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Lab Rats
GenreComic science fiction
Sitcom
Created byChris Peterson
Bryan Moore
Starring
Theme music composerNiclas Molinder
Joacim Persson
Johan Alkenäs
Opening theme"Lab Rats Theme" by DJ Lunar and BIA
ComposerBert Selen
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes90 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersChris Peterson
Bryan Moore
Mark Brazill
Production locationsHollywood Center Studios
Los Angeles Center Studios
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time21–24 minutes
Production companyIt's a Laugh Productions
Original release
NetworkDisney XD
ReleaseFebruary 27, 2012 (2012-02-27) –
February 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)

Lab Rats, also known as Lab Rats: Bionic Island for the fourth season, is an American television sitcom that premiered on February 27, 2012, on Disney XD, and aired through February 3, 2016. The series was created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore and produced by It's a Laugh Productions for Disney XD. It focuses on the life of Leo Dooley, whose mother, Tasha, marries billionaire genius Donald Davenport. Leo then finds Adam, Bree, and Chase, three bionic superhumans with whom he develops a close friendship.

Plot

A young teenager named Leo Dooley lived a normal life until the day his mother Tasha gets remarried to billionaire inventor Donald Davenport, whom they move in with. While trying to find his bedroom, Leo accidentally discovers teenage siblings with bionic powers living in his new basement. The show follows the bionic teens as they unravel in adventurous situations in an attempt to live life like a normal family in the fictional town of Mission Creek, California.

As the show progresses in the second, third, and fourth seasons, it gets darker with the introduction of Donald's younger brother Douglas Davenport who later joins the Lab Rats' side, Douglas' android son, Marcus Davenport, Victor Krane, Taylor (formerly known as S-1), who joins the Lab Rats during the fourth season, Sebastian (formerly known as S-3), Krane's bionic soldiers, Giselle, who's planning on rebuilding Marcus, and Troy West, Giselle's android creation. At the end of the third season, Donald opens up a bionic academy on a bionic island to train Krane's bionic soldiers to be the world's new bionic heroes.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Lab Rats characters

Episodes

Main article: List of Lab Rats episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
119February 27, 2012 (2012-02-27)November 5, 2012 (2012-11-05)
225February 25, 2013 (2013-02-25)January 13, 2014 (2014-01-13)
323February 17, 2014 (2014-02-17)February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05)
422March 18, 2015 (2015-03-18)February 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)

Production

The series was created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore. On January 15, 2011, Billy Unger, who plays Chase, stated that the series was originally called Billion Dollar Freshman. However, the pilot was re-shot, with the changing of the name to Lab Rats and the addition of Bree, who is the only girl of the group, and Adam, who is the oldest of the three.[1]

On May 18, 2012, Lab Rats was renewed for a second season.[2] On July 26, 2013, Disney XD renewed Lab Rats for a third season.[3] In May 2014, Disney XD renewed Lab Rats for a fourth season, which makes it the second original series of Disney XD to go past three seasons, after Kickin' It. The fourth season premiered on March 18, 2015. On July 1, 2015, Kelli Berglund stated in an interview that the fourth season would be the final season.[4] The final episode of Lab Rats: Bionic Island aired on Disney XD on February 3, 2016.[5][additional citation(s) needed]

Reception

In 2012, Lab Rats became the most watched show on Disney XD. IMDb rated the series 6.5/10, making it the among the highest rated Disney XD series.

Broadcast

The series originally premiered on February 27, 2012, on Disney XD and on March 2, 2012, on Disney Channel. It first aired on February 24, 2012, on Disney XD Canada. It stopped airing on Disney XD in Canada and moved to Disney Channel due to DHX Media losing Disney rights. It aired as a preview on March 29, 2012, and premiered on April 19, 2012, on Disney XD UK and Ireland. It premiered on June 10, 2012, on Disney XD South Africa. It first aired on Disney Channel Australia and New Zealand on December 31, 2012, and officially premiered on January 10, 2013. It premiered on March 11, 2013, on Disney XD Malaysia and on August 5, 2012, in the rest of Southeast Asia on Disney Channel Asia and on March 16, 2013, on Disney XD.

Sequel series

On September 3, 2015, it was announced that Lab Rats will have a joint spinoff series with Mighty Med called Lab Rats: Elite Force. Only Billy Unger and Kelli Berglund from Lab Rats have been announced as returning for the new series alongside Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, and Paris Berelc from Mighty Med.[6] It was subsequently announced that Lab Rats: Elite Force would premiere on Disney XD on March 2, 2016.[7]

Awards & Nominations

Year Awards Category Nominee(s) Result
2016 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite TV Show Lab Rats: Bionic Island Nominated
Favorite Male TV Star – Kids Show Tyrel Jackson Williams Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Disney Pilot Is Now Lab Rats". Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Disney XD Orders Lab Rats Season 2". Disney Dreaming. May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
  3. ^ "Disney XD Orders Third Season of Lab Rats". Deadline Hollywood. July 26, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "Kelli Berglund Confirms Disney XD's Lab Rats: Bionic Island Is Ending". M Magazine. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  5. ^ Bryan Moore [@MooreBryan] (February 3, 2016). "East Coast!! You are 15 minutes away from the series finale of #LabRatsBionicIsland!" (Tweet). Retrieved February 5, 2016 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (September 3, 2015). "Disney XD Greenlights 'Lab Rats' and 'Mighty Med' Spinoff Series". Variety. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  7. ^ "Disney XD's New Spinoff Series "Lab Rats: Elite Force" Premieres Wednesday, March 2" (Press release). Disney XD. February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016 – via The Futon Critic.
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