Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
| Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Mitch Pileggi Mark Thompson |
| Starring | Masked Magician: Val Valentino Principal performers: Allie Cohen Lyndsay Haldorson Samantha Faye Lee Lauren Melendez Sybil Azur Michelle Berube Elizabeth Romas Diane Klimaszewski Elaine Klimaszewski |
| Theme music composer | Danny Lux |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 18 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Production locations | 516 South Anderson Street, Los Angeles 90033 |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Production companies | Nash Entertainment Don Weiner Productions Alfred Haber Distribution SRJ Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox (1997–2002) MyNetworkTV (2008–2009) |
| Release | November 24, 1997 – February 21, 2009 |
Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed is a series of television shows and specials in which the methods behind magic tricks and illusions are explained by a narrator and are performed in a warehouse in the United States with no audience, by an unknown "world class" magician known as the "masked magician" who does not speak and wears a mask on the show to protect their identity and career. This "masked magician" is also assisted for many tricks performed on the show by a group of attractive female assistants and normal stagehands, who also do not speak but do not have their face masked, as they are not the masked magician's regular assistants and stagehands.
In its original incarnation there were four shows in 1997–1998 and a special in 2002 broadcast on the Fox network in the United States, and on Sky and ITV in the United Kingdom. In 2008–2009, a new series of thirteen shows was broadcast by MyNetworkTV in the United States and ITV4 in the United Kingdom. On May 1, 2012, reruns of the first season began airing on BIO in the United States.