The massive, hilarious, and surprising mistakes in science - and why these happy accidents sometimes lead to brilliant discoveries.

While we are open to other stand-out creative directions, PBS Digital Studios is interested in pursuing a new and exciting angle for this series that plays off the exponential growth in the “get ready with me”, unboxing, and satisfying organization trends on TikTok and YouTube. These trends have grown into a unique space where the host/creator is talking about something totally different than what is happening/what they are doing. We want to emulate that. We imagine this show as featuring our host in the lab doing something science related (maybe the series follows them building or designing their lab, doing science experiments that are perhaps related to the story in some way, seeing the ‘behind the scenes’ of lab work) while recounting funny stories of scientific mess ups from history, and what we’ve learned from them. The science element of the episodes should have an interesting outcome that the viewers can take away, in addition to the story that they learned. (Similar to Make Up x Muder Mystery below, viewers get to see the process of the make up and perhaps learn techniques from that, but then also are entertained by the murder mystery story.)

Format
Your show should be 8-12 YouTube episodes between 7 - 15 minutes, and include 8-12 short vertical videos for distribution on social platforms.