Adam Ruins Everything is an American comedy television series starring Adam Conover that debuted on September 29, 2015, with a 12-episode season on truTV. On January 7, 2016, it was announced that the show had been picked up for 14 additional episodes of season 1 to air starting on August 23, 2016. The series aims to shine light on common misconceptions and trends, debunking false ideas that pervade American society.
On December 7, 2016, truTV announced the renewal of Adam Ruins Everything for a 16-episode second season, which premiered on July 11, 2017. An additional miniseries of six animated episodes premiered on March 20, 2018.
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Format
Adam Ruins Everything is based on a CollegeHumor web series of the same name, and stars comedian Adam Conover (who was also the star of the CollegeHumor series) as the host. Each episode begins with an ordinary person (sometimes a recurring character, other times not) going about their daily lives before stating a common misconception regarding a certain topic. Adam will then appear seemingly out of nowhere and introduce himself, leading to the opening titles. Openly breaking the fourth wall, Adam will deconstruct three specific misconceptions related to the episode's topic, using his "magical TV host powers" to introduce sketch characters, time travel and animated segments, much to the other person's annoyance. To back up his claims, Adam will cite peer-review articles appearing in a corner of the screen and invite experts in the related fields, who will provide their educated insight. At the end of the third segment, the other person's frustration will reach the critical point, their new knowledge making everything related to the episode's topic seem pointless, useless and impossible to fix. Adam will then respond with a "positive takeaway", explaining how many aspects of the discussed topic are actually helpful, and others are being improved upon, telling them how they can do their part to improve the society and their lives. Their enthusiasm renewed, the other person will thank Adam for the experience, with the final scene often playing a part in the ongoing storyline.
The first season featured segments "Ever wondered why?" which briefly touched on subjects unrelated to the episode's main topic. The second season replaced these segments with "Tell me more", where Adam interviews one of the experts out of characters and without any special effects.
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Cast
- Adam Conover as Himself, the main protagonist who serves as the guide for the audience and the secondary character of the episode. The reason he ruins popular ideas for people is because he believes that knowing the truth is always better. His social skills are somewhat limited by his need to bring up uncomfortable facts, and he constantly annoys people with his revelations but is genuinely kind-hearted.
- Emily Axford as Herself, a high school teacher, friend to Adam, and wife to Murph. She is a frequent target of Adam's revelations and has gotten used to him. Compared to other characters, she is more on Adam's level: she will occasionally preempt Adam in debunking a false idea, such as in "Adam Ruins Sex" and "Adam Ruins Malls", and in "Emily Ruins Adam," she hosts the episode to debunk the premise of Adam's show.
- Brian K. Murphy as Murph, a high school PE/health teacher, friend to Adam, and husband to Emily. His life events (marriage, children) are a frequent target of Adam's revelations.
- Hayley Marie Norman as Haley, Emily's friend who started to date Adam until she was killed in "Adam Ruins Death".
- Veronica Osorio as Veronica, One of Emily's friends and animal lover.
- Rhea Butcher as Rhea Conover, Adam's younger sister and public defender, who owns a house where Adam lives. She made her debut in "Adam Ruins Football".
- Nicole Roberts as Kendra, a former prisoner and a friend of both Emily and Adam. She acted as Adam's co-host in her debut episode "Adam Ruins Prison".
- Punam Patel as Melinda, Adam's girlfriend starting at the end of "Emily Ruins Adam". She and Adam met online while editing the same Wikipedia page. In "Adams Ruins Conspiracy Theories", she expresses credence in Moon landing conspiracy theories, which Adam then debunks. She and Adam end their relationship in Adam Ruins the Future.
- RuPaul as Gil, Melinda's boss at a luxurious water fountain company. He is introduced in "Adam Ruins His Vacation" and makes a reappearance in "Adam Ruins the Future", the same episode where Adam and Melinda end their relationship.
- Chris Parnell as the Narrator. He provides the conventional narration of the Reanimated History episodes which are ruined by Adam.
Other
These actors appear in featured roles, often as historical figures that help illustrate the origins of the ideas that Adam scrutinizes.
- Adam Lustick
- Eliza Skinner
Criticism
The Verge's Sean O'Kane stated in an op-ed that the episode "Adam Ruins Going Green" misrepresented a report on electric cars by Slate magazine. He writes, "But the biggest problem is that, when Conover makes this crucial argument in the video, he cites a piece written by Slate's senior technology writer Will Oremus in 2013 -- a piece that's more about the difficulty of parsing all this information than it is about how electric cars might be dirty. What's more, Oremus spends a large chunk of his article explaining that how 'clean' your electric car is will vary depending on where you live, because different parts of the country use different percentages of these fuel sources to generate electricity."
The show released a response to O'Kane's op-ed after facing a larger than usual response to the episode. Among a general defense of the claims of the episode, they stated, "Unfortunately, while the rise of EVs is an encouraging trend, the evidence shows that in many cases replacing an efficient working car with an EV like a Tesla will actually increase your carbon footprint. O'Kane's piece presents no evidence that refutes this. In fact, behind the strong words, O'Kane affirms nearly every major point from our segment, and he argues against points we do not actually make." The show also responded on their Season 2, Episode 8, correction episode "Emily Ruins Adam," saying "If that many people misread our argument, we should have done a better job explaining it."
Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, a chemist and edutainer working for Germany's public broadcasting criticized a portion of the episode "Adam Ruins Science" about animal testing for making misleading claims about scientists and misquoting sources. According to Nguyen-Kim, contrary to the claims of the show, scientists are well aware of the limitations of laboratory mice as a model for the human organism. But despite their limitations, testing on laboratory mice has a positive cost-benefit ratio, since clinical trials would be orders of magnitudes more expensive.
Episodes
Season 1 (2015-16)
Season 2 (2017-18)
On December 7, 2016, truTV announced that Adam Ruins Everything would return for a second season with sixteen episodes. The season premiered on July 11, 2017. An additional six episodes, animated and dubbed Reanimated History, premiered on March 20, 2018.
International broadcast
In Canada, the series premiered on January 12, 2017 on Much. The series is also broadcast on SBS Viceland in Australia.
References
External links
- Official website
- Adam Ruins Everything on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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