Mark Rober Hosts Exciting New Science Competition for Kids on Netflix
Former NASA engineer Mark Rober has announced exciting details about his upcoming series on Netflix.
Rober, known for his impressive following of over 73 million subscribers on YouTube, secured a deal with the streaming service last year, marking a significant move for the content creator.
He will host the series titled Schooled!, a science competition featuring teams of students known as “tinkerers” who will tackle various scientific challenges in a fully gamified school environment. Currently, Netflix is in the casting phase for the show.
This new venture adds to Rober’s previous projects with Netflix, including Mark Rober’s CrunchLabs and Elmo & Mark Rober’s Merry Giftmas special.
The series is a collaboration between Rober’s CrunchLabs and Jimmy Kimmel’s Kimmelot. Rober and Scott Lewers will serve as executive producers from CrunchLabs, while Kimmel and Scott Lonker will executive produce for Kimmelot. The showrunner, Daniel Calin, known for Iron Chef, will also serve as an executive producer.
Expressing enthusiasm for the project, Rober stated, “I couldn’t be more stoked to team up with Netflix and Jimmy Kimmel to bring Schooled! to life. Our series is about giving kids a stage big enough for their ideas. This will be the ultimate playground for science, creativity, and competition to come together. I’m so pumped to see what these students come up with. My expectations are high. I’m ready to be blown away.”
John Derderian, Netflix’s VP of Animation Series and Kids & Family TV, remarked, “Mark Rober is a master of the ‘wow’ moment, and we’ve seen firsthand how much our members love his unique brand of science-fueled spectacle. We’re taking that energy to the next level with Schooled!. It isn’t just a competition; it’s a celebration of creativity and engineering. It’s exactly the kind of co-viewing experience that brings families together, and we can’t wait to see what these young makers and tinkerers create in the halls of CrunchLabs Academy.”
