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 (56,889 votes)
Seasons: 15
Streaming (US): Disney+ · Hulu · HBO Max · Discovery+ Amazon Channel · YouTube TV · Philo · Discovery · Discovery + · The Roku Channel · Pluto TV · Plex · Xumo Play · Spectrum On Demand
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

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	329
2	Pilot 2: Vacuum Toilet/Biscuit Bazooka/Leaping Lawyer	7.2	277
3	Pilot 3: Larry's Lawn-Chair Balloon/Goldfinger/Poppy-Seed Drug Test	7.5	251
4	Ice Bullet/Exploding Toilet/Who Gets Wetter?	7.4	291
5	Cell Phone Destruction/Silicone Breasts/CD-ROM Shattering	7.4	278
6	Barrel of Bricks/Pissing on the Third Rail/Eel Skin Wallet	7.4	276
7	Penny Drop/Deadly Microwaves/Radio Tooth Fillings	7.4	250
8	Hammer Bridge Drop/Buried Alive/Cola	7.5	244
9	Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing/Tree Cannon/Beat the Breath Test	7.6	233
10	Stinky Car/Raccoon Rocket	7.4	231
11	Escape from Alcatraz/Duck Quack/Stud Finder	8.0	250
12	Explosive Decompression/Frog Giggin'/Rear Axle	7.5	222
13	Chicken Gun/Octopus Pregnancy/Killer Washing Machine	7.4	212
14	Break Step Bridge/Toothbrush Surprise/Rowing Water Skier	7.2	207
15	Sinking Titanic/Goldfish Memory/Trombone Explosion	7.3	209
16	Buried in Concrete/Daddy Longlegs/Jet Taxi	7.2	195
17	Best Animal Myths	7.0	145
18	Best Electric Myths	7.0	139

Season 2 (2004)

7.32 avg 15 episodes 7.3 → 7.4 50 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Myths Revisited	7.3	187
2	Best Explosions	7.1	130
3	Scuba Diver/Car Capers	7.3	182
4	Ancient Death Ray/Skunk Cleaning/What Is Bulletproof?	7.4	189
5	Elevator of Death/Levitation Machine	7.6	194
6	Beat the Radar Detector	7.3	180
7	Quicksand/Bathtub/Electrocution/MRI Rays and Tattoos	7.4	181
8	Exploding Jawbreaker	7.4	193
9	Pingpong Rescue	7.6	183
10	Boom-Lift Catapult	7.2	181
11	Exploding House	7.6	184
12	Ming Dynasty Astronaut	7.5	191
13	Viewers Choice Christmas Special	6.9	164
14	Buster Special	6.8	179
15	Ultimate Mythbusters	7.4	144

Season 3 (2005)

7.37 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	183
2	Salsa Escape	7.6	189
3	Exploding Port-A-Potty	7.1	169
4	Is Yawning Contagious?	7.3	181
5	Mythbusters Outtakes	7.3	140
6	Cooling a Six Pack	7.5	181
7	Son of a Gun	7.2	173
8	Shop Til You Drop	7.3	158
9	Mythbusters Revealed	7.6	153
10	Hollywood on Trial	7.5	155
11	Breaking Glass	7.5	169
12	Jet Pack	7.3	161
13	Killer Brace Position	7.5	179
14	Bullet Proof Water, 360 Degree Swing	7.7	188
15	Escape Slide Parachute	7.4	166
16	Border Slingshot	7.2	168
17	Killer Tissue Box	7.1	152
18	Jaws Special	8.0	538
19	Mythbusters Revisited	7.2	148
20	Chinese Invasion Alarm	7.2	155
21	Confederate Rocket	7.5	184
22	Vodka Myths	7.3	168
25	Steel Toe Amputation	7.2	169
26	Seasickness: Kill or Cure	7.2	165

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	180
2	Shredded Plane	7.5	170
3	Archimedes Death Ray Revisited	7.2	169
4	Helium Football	7.1	185
5	Franklin's Kite	7.1	167
6	Cell Phones on Planes	7.0	158
7	Bullets Fired Up	7.4	166
8	Mythbusters Revisited III	7.1	143
9	Mind Control	7.1	156
10	Exploding Pants	7.4	152
11	Crimes and Myth-Demeanors 1	8.0	177
12	Steam Cannon	7.4	163
13	Whirlpool/Snowplow	7.2	162
14	Mentos and Soda	7.9	175
15	Shattering Subwoofer	7.3	150
16	Crimes and Myth-demeanors 2	8.0	161
17	Earthquake Machine	7.6	166
18	Deadly Straw	7.3	150
19	Mega Movie Myths	8.0	302
20	Killer Cable Snaps	7.4	167
21	Air Cylinder Rocket	7.5	147
22	More Myths Revisited	7.2	139
23	Exploding Lighter	7.4	152
24	Concrete Glider	7.3	144
25	Firearms Folklore	7.4	157
26	Anti-Gravity Device	7.4	148
27	Holiday Special	7.7	182
28	22,000 Foot Fall	7.6	148

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	186
2	Pirate Special	7.7	192
3	Underwater Car	8.0	181
4	Speed Cameras	7.2	159
5	Dog Myths	7.7	174
6	Myths Redux	7.4	148
7	Voice Flame Extinguisher	7.1	158
8	Birds in a Truck	7.3	153
9	Walking on Water	7.6	177
10	Western Myths	7.5	162
11	Big Rig Myths	7.6	153
12	Grenades and Guts	7.4	146
13	Snow Special	7.4	147
14	Baseball Myths	7.4	143
15	Viewers' Special	7.4	142
16	Red Flag to a Bull	7.5	147
17	Superhero Hour	7.6	159
18	Myth Evolution	7.3	139
19	Trail Blazers	7.3	136
20	Exploding Water Heater	8.2	186
21	Super Sized Myths!	7.7	141
22	Shooting Fish in a Barrel	7.3	154
23	Pirates 2!	7.6	151
24	Confederate Steam Gun	7.4	143
25	Airplane Hour	7.7	150

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	146
2	Lead Balloon	7.8	171
3	Airplane on Conveyor Belt	7.3	146
4	James Bond Special: Part 2	7.5	135
5	Viewers Special 2	7.3	135
6	MacGyver Special	7.9	206
7	Alaska Special	7.5	162
8	MythBusters Young Scientists Special	7.6	105
9	Shark Week Special 2	7.5	113
10	Exploding Steak	7.0	141
11	NASA Moon Landing Hoax	8.1	236
12	Viral Hour	7.4	137
13	Phonebook Friction	7.7	152
14	Water Stun Gun	7.3	132
15	Blind Driving	7.3	146
16	Ninjas 2	7.3	137
17	Alcohol Myths	7.5	147
18	Motorcycle Flip	7.4	141
19	Coffin Punch	7.1	137
20	End with a Bang	7.1	131
21	Viewer Special Threequel	7.2	137

Season 7 (2009)

7.35 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 7.2 51 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Demolition Derby Special	8.0	150
2	Alaska Special: Part 2	7.3	138
3	Exploding Bumpers	7.1	137
4	Banana Slip/Double Dip	7.3	142
5	Seesaw Saga	7.4	144
6	Swimming in Syrup	7.1	145
7	YouTube Special	7.5	146
8	Thermite vs. Ice	7.6	138
9	Prison Escape: Part 2	7.2	137
10	Curving Bullets	7.1	147
11	Car vs. Rain	7.1	137
12	Knock Your Socks Off!	7.2	157
13	Duct Tape Hour	7.7	163
14	Dirty vs. Clean Car	7.4	140
15	Greased Lightning	7.3	124
16	Hurricane Windows	7.2	129
17	Crash and Burn	7.2	168
18	Myth Evolution 2	7.4	128
19	Dumpster Diving	7.6	141
20	Antacid Jail Break	7.1	151
21	Unarmed and Unharmed	7.3	141
22	Hidden Nasties	7.5	158
23	Mini Myth Mayhem	7.5	151
24	Boomerang Bullet	7.2	139

Season 8 (2010)

7.17 avg 24 episodes 7.3 → 7.9 52 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Soda Cup Killer	7.3	170
2	Dive to Survive	7.3	135
3	Spy Car Escape	7.6	139
4	Bottle Bash	7.0	135
5	No Pain, No Gain	7.2	132
6	Mythssion Control	7.2	137
7	Duct Tape Hour 2	7.6	144
8	Waterslide Wipeout	7.3	146
9	Fireball Stun Gun	7.0	130
10	Flu Fiction	7.2	135
11	Mythbusters Top 25 Moments	7.3	124
12	Hair of the Dog	7.1	180
13	Storm Chasing Myths	7.1	150
14	Cold Feet	6.9	133
15	Tablecloth Chaos	7.1	148
16	Arrow Machine Gun	7.3	137
17	Mini Myth Madness	7.3	132
18	Reverse Engineering	7.1	122
19	Inverted Underwater Car	7.3	132
20	Bug Special	7.1	140
21	President's Challenge	6.6	152
22	Green Hornet Special	6.1	161
23	Operation Valkyrie	7.1	129
24	Hollywood Havoc	7.9	99

Season 9 (2011)

7.02 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.1 49 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mission Impossible Mask	7.6	148
2	Blue Ice	7.2	131
3	Running on Water	6.9	132
4	Bubble Trouble	6.7	128
5	Torpedo Tastic	7.2	137
6	Blow Your Own Sail	7.1	132
7	Spy Car 2	7.4	141
8	Dodge a Bullet	7.0	130
9	Fixing a Flat	7.0	131
10	Planes, Trains and Automobiles Special	6.6	99
11	Let There Be Light	7.0	134
12	Paper Armor	7.1	125
13	Bikes and Bazookas	7.0	126
14	Newton's Crane Cradle	7.0	134
15	Walk a Straight Line	6.9	127
16	Duct Tape Plane	7.2	132
17	Flying Guillotine	7.0	148
18	Drain Disaster	7.0	131
19	Location, Location, Location	6.4	130
20	Wet and Wild	6.9	89
21	Wheel of Mythfortune	7.1	128
22	Toilet Bomb	7.1	119

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	209
2	Fire vs. Ice	7.0	135
3	Square Wheels	6.8	138
4	Swinging Pirates	6.6	137
5	Battle of the Sexes	6.6	146
6	Driving in Heels	6.7	127
7	Revenge of the Myth	7.0	124
8	Bouncing Bullet	6.8	121
9	Mailbag Special	7.5	118
10	Bubble Pack Plunge	7.0	119
11	Duel Dilemmas	7.3	115
12	Hollywood Gunslingers	6.8	124
13	Jawsome Shark Special	6.5	95
14	Titanic Survival	6.9	142
15	Trench Torpedo	7.1	123
16	Hail Hijinx	7.1	111
17	Fright Night	6.8	125
18	Mini Myth Medley	7.3	123
19	Cannonball Chemistry	7.3	117
20	Food Fables	7.2	134
21	Explosions A to Z	6.5	100

Season 11 (2013)

6.99 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	125
2	Deadliest Catch Crabtastic Special	6.7	127
3	Down and Dirty; Earthquake Survival	7.3	116
4	Indy Car Special	6.8	124
5	Battle of the Sexes: Round 2	6.9	122
6	Motorcycle Water Ski	7.4	120
7	Hypermiling/Crash Cushions	7.1	130
8	Duct Tape Canyon	6.9	151
9	Painting with Explosives/Bifurcated Boat	7.3	112
10	Breaking Bad Special	7.3	211
11	Zombie Special	6.2	141

Season 12 (2012)

7.27 avg 15 episodes 7.2 → 7.3 47 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Star Wars: Revenge of the Myth	7.2	165
2	Moonshine Myths	6.5	123
3	Hollywood Car Crash Cliches	7.3	113
4	Car Chase Chaos/Animal Antics	7.1	104
5	Do Try This at Home.	7.1	103
6	Mythssion Impossible	6.8	106
7	Bullet Baloney	7.4	111
8	Supersonic Ping Pong/Ice Cannon	7.6	111
9	Fire in the Hole	7.6	111
10	Household Disasters	7.6	103
11	Commercial Myths	7.1	97
12	Road Rage	7.5	95
13	Laws of Attraction	7.5	108
14	Traffic Tricks	7.4	95
15	Plane Boarding/Bite the Bullet	7.3	152

Season 13 (2015)

7.23 avg 14 episodes 7.3 → 6.9 43 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Simpsons Special	7.3	166
2	The Busters of the Lost Myths	7.8	147
3	The A-Team Special	7.3	128
4	Video Games Special	6.7	137
5	Transformers	7.6	111
6	San Francisco Drift	6.5	113
7	Blow It Out the Water	7.6	106
8	Flights of Fantasy	8.0	130
9	Accidental Ammo	7.4	101
10	Dangerous Driving	7.1	87
11	Supernatural Shooters	7.3	93
12	Unfinished Business	6.9	78
13	Star Wars: The Myths Strike Back	6.8	96
14	MythBusters vs. Jaws	6.9	72

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	76
1	The Explosion Special	7.7	99
2	Tanker Crush	7.9	106
3	Cooking Chaos	7.3	87
4	Driven to Destruction	7.6	82
5	Volunteer Special	7.1	82
6	Failure Is Not an Option	7.4	81
7	Rocketmen	7.4	89
8	The Reddit Special	7.3	83
9	The Mythbusters Grand Finale	7.7	106
10	Mythbusters: The Reunion	8.4	120
11	Duct Tape: The Return	7.4	90

Season 15 (2017)

4.61 avg 14 episodes 6.4 → 4.2 42 min avg

Shape drift

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Electrified Escape	6.4	22
1	Heads Will Roll	4.8	112
2	Chimney Cannon	4.7	89
3	Earthquake Water Heater	4.5	83
4	Rock 'n' Roll Road Rage	4.2	78
5	Invisible Assassins	4.6	67
6	Dead Body Double	4.6	72
7	Fire Arrow vs. Gas Tank	4.4	71
8	Pane in the Glass	4.6	63
9	Wild Wild West	4.4	53
10	Spike in the Road	4.4	58
11	Dynamite Deposit	4.4	54
12	Backseat Getaway Driver	4.3	66
13	Dropping a Bomb	4.2	32

MythBusters (2003)

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