| Based On: | MythBusters |
| Presenter: | Kyle Hill |
| Narrated: | Robert Lee |
| Country: | Australia United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 8 |
| Camera: | Multiple |
| Runtime: | 42 minutes |
| Network: | Science Channel |
MythBusters: The Search is an American reality competition series that was broadcast by Science Channel. Premiering on January 7, 2017, the spin-off featured a field of contestants competing for a chance to become the hosts for a revival of MythBusters on Science Channel.
The original run of MythBusters concluded in 2016, after its original hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman confirmed in October 2015 that the then-upcoming season would be their 14th and final season.[1] In late March 2016, it was revealed by Variety that Discovery Channel's sister network Science was planning a spin-off reality series, tentatively titled Search for the Next MythBusters, which would determine hosts for a revival of the series.[2]
In September 2016, it was announced that Nerdist science editor Kyle Hill would host the series.[3]
The revival, featuring the winners Jon Lung and Brian Louden, premiered on Science in November 2017.[4]
The series started with 10 contestants; in each episode, contestants compete in one team task (two or three teams competing) and one individual task. In each task, as in the original MythBusters series, the contestants are instructed to scientifically test the validity of a claim (with some tasks based on or expanding from myths covered by previous episodes of MythBusters). At the end of each episode, an MVP is declared, who is granted immunity from elimination. In most episodes, the worst-performing contestant was eliminated.
– Winner
– Runner-up
– MVP
| Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Semi-Final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Petkus | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Ben Nowack | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Jason Kerestes | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Dr. Tracy Fanara | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Chris Hackett | MVP | Eliminated | |||||||
| Allen Pan | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Martin Pepper | MVP | Runner-up | |||||||
| Tamara Robertson | MVP | MVP | Runner-up | ||||||
| Brian Louden | MVP | Winner | |||||||
| Jon Lung | MVP | Winner | |||||||
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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