Mythbuster Jr is pretty entertaining
Mythbusters is back, but in a tweaked format.
Adam Savage fronts with a team of six young people. Jamie, Kari, Tory, and Grant are absent, only appearing in video flashbacks to the previous show.
Mythbusters with kids could have been horrific, but they've managed to make this entertaining and informative. They've increased the amount of STEM stuff. We see people doing a bit of math while planning something out. The kids are smart, and the show allows them to be smart while also being children. Adam is a great fit, being a big kid himself but also filling the role of a pseudo parent and giving friendly advice (often around safety, such as the tag strap used to manoeuvre huge steel plates).
The old show had a some problems. They'd have too many pre-break "what's coming next" and post-break "here's what happened before", and they'd chop up the myths being tested into tiny little bits. They still do that, but not nearly as much.
It's a fun, entertaining watch, and it's safe for families to watch together.
You just reminded me that /r/smyths is a thing. Mythbusters fans have edited episodes down to remove the repetition and filler, leaving just "streamlined" versions with shorter runtimes and better content density. Clicking over there just now, I see that they're still active and doing the same thing with these Kids episodes too. Might be worth a look!
I like /r/smyths but I think they go too far when they eliminate the explanatory animations and some other things that can be both clarifying and entertaining.
Thanks for the suggestion! I was utterly unaware that it had returned, and that certainly does sound like something with cross-generational appeal.