Nerdist’s Kyle Hill to Host MythBusters: The Search

NEW YORK: Kyle Hill, who serves as science editor for Nerdist, has been selected as the host of Science Channel’s MythBusters: The Search.

The all-new series features a competition to become the next myth-busting superstars. Produced for Science Channel by Beyond Productions, MythBusters: The Search will debut in 2017. The show will be fronted by Hill, host of YouTube’s Because Science who also contributed to Science Channel’s 2016 series How To Build…Everything.

“MythBusters is the most iconic science series in the history of television, and Kyle is an enormous talent and the ultimate MythBusters super fan,” said Marc Etkind, the general manager of Science Channel. “With his encyclopedic knowledge of every MythBusters episode and stunt ever attempted, he is the ideal host to introduce our all-new myths and potential future mythbusters,”