Discovery Orders New Engineering Competition UNCHAINED REACTION

As first reported on Deadline.com, Discovery Channel has ordered a new series to be executive producer by the stars of the network's series MYTHBUSTERS, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. The show will be a building competition entitled UNCHAINED REACTION. 

The six-part series will have two teams composed of people from various backgrounds competing against each other in an effort to build an invention that will create a chain reaction. Contestants will range from artists to rocket scientists to animatronic specialists and engineers. The teams will be given a set of tools and various building materials in order to build their large scale contraption within a five day time period. Each week will have a different theme that must be represented in the team's final invention.

Savage and Hyneman will serve as judges for the series and will be joined by a new guest judge each week. Explained 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." Added Hyneman, “The innovative solutions and boundless energy demonstrated by the contestants surprised us every single time.”

The series is set to premiere in March of 2012.