VIDEO : Adam Savage?s Explains Decision To Join ?Mythbusters Jr'

Adam Savage has been away from the ?MythBusters? franchise since the long-running Discovery channel series aired its final episode on March 6, 2016. And he didn?t expect to be coming back anytime soon (having stayed away from the Science Channel reboot). But the ultimate science nerd told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour Thursday why exactly he agreed to come back for the upcoming ?MythBusters Jr.? spinoff and it?s really quite simple: ?The word junior.? ?You know, I stayed away from the search and the reboot of ?MythBusters? specifically ?cause 14 years, 40 plus weeks a year, I was sort of happy to take some time off from making the show,? Savage said.