Mark Rober’s New Netflix Show Reveals Itself

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text With YouTube (73.4 million subscribers) pretty much already in the bag — and its ad share revenue in his bag — former NASA engineer Mark Rober is expanding his presence on that o ther streaming platform. Rober will host the new student competition series Schooled! on Netflix . He’ll executive produce alongside Scott Lewers for CrunchLabs, Jimmy Kimmel and Scott Lonker for Kimmelot, and Schooled! showrunner Daniel Calin. Schooled! will see “teams of student tinkerers compete in creative and explosive science challenges, set in a fully gamified school,” the description reads. Winners will take home a “life-changing” prize, it promises; the details were previously kept under wraps. Related Stories Business Ted Sarandos on Netflix Nixing Warner Bros. Bid, Trump's Role and How the Streamer Is Closer to Cinema Owners Than Ever TV Luke Thompson Is, Admittedly, a Little Relieved to Be Winding Down His 'Bridgerton' Fairytale Rober already has his CrunchLabs series on Netflix. He also co-starred in Elmo & Mark Rober’s Merry Giftmas special and was featured on its Skyscraper Live . “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,” Rober said in a statement. “I’m so pumped to see what these students come up with. My expectations are high. I’m ready to be blown away.” Kimmelot produces Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Jimmy Kimmel Live! It is also a producer on Mark Rober’s Revengineers for Discovery, so Rober and Kimmel have been lab partners before. “Mark Rober is a master of the ‘wow’ moment, and we’ve seen firsthand how much our me...