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[08/18/25 - 09:01 AM]
Pioneering Creator and Former NASA Engineer Mark Rober Is Coming to Netflix
The former NASA engineer turned social media star, teacher, inventor, and philanthropist, is coming to Netflix with a new Kids and Family competition series in 2026.







MARK ROBER COMPETITION SERIES (NETFLIX)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
8/18/25
STATUS:
currently in development (2025-2026 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
DESCRIPTION:
(from Netflix's press release, August 2025) Only one man can pull off the world's largest elephant toothpaste explosion, and teach us whether lava, a laser, or a flaming arrow can blow up a boat (a laser, naturally!). Now he's coming to Netflix. Mark Rober, the former NASA engineer turned social media star, teacher, inventor, and philanthropist, is coming to Netflix with a new Kids and Family competition series in 2026; it'll be produced by his company, CrunchLabs, in partnership with Kimmelot, Jimmy Kimmel's production company. (Rober is a frequent guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live!) Rober and CrunchLabs Chief Content Officer, Scott Lewers, will executive produce the new show alongside Kimmel and Kimmelot's President, Scott Lonker.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Mark Rober
CREW INFORMATION:
· Jimmy Kimmel as EP
· Mark Rober as EP
· Scott Lewers as EP
· Scott Lonker as EP
GENRE(S):
· reality
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· CrunchLabs
· Kimmelot