MythBusters ''MythBusters'' is a science entertainment television series created by Peter Rees (producer), Peter Rees and produced by Beyond International in Australia. The series premiered on the Discovery Channel on January 23, 2003. It was broadcast in ...

'' is a science entertainment

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created and produced by Australia's

Beyond Television Productions Beyond International Limited is an international television and film production company with operations in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. The company is involved in the creation and international distribution of t ...

for the

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience. It init ...

. There is no consistent system for organizing ''MythBusters'' episodes into

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. The show did not follow a consistent calendar of on- and off-air periods for its first-aired episodes. The official ''MythBusters'' website at one point sorted episodes by calendar year, but as of 2024, sorts them into 19 seasons (with the first being the three pilots). When the series was released on

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, some seasons followed calendar years while others did not. This list follows the calendar year as formerly posted on the Discovery website, and the only objective basis for breaking up "seasons". Including ''Specials'' and the revival series, a total of 296 episodes of ''MythBusters'' have aired so far.

Series overview

Episode list

Pilot episodes

2003 season

2004 season

2005 season

2006 season

2007 season

2008 season

2009 season

2010 season

2011 season

2012 season

2013 season

2014 season

2015 season

2016 season

2017 season

2018 season

Special episodes

References

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