For a while, the term 'Discovery Channel' was closely linked in the minds of people everywhere to wildlife in the African Savannah. Two things happened to change that. First, those shows now appear on Animal Planet. But more importantly, the Discovery Channel now has a show that almost everybody knows the name of: MythBusters.

For those unfamiliar with the show, two, ex, special effects professionals (Jamie and Adam) go into the business of finding and testing myths and urban legends. After testing the famous Archimedes Death Ray, they picked up a second crew (Kari, Tory, and Grant). Along with their unfortunate test dummy named Buster, they have tested hundreds of myths, such as the JATO car, the personal jetpack, and the exploding toilet.

However, with this fame has come a certain amount of criticism. There are many who feel that the methods on MythBusters are unscientific. To a certain degree, these critics are correct. The MythBusters often base their determination upon a single trial run. With some of their myths this is sufficient (such as myths claiming to be common occurrences). However, many of the myths are 'busted' simply because Adam and Jamie don't manage to recreate them, or because of some factors that have been ignored by the experiment.

Nevertheless, MythBusters has done a terrific job as a show on Discovery Channel. It has sparked interest in the scientific method, and has gotten many people to start thinking critically about myths that people take for granted. As pure science, MythBusters is busted, but as entertaining and educational television, it passes.