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MythBusters

American television series
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Summary

MythBusters is a television series[1]. MythBusters ranks in the top 3% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,219 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Peter Rees[3]
  • Genre: factual television program[4]
  • Cast member: Adam Savage[5], Ricky Jay[6], Shirley Eaton[7]
  • Production company: Discovery, Inc.[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[9]
  • Presenter: Adam Savage[10], Jamie Hyneman[11], Tory Belleci[12], Kari Byron[13], Grant Imahara[14], Jessi Combs[15]
  • Commons category: MythBusters[16]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[17]
  • Original broadcaster: Discovery Channel[18]
  • Country of origin: United States[19], Australia[20]
  • Has part(s): MythBusters, 2003 season[21], MythBusters, 2004 season[22], MythBusters, 2005 season[23], MythBusters, 2006 season[24], MythBusters, 2007 season[25], MythBusters, 2008 season[26], MythBusters, 2009 season[27], MythBusters, 2010 season[28], MythBusters, 2011 season[29], MythBusters, 2012 season[30], MythBusters, 2013 season[31], MythBusters, 2014 season[32], MythBusters, 2015 season[33], MythBusters, 2016 season[34]
  • Start time: January 23, 2003[35]
  • End time: February 7, 2018[36]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[37], Hulu[38]
  • Narrative location: San Francisco[39]
  • Topic's main category: Category:MythBusters[40]
  • Number of episodes: 173[41]
  • Title: MythBusters[42]
  • List of episodes: list of MythBusters episodes[43]
  • Number of seasons: 14[44]
  • Camera setup: multiple-camera setup[45]
  • Derivative work: MythBusters: The Search[46], Mythbusters Jr.[47]

Why It Matters

MythBusters has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] MythBusters is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Related Entities

Adam Savage Australia Discovery, Inc. Grant Imahara Jamie Hyneman Kari Byron Netflix United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . discovery.com. discovery.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 23w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Country of origin → United States, Australia
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