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Season 1 – Hot Set

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Each episode of this competition series pits two production designers and their two teammates against each other in an extreme design challenge during which the teams must create original movie sets that are inspired by the sci-fi, fantasy and horror genres.The designers are judged on creativity, technique and overall presentation of their designs. The contestant who best transports the viewer into the world they created is declared the winner, earning a $10,000 prize. The judges for each competition are Curt Beech, Lilly Kilvert and Barry Robison. Ben Mankiewicz hosts.
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Ryan McGee AV Club 04/27/2020
A show like Hot Set should either be a master class in a specific craft or create compelling narratives featuring creative people. Doing both at once would be ideal, but not necessary. Instead, Hot Set does neither particularly well. Go to Full Review Allison Keene The Hollywood Reporter 04/27/2020
Though Hot Set presents a familiar framework and style, its particular focus is an inherently appealing one, and the pace at which the series flies by will make it easy for viewers to get pulled in. Go to Full Review Nick Grant New Zealand Herald 04/27/2020
The programme-makers deserve marks for trying, I suppose, but in the end it's easy to see why Face Off is on to its sixth season and Hot Set was canned after one: it's a show that's literally about watching paint dry. Go to Full Review Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 04/27/2020
Perhaps it would have been cost prohibitive to have 12 designers designing 12 sets each week, but it would have made for better TV because viewers would get to know the competitors and cheer for and against them. Go to Full Review Matt Roush TV Guide 04/27/2020
I'm a sucker for this sort of thing, but can't help worrying that by so closely mimicking the Face Off formula, Syfy risks diluting the franchise. This could be too much of a good thing. Go to Full Review Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media 04/27/2020
3/5
The show's real entertainment value comes from seeing how a small empty space can be transformed into a magical story world. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Ben Mankiewicz

Host

Curt Beech

Judge

Lilly Kilvert

Judge

Barry Ray Robison

Judge

Dwight D. Smith

Executive Producer

Michael Agbabian

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 18, 2012 Crash Landed Astronaut Designers try to build a movie set for an astronaut who has crash-landed on an alien planet. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 25, 2012 Alien Queen Designers try to build a film-ready throne room for a brutal alien queen. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 2, 2012 Android Bordello The production designers must build a set for three futuristic android dancers. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 9, 2012 Down the Rabbit Hole Production designers must create a set inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; the set must have the illusion that Alice is oversized, shrunken, or both as she navigates through at least two rooms in a dream state. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 16, 2012 Basement of Horrors Production designers must create a serial killer's secret lair. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 23, 2012 Super Villain's Lair Designers must build a film-ready super villain's lair where a secret agent is trapped in a death machine. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Dwight D. Smith, Michael Agbabian, Aliyah Silverstein
Network
SYFY
Rating
TV-PG (L)
Genre
Reality
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 18, 2012