Hot Set

7.7

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. 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.

Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 2012

1. Crash Landed Astronaut

Aubra vs. Craig: In the premiere episode of Hot Set, the competition pits two Hollywood production designers against each other in a head-to-head battle to conceive, design and build a movie set for an astronaut who has crash-landed on an alien planet.

2. Alien Queen

Greg vs. Carlos: Two production designers go head to head in a challenge to build a film-ready throne room for a gorgeous but brutal alien queen.

3. Android Bordello

Kim vs. Carl: Two production designers go head to head in a challenge to build a film-ready set for three futuristic android dancers.

4. Down the Rabbit Hole

Thomas vs. Brandy: Two production designers are challenged to create an original set inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It's a shape-shifting, forced-perspective challenge in which the set has to create 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

Charlotte vs. Roger: Two production designers go head to head in a Halloween-esque challenge to build a serial killer's secret lair.

6. Super Villain's Lair

Carol vs. Tudor: Two production designers go head to head in a challenge to build a film-ready super villain's lair where a secret agent is trapped in a death machine.