The Lab

General

• hit reality television series
• in its eighth season
• new season will begin June 24 in a special location north of the city
• production company Fraction Media
• includes scientists, doctors, humanities students and a PCAG finalist
• weekly puzzle challenges will play a greater role and will involve more audience participation
• Evan Boch won last year's season, and will be covering the new season for the Perplex City Sentinel
• the show has continually evolved, starting from a risky pilot that was condemned by academics and social commentators alike for appealing to the lowest common denominator, to one of Perplex City's most watched shows
• twelve researchers are confined in a lab complex for months to conduct research, under constant threat of weekly eviction if they fail at puzzle challenges, or if their research is deemed too poor by guest professors from the University (and recently, the Academy)
• producers make contestants compete for equipment, space and a share of the weekly budget, and the constant pressure to achieve often results in outstanding research and blazing on-screen romances
• a recent media conference the producers of The Lab mentioned they were considering their legal options after discovering that Earth 'television' companies had apparently copied their reality show concept

General

• Perplex City Sentinel
  • article, "New 'The Lab' Announced" (link)