| Hot Set | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Presented by | Ben Mankiewicz |
| Judges | Curt Beech Lilly Kilvert Barry Robison |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Aliyah Silverstein Dwight Smith Michael Agbabian |
| Production locations | Los Angeles, California |
| Production company | Mission Control Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syfy |
| Release | September 18 – October 23, 2012 |
Hot Set is an American reality television game show on the Syfy cable network in which a group of production artists compete against each other to create movie sets. Ben Mankiewicz serves as the show's host, with judges being Curt Beech, Lilly Kilvert, and Barry Robison.[1]
Each week, the artists must build a "hot set" that tests their artistry and techniques to create a fully functioning film set to match a theme over the course of 3 days, using a budget of $15,000. The first two days allows for concept design and building, a third day of filming and judging. The judges then have the opportunity to look at the sets from afar and up close. One artist will be deemed the winner, receiving a cash reward of $10,000.[2]
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Crash Landed Astronaut" | September 18, 2012 | |
| The designers try to build a movie set for an astronaut who has crash-landed on an alien planet. | |||
| 2 | "Alien Queen" | September 25, 2012 | |
| The designers try to build a film-ready throne room for a brutal alien queen. | |||
| 3 | "Android Bordello" | October 2, 2012 | |
| The designers and their teams must design and build a set for three futuristic android dancers. Production designer contestants: Kim A. Tolman, Carl Dove | |||
| 4 | "Down the Rabbit Hole" | October 9, 2012 | |
| The 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. | |||
| 5 | "Basement of Horrors" | October 16, 2012 | |
| The designers must create a serial killer's secret lair. | |||
| 6 | "Super Villain's Lair" | October 23, 2012 | |
| The designers must build a film-ready super villain's lair where a secret agent is trapped in a death machine. | |||