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White Rabbit Project

White Rabbit Project is an American unscripted reality television series that premiered on Netflix on December 9, 2016, in which former MythBusters build-team members Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara investigate and rank unusual events and inventions from pop culture, science, and history.¹^•² The series ran for one season of ten episodes, all released on the premiere date, and was not renewed.¹^•³

Key fact	Detail
Premiere	December 9, 2016, on Netflix; all ten episodes released that day¹^•⁴
Hosts	Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara, the former MythBusters build team²
Production	Beyond Productions, which also produced MythBusters; executive producers John Luscombe, Ryan Senter, and Martyn Ives⁵
Format	Each episode takes six legends or theories on a theme, selects three criteria, and ranks them at the end³
Rating and runtime	TV-PG; episodes run about 47 to 48 minutes⁶
Reception	IMDb rating 6.9/10 from about 1,800 users⁶
Status	Ended after one season; Netflix chose not to renew³

Spoilers

Episodes

Season 1 consists of ten episodes, all first available on December 9, 2016:¹

Super Power Tech
Jailbreak
Crazy WW2 Weapons
Scam Artists
Heist!
May G Force Be with You
Tech We Love to Hate
Where's My Hoverboard?
Invented Before Its Time?
Speed Freaks

Recurring questions include whether superhero powers can be mimicked with real technology, what the craziest weapon of World War II was, and why hoverboards do not yet exist and when they might.¹⁰

Origin and connection to MythBusters

The three hosts had spent roughly a decade on Discovery Channel's MythBusters as the show's "Build Team," building and testing the contraptions used to evaluate common theories and urban legends alongside lead hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. The trio left the show simultaneously in 2014, and MythBusters continued for two further seasons with new team members before its final episode in 2016.² Netflix announced the new series in September 2016, shortly after MythBusters ended its 14-season run.⁷

The show takes its name from the "rabbit hole" its hosts descend into while exploring their topics, a reference to Alice in Wonderland, in which Alice follows the white rabbit into Wonderland.²^•⁸ While it is not a sequel to MythBusters, it was made to appeal to the same audience.²

Format

Each episode is organized around a single theme, such as jailbreaks, superpower technology, heists, or unusual World War II weapons.⁹ The team takes six legends or theories related to that theme and picks three criteria to grade how "epic" each one is. The hosts re-enact events using professional actors and stunt performers, and in many cases they also build devices to test theories or validate a legend. At the end of the episode, the team ranks the six items against the chosen criteria.³

Compared with MythBusters, which centered on science and experimentation, the format leans more toward a historical documentary style: the hosts spend more time traveling, meeting experts, and narrating existing footage, and their builds are usually proofs of concept of known mechanics shown for the audience's benefit.³

Reception and availability

On IMDb the series holds a 6.9/10 rating from about 1,800 users.⁶ Common Sense Media, reviewing the show for parents, rated it appropriate for ages 12 and up and described its educational value as high, noting that graphics and narration explain how things work, such as how an escape-proof building is constructed or how a hot-air balloon rises; it flagged dramatic reenactments that may be violent for very young viewers.¹¹

The series remains a Netflix original title. Streaming trackers report it available on Netflix in 38 countries as of October 2026, including the United States, the United Kingdom, India, and Australia.¹² JustWatch lists it streaming on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads in the United States, with no free streaming options.¹³

Aftermath

Grant Imahara announced that Netflix chose not to renew the show for a second season.³ The series did spawn a live show that toured Australia.³

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Documentary, docudrama, and lifestyle series › Factual entertainment and specialist-interest formats › Premiered 2001 to 2019

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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