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Survivor Meets Junkyard Wars for Scientists

Posted by chrisd on from the all-they-need-is-coconuts dept.

MyNameIsFred writes "Stepping back to Gilligan's Island, PBS has a new "reality" show Rough Science where "five scientists are challenged to put their collective scientific knowledge to practical use. Transported to isolated locations, they are presented with a series of tasks, with two notable restrictions: they must complete their work within three days and, with the exception of a rudimentary tool kit, must use only indigenous materials." Could the Professor really build all of those things? We'll soon know." Check out the Episode guide.

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  1. Frontier House in the Desers? by levik · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This reminds me of the show they had last year called "Frontier House", where a family was put onto a 19th century homestead to see how they'd do. On hone hand that show proved very interesting, but on the other, the way it was made kind of emphasized scandal, and played down achievements of the more successfull family. I hope this doesn't happen with the new show, since PBS seems to be venturing into traditional network TV territory with these reality series, and I hope they don't sink to trash TV level while doing it.

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  2. Too bad... by Radish03 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Too bad Mary Ann won't be in it.

  3. Of Course . . . by Stephen+VanDahm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Will they make alliances with each other and scheme to get the other scientists?"

    They're academics, aren't they?

    Steve