Destroyed In Seconds

A rapid-fire clip show of real disasters, offering tense spectacle and sober commentary in short, easily digestible bursts.

Genres

Documentary, Reality

Starring

Ron Pitts, Reed Timmer, Joel Taylor

Overview

Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that airs on Discovery Channel. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, etc. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. Most videos have stock sound effects added. Some of the events seen resulted in fatalities, and all of the events have property damage. It is currently on hiatus.

How it feels

Tense, dark and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Survival, violence, death, technology

Content

Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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