Zoom: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

On the show, a cast of seven kids known as Zoomers presented various activities such as games, plays, poems, recipes, jokes, movies and science experiments, all suggested by viewer contributions. The cast also had informal chats on subjects such as hospitals, school, family and prejudice, titled Zoomraps. Each episode ended with a choreographed song performed by the cast.

Series details

• Title: Zoom
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1972-01-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1978-02-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 83537
• TVDB ID: 427817

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1972-01-09; final listed air date 1972-04-02.
• Season 2: premiered 1972-10-01; final listed air date 1972-10-01.
• Season 3: premiered 1973-10-07; final listed air date 1974-06-30.
• Season 4: premiered 1974-11-11; final listed air date 1975-02-03.
• Season 5: premiered 1976-10-09; final listed air date 1976-12-31.
• Season 6: premiered 1977-11-07; final listed air date 1978-02-10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Zoom on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.