I found them annoying and usually switched to a different channel when they came on.

Mythbusters is the reason my Son will get his physics degree....

Much the same here. My son is into Maths in a big way which I believe is partly because of the show.
He's in his first year of Uni and doing really well. (College in Yank speak ;) )

We have lots of good memories watching it together but of course he's 18 now and way to cool to watch it with his dad now :rolleyes:

A couple more for intelligent t.v.:
https://www.youtube.com/user/WheelerDealersTV
James Burke: Connections - Watch Free Documentary Online

Always liked How Its Made and Connections. Modern Marvels is / was good as well...

James Burke is the man. Loved all the Connections programs when I was a kid.

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More cool stuff..

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When I was very little Bill Nye the Science Guy was my favorite.

Loved Connections.

How It's Made, How Do They Do It, etc. are still my favorite things on TV besides Top Gear UK.

Modern Marvels is good when it's not about food.

I liked Mythbusters the first season but agree that the myths got less and less technically interesting, more gross with some explosions thrown in.

But I really liked Kari. :)

Wings on Discovery Channel was another one.

Perhaps the best TV show ever made.

A cutie, no doubt. But that pic shows what look like the beginnings of a nasty FUPA.

How It's Made, Ultimate Factories, Modern Marvels are my current favorites, but Connections always blew me away. I haven't seen it in 20 years, but I see it's on Netflix now and you can stream it on line. I think I'll do a Connections Marathon tonight. :)

I don't find this very surprising. It seems like the show has been losing some steam recently. It has been on air for a long time so that makes it even less surprising that they're finally making changes.

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Just found this (old) series on human development.
He's much in the style of Burke, but circles around topics instead of random forward.
The Ascent of Man
The Ascent of Man - Watch Free Documentary Online (mirror)

Wasn't real impressed when they first started and were doing the frozen vs unfrozen chicken in the aircraft windscreen. That was done so poorly I almost never watched again, but they did go back and retest some of the myths properly. I was one of the people that pushed them to use a fuel flow meter along with the computer on the fuel mileage myths.

Loved Wings and Great Planes on Discovery. I have most on tape but would love to buy them on DVD. I see Prime has Great Planes to download.

Are these on NetFlix?

batsheet crazy.

Screen door!!!!

While there may be *some* interesting content - I just can't watch this show. Too much of the show is made up of "coming up next" "What we did last" "What we did the time before last" "What is coming up next after what is coming up next", etc...

Very little actual content when watching. It just seems to be a lot of fill to take up space to run more commercials. I'd rather read a book.