Mythbusters: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hosted by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, with Tory Belleci, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara, the Mythbusters mix scientific method with gleeful curiosity and plain old-fashioned ingenuity to create their own signature style of explosive experimentation. The team's combined backgrounds in animatronics, robotics, model building and prototyping arm them with the ability to create anything they need to test a myth.

Series details

• Title: Mythbusters
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Nature, DIY
• Premiere date: 2003-01-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-02-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Science
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 379

Cast and credited roles

• Robert Lee — Narrator
• Nikos Andronikos — Narrator
• Robin Banks — Narrator
• Adam Savage — Adam Savage
• Jamie Hyneman — Jamie Hyneman
• Heather Joseph-Witham — Folklorist
• Kari Byron — Kari Byron
• Brian Louden — Brian Louden
• Jon Lung — Jon Lung
• Grant Masaru Imahara — Grant Masaru Imahara
• Tory Belleci — Tory Belleci
• Scottie Chapman — Builder

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2003-01-23; final listed air date 2003-03-07.
• Season 2: premiered 2003-09-23; final listed air date 2004-02-22.
• Season 3: premiered 2004-06-08; final listed air date 2005-03-16.
• Season 4: premiered 2005-10-26; final listed air date 2006-05-31.
• Season 5: premiered 2006-12-20; final listed air date 2008-02-20; episode order: 31.
• Season 6: premiered 2008-04-23; final listed air date 2008-10-23; episode order: 13.
• Season 7: premiered 2009-04-08; final listed air date 2010-01-04; episode order: 24.
• Season 8: premiered 2010-03-24; final listed air date 2010-06-16; episode order: 11.
• Season 9: premiered 2010-10-06; final listed air date 2010-12-22; episode order: 12.
• Season 10: premiered 2011-04-06; final listed air date 2011-06-29; episode order: 11.
• Season 11: premiered 2011-09-28; final listed air date 2011-11-30; episode order: 10.
• Season 12: premiered 2012-03-25; final listed air date 2012-08-13; episode order: 13.
• Season 13: premiered 2012-10-07; final listed air date 2012-11-25; episode order: 8.
• Season 14: premiered 2013-05-01; final listed air date 2013-10-17; episode order: 11.
• Season 15: premiered 2014-01-04; final listed air date 2014-03-01; episode order: 8.
• Season 16: premiered 2014-07-10; final listed air date 2014-08-21; episode order: 7.
• Season 17: premiered 2015-01-10; final listed air date 2015-02-14; episode order: 6.
• Season 18: premiered 2015-07-18; final listed air date 2015-09-05; episode order: 8.
• Season 19: premiered 2016-01-09; final listed air date 2016-03-06; episode order: 11.
• Season 20: premiered 2017-11-15; final listed air date 2018-02-21; episode order: 14.

Source and licence

Adapted from Mythbusters on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.