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Adam Ruins Everything

Adam Ruins Everything

Description: Comic Adam Conover, a cast member and writer at the popular comedy website CollegeHumor, brings his original online series to TV, expanding upon his efforts to poke fun at everyday things that people accept or assume without question. In the half-hour investigative comedy, Conover uses a not-quite-deadly combination of comedy, history and science to debunk widespread misconceptions about topics and ideas that are routinely taken for granted.
Genre: Animation, Comedy, History, News, Talk-Show
Year Released: 2015
Number of seasons: 3
Number of episodes: 65
First episode air date: September 29, 2015
Network: truTV
Program Creator: Adam Conover
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