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Mythbusters to End After Next Season

posted by cmn32480 on Friday October 23 2015, @04:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the first-Dirty-Jobs...-now-this! dept.

The Mighty Buzzard writes:

Sad news from Variety today, the next season of Mythbusters will be the last.

"'Mythbusters' is — and will always be — an incredibly important part of Discovery's history," said Rich Ross, group president of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel. "Adam and Jamie are enormous talents who have brought learning and science to the forefront of this network, and their legacy will continue to live on over at Science Channel. The 'Mythbusters' library will be moving over to Discovery's sister network in 2016, where I know audiences new and old alike will be able to experience and learn with Adam and Jamie and the rest of the 'Mythbusters' family."

I guess we'll just have to try it at home now.

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[Ed: Headline updated, show was not "canceled".]

 
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  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Friday October 23 2015, @07:57PM

    by edIII (791) on Friday October 23 2015, @07:57PM (#253730)

    The problem is that the first and last entries are way too plausible. In fact, since I abstain from those particular bread & circuses, I'm not entirely convinced they aren't running on TV somewhere right now....

    Saskatchewan Truckers - A reality show about driving straight. In a truck.

    This show exists, but is really about driving across frozen lakes and hoping you don't go through the ice. Interesting for the about the 20-30 minutes I saw with my parents.

    Alaska Gaming - A show all about playing Xbox -- in Alaska

    Alaska is boring as fuck. When you're not driving a truck across the ice, what else are you going to do? I can actually see this one taking off as a gamer's information show.

    Booze Hounds - A reality show where homeless bottle pickers search for enough bottles to get high/drunk.

    I'm still on the fence about the homeless guys getting drunk. Going to leave it at "Maybe"

    Plowkings - A reality show about clearing commercial parking lots.

    Aside from the Simpsons beating them to it, this will most likely end up on TV. They've put parking maids, tow truck drivers, and about everybody else up on the TV, why stop now? As long the business owners have enough melodrama going on in their lives, it will get green-lit by executives.

    King Lizard - An educational show proving that top politicians are actually lizard people.

    Search Netflix. The level of distrust is at such an impressive high right now, that they're making TV episodes out of *every conspiracy theory ever made about aliens and governments*. It's nagging the crap out of me, but I think I can actually remember the name of this show.... darn it. Guess whether or not the Bush family is the highlight of the show? ;)

    Hunting Nessie - Reality show where they track and hunt Nessie using paranormal trackers, and other sophisticated gadgets.

    I'm going to leave the rest of you bastards here, poor and drinking ripple, while I go become a reality-TV exec with this idea. Seriously. Anyone really think this idea doesn't work for a show?

    If you were going for implausible, try harder :)

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