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Adam Ruins Everything

2015–2019 · 3 seasons

A fast, funny lecture that debunks everyday beliefs with sketches and facts, leaving you informed and slightly unsettled.

Created by
Adam Conover
Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Starring
Adam Conover, Emily Axford, River Butcher
Overview
Host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.

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Created by
Adam Conover
Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Starring
Adam Conover, Emily Axford, River Butcher
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • politics
  • class
  • science
  • education
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • mockumentary
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism7
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, documentary
Created by
Adam Conover
Written by
Greg Tuculescu
Starring
Adam Conover, Emily Axford, River Butcher, John Milhiser, Kerry Barker, Tamika Katon-Donegal, Ravi Naidu, Roman Dean George
Music
Samuel Nobles
Length
3 seasons, 64 episodes, 30 min each
Network
truTV
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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