Series synopsis
Savage Builds is an American documentary television series that premiered on Discovery on June 14, 2019. It ended on July 26, 2019. It stars Adam Savage.
Adam Savage combines his insatiable curiosity and nearly unparalleled inventiveness as he attempts to build working, innovative items. Each episode will focus on one project as Adam collaborates with notable experts in their fields, friends, colleagues and others.
Premise
Adam Savage combines his insatiable curiosity and nearly unparalleled inventiveness as he attempts to build working, innovative items. Each episode will focus on one project as Adam collaborates with notable experts in their fields, friends, colleagues and others.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Adam Savage as Himself - Host
Guest cast
- Gary Oldman as Self
- Adam Steltzner as Self
- Tory Belleci as Self
- Laura Kampf as Self
- Simone Giertz as Self
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 8 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | June 14, 2019 | July 26, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Building Iron Man Adam calls on Richard Browning, the inventor and chief test pilot of the Gravity Jet Suit, which is powered by five 1,000-horsepower mini jet engines, to help get Adam’s titanium Marvel Studios’ Iron Man-inspired suit to fly. |
June 14, 2019 |
| 2 |
Wheel of Death Adam Savage and a NASA engineer team up to build a rocket-propelled experimental superweapon that could have changed the course of World War II, and using cutting-edge tech, they try to make this notorious engineering failure an explosive success. |
June 21, 2019 |
| 3 |
Mad Max Melee Adam Savage and genius inventors team up to build a fleet of junkyard vehicles that look straight out of Mad Max, and using scrapyard materials and wicked-smart engineering, they face off to see whose motorized monster packs the most vicious punch. |
June 28, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Discovery |
|---|---|
| First aired | June 14, 2019 |
| Last aired | July 26, 2019 |
| Runtime | 43 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 22:00:00 |