The Electric Company (1971)
Synopsis
The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25, 1971 to April 15, 1977. After it ceased production that year, the program continued in reruns from 1977 to 1985, the result of a decision made in 1975 to produce two final seasons for perpetual use. CTW produced the show at Teletape Studios Second Stage in Manhattan, the first home of Sesame Street. The Electric Company employed sketch comedy and other devices to provide an entertaining program to help elementary school children develop their grammar and reading skills. It was intended for children who had graduated from CTW's flagship program, Sesame Street. Appropriately, the humor was more mature than what was seen there.
First Air Date: 1971-10-25
Last Air Date: 1977-06-01
Number of Seasons: 6
Number of Episodes: 780
Networks: PBS
Top Cast
- Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader
- Bill Cosby as The Milk Man
- Mel Brooks as N/A
- Denise Nickerson as N/A
- Lee Chamberlin as N/A
- Irene Cara as Iris - Member of the Short Circus
- Todd Graff as N/A
- Hattie Winston as N/A
- Gene Wilder as N/A
- Rita Moreno as Carmela
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Ep. 1: The Electric Company Documentary
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