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The Electric Company (2009)

The Electric Company poster
Genre
fantasy television series
Country
United States
Length
3 seasons, 51 episodes
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of kids use literacy and problem solving skills to help their neighborhood. The show mixes live action with short animated segments to teach reading and vocabulary.

educationalplayfulupbeatlightheartedwhimsicalenergeticchild-friendly

What happens

The Electric Company is an American educational children's television series produced by Sesame Workshop and developed by Karen Fowler. It is a reboot of the 1971 series of the same name. The series aired on PBS Kids from January 23, 2009, to April 4, 2011 with reruns continuing on PBS until August 31, 2014. The series also aired reruns on HBO Kids on HBO Family from January 1, 2016, until November 1, 2020, as part of HBO's deal with Sesame Workshop. On some services, the series is called The New Electric Company to distinguish it from the 1971–77 series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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