Hack My Life

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Hack My Life
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Also known asHack My Life: Inside Hacks
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Presented by
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes62
Production
Executive producers
  • Todd Lichten
  • Matt Sharp
  • Dan Adler
  • Brian Saracusa
  • Ashley Singer
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network truTV
ReleaseJanuary 6, 2015 (2015-01-06) 
September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11)

Hack My Life is an American how-to series that premiered on truTV on January 6, 2015. [1]

Contents

The cable network teamed up with micro-blogging site Tumblr and phone service MetroPCS to create this show, and it invited its viewers to share their life-hacks to be considered for airing. [2] The first season wrapped up on March 24, 2015. The second season premiered on August 18, 2015. The third season premiered on March 29, 2016.

Synopsis

Hosts Kevin Pereira (formerly of G4TV's Attack of the Show! ) and Brooke Van Poppelen explore and demonstrate life hacks that can be time and money-saving. Examples included are using a bag of potato chips as a substitute for charcoal in a BBQ pit, or building your own portable air-conditioning unit using a Styrofoam cooler, ice cubes, and a battery-operated fan. [3]

At the end of each first-season episode, the hosts highlight which hacks are the best time saver, biggest money saver, least likely to succeed, and the hack of the week. For the second-season episode endings, Kevin and Brooke test out solutions posted on their Tumblr page.

An enhanced version of the series is titled as Hack My Life: Inside Hacks, which features on-screen commentary from the cast and crew, and has premiered April 25, 2017.

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References

  1. Genzlinger, Neil (January 5, 2015). "What Would MacGyver Do?". The New York Times .
  2. "truTV Working With Tumblr on New 'Hack My Life' Series". The Wrap . September 19, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  3. Hack My Life (FULL EPISODE) - The World of Hacks on YouTube (published December 31, 2014)