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[01/20/12 - 02:45 PM]
Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage to Executive Produce New Discovery Channel Series, "Unchained Reaction"
The series, due in March, pits two teams of varying backgrounds against each other to build an elaborate chain reaction contraption.

[via press release from Discovery]

JAMIE HYNEMAN AND ADAM SAVAGE TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE NEW DISCOVERY CHANNEL SERIES, "UNCHAINED REACTION"

-- New Series Pits Teams With Diverse Backgrounds Against Each Other to Create Incredible Chain Reaction Contraptions -

(Los Angeles, Ca.) - Discovery Channel announces UNCHAINED REACTION, a new series executive produced by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of MYTHBUSTERS. The duo also serve as judges for the six-part series, which pits two teams of varying backgrounds against each other to build an elaborate chain reaction contraption. But they're not creating a mere string of dominoes - teams must utilize ingenuity, innovation and know-how to build contraptions on a massive scale. UNCHAINED REACTION is set to premiere on Discovery Channel in March 2012.

Each week, two teams made up of artists, rocket scientists, animatronic specialists, engineers and even your average Joe, are provided with identical sets of tools and materials and given five days to complete a series of mechanisms based on a specific theme. It's the ultimate build-off pressure cooker, where refined mechanical movements, pyrotechnics and large-scale destruction are encouraged. Making a refrigerator a pendulum? Totally possible on UNCHAINED REACTION. Catapults? Flying saucers? Guillotines? Anything goes as long as they trigger the next link in the chain.

Teamwork and outside-the-box thinking are what it will take to be the UNCHAINED REACTION winner, as teams compete to see who can achieve the most impressive build in such a short time. Each week, Jamie and Adam are joined by a new guest judge to decide which team impressed them the most with their innovation, energy and how much spectacle they can create.

"The spirit of UNCHAINED REACTION is at the intersection of art and engineering, and Adam and Jamie are the masters at celebrating teamwork and gee-whiz wonder at how the world works," said Eileen O'Neill, Group President, Discovery Channel and TLC. "We are thrilled to bring this new series to our always curious and engaged Discovery Channel audience."

Said Savage, "We wanted to craft a show that puts the process of problem solving and ingenuity front and center, and we've done exactly that with UNCHAINED REACTION." Hyneman continued, "The innovative solutions and boundless energy demonstrated by the contestants surprised us every single time."

UNCHAINED REACTION is produced for Discovery Channel by Discovery Studios and BermanBraun. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are executive producers. For Discovery Studios, Daniel Soiseth is executive producer and Derek Wan is co-executive producer; for BermanBraun, Lloyd Braun, Gail Berman and Gene Stein are executive producers, and Jared Heinke is co-executive producer. David Pritikin and Tracy Rudolph are executive producers for Discovery Channel.

About Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel is dedicated to creating the highest quality non-fiction content that informs and entertains its consumers about the world in all its wonder, diversity and amazement. The network, which is distributed to 100.8 million U.S. homes, can be seen in 210 countries and territories, offering a signature mix of compelling, high-end production values and vivid cinematography across genres including, science and technology, exploration, adventure, history and in-depth, behind-the-scenes glimpses at the people, places and organizations that shape and share our world. For more information, please visit www.discovery.com.

About Discovery Studios

Established in 2007, Discovery Studios is the full-service production studio within Discovery Communications that develops and produces high-quality original specials and series across multiple genres - from science and natural history, to reality and lifestyle.

With offices in Los Angeles, London, and Silver Spring, Discovery Studios is one of the largest domestic producers of series and specials across the Discovery networks. In 2011, Discovery Studios expanded their reach to produce quality content for all networks.

Some of Discovery Studios' most notable programs include the hit series, "Hoarding: Buried Alive" (currently in its third season on TLC), "Enough Already with Peter Walsh" (now producing season two for OWN), "True Crime with Aphrodite Jones" (currently in its second season on ID), "Shark Bites!" with Craig Ferguson for Discovery Channel's Shark Week, "Penn & Teller Tell a Lie," "Finding Amelia" and "Alaska: The Final Frontier (DSC). It is also home to all seven seasons of the legacy franchise, "Puppy Bowl" for Animal Planet, with the eighth installment set to premiere soon.

About BermanBraun

BermanBraun is an independent media company with three divisions -- television, feature film and digital -- which create and exploit entertainment content and advertising solutions across all platforms throughout the world.

BermanBraun's digital division has created and operates some of the most popular properties online. They include the celebrity news site WONDERWALL, which BermanBraun launched in partnership with Microsoft in February 2009. The site is the primary celebrity destination on the MSN network, and currently ranks first in engagement among all competitive sites in entertainment news. The site averages nearly 14 million unique users per month. WONDERWALL exceeded 1 billion page views for the month of December 2012. In April 2010, BermanBraun launched GLO -- a site created in partnership with MSN and Hachette Filipacchi Media. GLO features an innovative design that creates a unique "digital magazine" experience for women seeking style, beauty and lifestyle content. GLO currently ranks first in engagement among competitive sites in its lifestyle categories. BermanBraun is launching three new sites with AOL in 2012 in the categories of weather, pets and men.

In series television, BermanBraun is producing REWIND, a two-hour pilot for the Syfy network. They also produce the recently renewed ALPHAS for the Syfy network; BRAD MELTZER'S DECODED (currently in its second season on History Channel); JUNK GYPSIES (to air in 2012 on HGTV); and two additional new series to be produced with MythBusters stars Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage for Discovery Channel.





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