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Numbers
USA TV series from CBS
Thriller: An FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve crimes.
Links: our article behind the show’s consultants • Official CBS site
CSI (Crime Scene Investigation)
USA TV series from CBS
Thriller: Forensics detectives with refreshingly realistic scenes from labs, featuring scientists who talk (mostly) like real scientists!
Links: Official CBS site
Supernova
British series from the BBC
Comedy: An astonomer flees the weirdness of Britain for an even weirder experience at an observatory in the Australian outback.
Links: Official BBC site
Eleventh Hour
British series from ITV, US series from CBS (Stephen Gallagher)
Drama: A physicist helps the government deal with various scientific crises.
Links: the author chats on LabLit’s forums • Screenwriter’s Website
ReGenesis
Canadian series from The Movie Network/Movie Central/Shaftsbury Films
Thriller: A crack team of scientists polices the shadowy dealings of the world’s biotech and big pharma.
Links: Official ReGenesis site
The Big Bang Theory
American series from CBS
Comedy: A theoretical and an experimental physicist live across the hall from a blonde waitress.
Links: Offical CBS site
Lab Rats
British series from the BBC CBS
Comedy: Shenanigans at an inept university laboratory.
Links: Official BBC site
Cordon
written by Carl Joos (Dir. Tim Mielants)
Thriller: A viral outbreak in the heart of Antwerp threatens Europe
Links: Wikipedia
Chance
by Alexandra Cunningham and Kem Nunn
TV series/Thriller: Dr. Eldon Chance, a neuropsychiatrist, is a man primed for spectacular ruin.
Links: Amazon (UK)
Wormwood
TV Series (Dir. Errol Morris )
Thriller: A scientist working on a covert Cold War program dies, opening up a world of secrets.
Links: Netflix