 8 (2010)

7.16 avg 24 episodes 7.3 → 7.9 52 min avg

Big finale
Rebound

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Soda Cup Killer	7.3	167
2	Dive to Survive	7.3	133
3	Spy Car Escape	7.6	137
4	Bottle Bash	7.0	133
5	No Pain, No Gain	7.2	130
6	Mythssion Control	7.1	135
7	Duct Tape Hour 2	7.6	142
8	Waterslide Wipeout	7.3	144
9	Fireball Stun Gun	7.0	128
10	Flu Fiction	7.2	133
11	Mythbusters Top 25 Moments	7.3	122
12	Hair of the Dog	7.1	179
13	Storm Chasing Myths	7.1	148
14	Cold Feet	6.9	131
15	Tablecloth Chaos	7.1	146
16	Arrow Machine Gun	7.3	136
17	Mini Myth Madness	7.3	130
18	Reverse Engineering	7.1	120
19	Inverted Underwater Car	7.3	130
20	Bug Special	7.1	138
21	President's Challenge	6.6	150
22	Green Hornet Special	6.1	159
23	Operation Valkyrie	7.1	127
24	Hollywood Havoc	7.9	97

Season 9 (2011)

7.03 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.2 49 min avg

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mission Impossible Mask	7.6	146
2	Blue Ice	7.2	129
3	Running on Water	6.9	130
4	Bubble Trouble	6.7	126
5	Torpedo Tastic	7.2	135
6	Blow Your Own Sail	7.1	130
7	Spy Car 2	7.4	139
8	Dodge a Bullet	7.0	128
9	Fixing a Flat	7.0	129
10	Planes, Trains and Automobiles Special	6.6	97
11	Let There Be Light	7.1	131
12	Paper Armor	7.1	123
13	Bikes and Bazookas	7.0	124
14	Newton's Crane Cradle	7.0	132
15	Walk a Straight Line	6.9	125
16	Duct Tape Plane	7.3	130
17	Flying Guillotine	7.0	146
18	Drain Disaster	7.0	129
19	Location, Location, Location	6.4	128
20	Wet and Wild	6.9	87
21	Wheel of Mythfortune	7.1	126
22	Toilet Bomb	7.2	117

Season 10 (2012)

7.00 avg 21 episodes 8.1 → 6.5 49 min avg

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Duct Tape Island	8.1	205
2	Fire vs. Ice	7.0	133
3	Square Wheels	6.8	136
4	Swinging Pirates	6.6	135
5	Battle of the Sexes	6.6	144
6	Driving in Heels	6.7	125
7	Revenge of the Myth	7.0	122
8	Bouncing Bullet	7.1	119
9	Mailbag Special	7.5	116
10	Bubble Pack Plunge	7.0	117
11	Duel Dilemmas	7.3	113
12	Hollywood Gunslingers	6.7	122
13	Jawsome Shark Special	6.5	93
14	Titanic Survival	6.9	139
15	Trench Torpedo	7.1	120
16	Hail Hijinx	7.0	108
17	Fright Night	6.7	123
18	Mini Myth Medley	7.3	121
19	Cannonball Chemistry	7.3	115
20	Food Fables	7.2	132
21	Explosions A to Z	6.5	98

Season 11 (2013)

6.98 avg 11 episodes 7.0 → 6.2 46 min avg

Bad finale

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	JATO Rocket Car: Mission Accomplished?	7.0	124
2	Deadliest Catch Crabtastic Special	6.7	126
3	Down and Dirty; Earthquake Survival	7.3	115
4	Indy Car Special	6.8	122
5	Battle of the Sexes: Round 2	6.8	120
6	Motorcycle Water Ski	7.4	119
7	Hypermiling/Crash Cushions	7.1	129
8	Duct Tape Canyon	6.9	150
9	Painting with Explosives/Bifurcated Boat	7.3	111
10	Breaking Bad Special	7.3	208
11	Zombie Special	6.2	140

Season 12 (2012)

7.27 avg 15 episodes 7.3 → 7.3 47 min avg

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Star Wars: Revenge of the Myth	7.3	162
2	Moonshine Myths	6.5	122
3	Hollywood Car Crash Cliches	7.3	112
4	Car Chase Chaos/Animal Antics	7.1	102
5	Do Try This at Home.	7.0	101
6	Mythssion Impossible	6.8	105
7	Bullet Baloney	7.4	110
8	Supersonic Ping Pong/Ice Cannon	7.6	110
9	Fire in the Hole	7.6	110
10	Household Disasters	7.6	102
11	Commercial Myths	7.1	96
12	Road Rage	7.5	94
13	Laws of Attraction	7.5	107
14	Traffic Tricks	7.4	94
15	Plane Boarding/Bite the Bullet	7.3	151

Season 13 (2015)

7.24 avg 14 episodes 7.3 → 6.9 43 min avg

Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Simpsons Special	7.3	163
2	The Busters of the Lost Myths	7.8	145
3	The A-Team Special	7.3	126
4	Video Games Special	6.7	135
5	Transformers	7.7	110
6	San Francisco Drift	6.5	112
7	Blow It Out the Water	7.6	105
8	Flights of Fantasy	8.0	129
9	Accidental Ammo	7.5	100
10	Dangerous Driving	7.1	86
11	Supernatural Shooters	7.3	92
12	Unfinished Business	6.9	77
13	Star Wars: The Myths Strike Back	6.8	95
14	MythBusters vs. Jaws	6.9	71

Season 14 (2016)

7.52 avg 12 episodes 7.0 → 7.4 42 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Mythbusters Revealed: The Behind the Scenes Season Opener	7.0	75
1	The Explosion Special	7.7	96
2	Tanker Crush	7.9	104
3	Cooking Chaos	7.3	86
4	Driven to Destruction	7.6	81
5	Volunteer Special	7.1	81
6	Failure Is Not an Option	7.4	80
7	Rocketmen	7.4	88
8	The Reddit Special	7.3	82
9	The Mythbusters Grand Finale	7.7	105
10	Mythbusters: The Reunion	8.4	119
11	Duct Tape: The Return	7.4	89

Season 15 (2017)

4.68 avg 14 episodes 6.8 → 4.3 42 min avg

Season 15 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Electrified Escape	6.8	21
1	Heads Will Roll	4.9	110
2	Chimney Cannon	4.7	88
3	Earthquake Water Heater	4.5	82
4	Rock 'n' Roll Road Rage	4.2	77
5	Invisible Assassins	4.6	66
6	Dead Body Double	4.7	71
7	Fire Arrow vs. Gas Tank	4.4	70
8	Pane in the Glass	4.7	62
9	Wild Wild West	4.5	52
10	Spike in the Road	4.4	57
11	Dynamite Deposit	4.5	53
12	Backseat Getaway Driver	4.3	65
13	Dropping a Bomb	4.3	31