"Mythbusters" closed - why? First and final seasons, hosts

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

One of the best programs for the development of erudition. One of those programs that many of us grew up with. "Mythbusters" instilled in many people a love for the exact sciences: from mathematics to physics. Over the years, the project just didn’t appear, which just didn’t suit two crazy presenters, just to achieve a result. But, as you know, everything comes to an end.

In 2016, Discovery uncompromisingly confronted audiences with the fact that The MythBusters was closing. Why this happened - no one explained.

Show idea

Initially, this program was offered to one of the little-known channels by producer Peter Rees. Its idea was simple: all known statements, tales, rumors, gossip and myths, walking among people and on the Internet, are tested by specialists with the help of scientific experiments. First, they explain the mechanism of action of a particular phenomenon, and then create conditions in which it is realistic to testone thing or another. In order to interest the viewer, Peter Rees had only 3 pilot releases, after which the MythBusters program successfully launched. Discovery channel made this great show possible.

Presenters

Peter Rees was fascinated at the time by Jamie Hyneman, whom he interviewed earlier. The work of this person was to invent special effects, and in this area he worked for quite a long time, he had enough knowledge and experience to conduct various kinds of tests. But, as you know, one head is good, but two is better: Jamie considered that he was not charismatic and cheerful enough to run this program alone, so he invited his friend Adam Savage there. For 14 years of broadcasting, the presenters did not change, and it seemed that there should not be a question about when the show would end, because this program is one of the longest-running in the history of television. Now everyone is wondering why the MythBusters program was shut down.

Program concept

Of course, two people can't handle a large amount of work, in addition to the show throughout the episodes they try to make it as spectacular as possible, so there is a whole team of assistants and co-hosts who work on their project in parallel with the hosts. A team of three over the course of several seasons took on easier tasks while coping with easier technical tasks.

In 2016 it was announcedabout the MythBusters being shut down. Why this happened - for the most part, you need to be interested in the representatives of the Discovery channel. In the meantime, Jamie sadly recalls his participation in the project and the life that was before it. He designed robots for Star Wars, participated in the creation of the program "Battle of the Robots", did special effects for "The Matrix", but with the advent of "Destroyers" he gave all his time to them.

During the existence of the program in total there were:

• over 920 myths verified;
• over 2590 experiments performed;
• filmed 14 seasons of the program over 13 years;
• 900 explosions were made;
• 248 episodes filmed.

The concept of the transmission is quite simple: having kept within an hour of time, you need to experimentally refute or prove this or that myth. Often, testing various rumors, Adam and Jamie invited a specialist from the relevant field to their place.

All episodes of the show are spectacular and interesting thanks to the love of explosions, weapons, risk. Often participants received minor injuries. But the policy of the entertainment program is such that experiments are not carried out if there is a risk of endangering the life of animals and people.

From the first to the last issue

For 14 seasons, the hosts and creators have many memories of the program. And they themselves have become famous all over the world - every person who has ever watched Discovery will recognize the mustachioed scientists. If in the first issues Adam and Jamie mostly worked independently, often acting astest subjects, over time, they were joined by an experienced team of people, which made it possible to significantly increase the scale of the show.

In the pilot episode of the program, Jamie and Adam first took on the most common myth about the use of Cola-Cola in combination with other products, trying to explode their stomachs from the inside. When the program went on the air, the experiments became much more serious. They blew up toilets, fired machine guns, tried to make a big explosion, and all this is "MythBusters". Season 1, episode 1 was the beginning of a new, exciting life for these people.

The ability to play good jokes on each other made this science program more interesting and entertaining, and over time, three co-hosts appeared: Grant Imahara - a specialist in the field of robotics, Tori Belleci - a model designer for films and Kari Byron - an artist. They took it upon themselves to help two curious scientists.

In the final episodes, Adam and Jamie were left alone again, but the project did not get worse from this: they continued to refute or confirm the myths in the same quality. They came up with ever more sophisticated ways to blow things up in the MythBusters program. The final season was presented to viewers on January 9, 2016. In a tweet, Adam mentioned that they intend to bust 13 myths from various categories and promised viewers a truly "explosive" goodbye. He also mentioned that he was very sorry to say goodbye to the series and fondly remembers how they filmed MythBusters. 1 season 1series – was a grand and successful start.

Why the program is being closed

In 2016, the Discovery Channel announced that the next season would be the last for The MythBusters. Of course, the fans (and the program had a lot of them during the broadcast) rebelled, and many questions immediately arose: “MythBusters” is being closed - why? How? For what? And what are the reasons? Naturally, the Discovery channel is not going to give a clear answer to this question, but we can safely assume that the show has already become obsolete and there are simply no ideas for new myths. In the end, sooner or later everything ends. Many generations grew up on this popular science program, discovering the world anew. The hosts' only desire was to finish the season with dignity by airing their best work under the proud title of "MythBusters" (the final season), which they successfully did.

What's next?

Discovery Channel completely refused to release the program, but this does not mean that she died completely. Another organization called Science wants to continue making episodes of Mythbusters, but with a change of hosts and a slightly different concept of the show. After all, for many it is very unpleasant to hear the news: "MythBusters" is closed. Why? There is no point in asking, instead it is better to continue it.

Adam and Jamie, having finished with this show, transferred to another project and are now working on a series about a scientist. There are likely to be many spectacular scenes and host-favorite explosions in store for the audience.

As for Tory, Cary and Grant, they are developing a new program on another channel, and soon another scientific program will be released on their behalf, which, however, has nothing to do with myths.