![]() ![]() The slim, blond Englishman who came to America eight years ago “just for a year” is also executive producer of “Masterpiece Theatre. Producer Christopher Sarson, known around the Boston studio these days as Zoom-papa, is delighted. Thank you…” all in varyingly scrawled letters on cards or stationery or just plain paper.Īlthough “Zoom” is aimed at the 7 to 12 age group, enthusiastic responses have been coming - in from toddlers barely able to print a wavy version of their own name, to 18-year-olds enthused about the music, to parents and teachers. Letters have been zooming in from the kids: “Dear Zoom: I think ‘Zoom’ is great…” “Dear Zoom: I like your program. ![]() Judging by audience response to PBS’ (Public Broadcasting Service) new children’s show, Zoom may turn into the kind if household word television hasn’t heard since the halcyon days of Uncle Milty. They were already deep into a whispered conference about collaborating on a “Zoom” play. His two small children, however, paid no attention to daddy’s lament. “Boy! I wish somebody would come up with a show as good as that for us grown-ups,” commented one 34-year-old father after a recent Sunday night “Zoom” show. ![]() New TV show Zoom becoming a household word The half-hour show initially ran for 130 episodes over six seasons, and its 1999 revival lasted even longer: 201 episodes over seven seasons. While the still-young PBS show Sesame Street was geared toward the preschool set, Zoom targeted kids in the grade school years. The program was produced by Boston’s WGBH-TV. Zoom was an educational children’s TV show that first aired on PBS from Januto March 24, 1978. ![]()
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