The Electric Company
| The Electric Company | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Morgan Freeman (1971-1977) Judy Graubart (1971-1977) Luis Avalos (1972–1977) Skip Hinnant (1971-1977) Rita Moreno (1971-1977) Jim Boyd (1971-1977) Lee Chamberlin (1971–1973) Hattie Winston (1973–1977) Bill Cosby (1971–1973) Danny Seagren (1974–1977) Gene Wilder (1972-1977) Mel Brooks (1972-1977) Joan Rivers (1972-1977) Zero Mostel (1972-1977) June Angela Profanato (credited as June Angela in 1971-1977) (1971-1977 and 2009) Irene Cara (1971-1972) Douglas Grant (1971-1973) Stephen Gustafson (1971-1975) Melanie Henderson (1971-1975) Denise Nickerson (1972-1973) Gregg Burge (1973-1975) Bayn Johnson (1973-1975) Todd Graff (1975-1977) Rejane Maglorie (1975-1977) Janina Mathews (1975-1977) Rodney Lewis (1975-1977) Priscilla Star Diaz (2006 and 2009-2011) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 6 (original) 3 (revival) 9 (overall) |
| No. of episodes | 780 (original) 52 (revival) 832 (overall) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS (original) PBS Kids Go! (revival) |
| Release | October 25, 1971 – April 4, 2011 |
The Electric Company is an American educational children's television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop (1971-1977) and Sesame Workshop (2009-2011) for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcasts 832 episodes over nine seasons from 1971 to 1977 and 2009 to 2011. CTW (1971-1977) and Sesame Workshop (2009-2011) produced the show at Reeves Teletape Studios (1971-1977) and Kaufman Astoria Studios (2009-2011) Second Stage in Manhattan.
The Electric Company used sketch comedy and other devices to create an entertaining program to help children of elementary-school age get better at reading skills. It was meant for children who had "graduated" from CTW's main program, Sesame Street.
Season 1 is released on October 25, 1971 to April 21, 1972, season 2 is released on October 23, 1972 to April 20, 1973, season 3 is released on October 22, 1973 to April 19, 1974, season 4 is released on October 21, 1974 to April 18, 1975, season 5 is released on October 20, 1975 to April 16, 1976, season 6 is released on October 18, 1976 to April 15, 1977, season 7 is released on January 19 to October 1, 2009, season 8 is released in January 25 to May 7, 2010, and season 9 is released in February 7 to April 4, 2011.
June Angela as Julie (1971-1977 and 2009) was a long-running cast member of the 1971-1977 rock band named The Short Circus. In 2006, the 1977 departed 1975-1977 cast were or was replaced by the 2009-2011 cast playing the Ruiz family and their friends in their gang.
Songs
- Fling Fling (performed by Winnie and The Short Circus) (season 2, episode 20 (1972))
- Sing Out (performed by The Short Circus) (season 2, episode 130 (1973))
- Buddy and Kelly (performed by Buddy and Kelly from or in The Short Circus) (season 3, episode 1 (1973))
- Broccoli (performed by Buddy and Kelly) (season 3, episode 98 (1974))
- Words (performed by Mark and Valerie the Librarian) (season 4, episode 1 (1974))
- Knock Knock Rock (performed by The Short Circus) (season 5, episode 35 (1975))