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The 1999 revival of the series '''ZOOM '''was never released on Home Media, bar a few special VHS tapes "The Making Of..." and "Party With..." and by the second half of 2007, had been taken off the air completely, and has not returned since.
The 1999 revival of the series '''ZOOM '''was never released on Home Media, bar a few special VHS tapes "The Making Of..." and "Party With..." and by the second half of 2007, had been taken off the air completely, and has not returned since.
==Availability Online==


Eventually, a number of individual segments were released onto YouTube by various users, and in 2011, about half of season 2 was as well by user ZOOMerTube.
Eventually, a number of individual segments were released onto YouTube by various users, and in 2011, about half of season 2 was as well by user ZOOMerTube.
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[[File:zoom2.png‎ |thumb|A possible unaired segment featuring Kenny and involving a mirror-instrument]]
[[File:zoom2.png‎ |thumb|A possible unaired segment featuring Kenny and involving a mirror-instrument]]


As of the summer of 2015, all episodes from seasons 2-7 and 11 episodes of season 1 have been found, uploaded onto Youtube by user ZOOMFan1, who had gone to the lengths of recording them all twice while they were on the air. Unfortunately, by the time he started watching, season 1 would only be syndicated once more (in late 2002/early 2003), and 29 episodes that were originally a part of the season would be skipped over. Although many individual segments from them were uploaded in circa 2010 by user KrisTheKnight, the episodes in their entirety are still at large. The episodes were respectively episodes 105 through 133. Additionally, ZOOMFan1 accidentally taped over one of the episodes that aired (136) and the episode also has yet to surface online in it's entirety.
As of the summer of 2015, all episodes from seasons 2-7 and 11 episodes of season 1 have been found, uploaded onto Youtube by user ZOOMFan1, who had gone to the lengths of recording them all twice while they were on the air.  
 
==Season One==
Unfortunately, by the time ZOOMfan1 started watching, season 1 would only be syndicated once more (in late 2002/early 2003), and 29 episodes that were originally a part of the season would be skipped over. Although many individual segments from them were uploaded in circa 2010 by user KrisTheKnight, the episodes in their entirety are still at large. The episodes were respectively episodes 105 through 133. Additionally, ZOOMFan1 accidentally taped over one of the episodes that aired (136) and the episode also has yet to surface online in it's entirety.
 
==Remastering Of Earlier Seasons==
In 2002, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation began to fund ZOOM. For continuity's sake, the funding credits of all previous episodes were updated to include this.
 
Season 1 returned to PBS stations in January 2002 to be shown regularly for the first time since September 2000 (a few episodes had been broadcast on some stations in March 2001, but the season had otherwise disappeared from rotation since). Advertised as an "encore presentation" on the website, the season was broadcast on Mondays through Thursdays from January 21 to June 7. Aside from the first episode and the special "The Making of ZOOM", which began and ended the cycle, respectively, all episodes were aired twice on most stations. At the same time, a new, forth season of the show began premiering on Fridays, and aired new episodes up to that point.
 
After this, season four aired exclusively on weekdays until August, when season 2 began to reair. As was the case with season 1, it aired on Mondays through Thursdays while the show's fourth season took the Friday timeslot. This continued until December. All episodes of the season were reaired twice on most stations aside from the first; a re-airing of "The Making of ZOOM" on the Thursday of the final week signified the end of the cycle.
 
During these airings of the first two seasons, the episodes were shown in their remastered forms on local stations. Both of the seasons had originally contained a short segment known as "ZOOM a Cum Laude", in which the ZOOMers would give kids acknowledgement and credit for their work on certain things. During the third season, this segment was removed and replaced with a new one called "ZOOM Into Action", which was similar but focused more on volunteering.
 
For continuity's sake, local airings of the first two seasons removed the original "ZOOM a Cum Laude" segments and replaced them with "ZOOM Into Action" ones. Because these new segments were made well after the first two seasons were filmed, they didn't show the cast of those seasons or have them narrating, like the original "ZOOM a Cum Laude" segments did.
 
In addition to this, season 2 saw many of the 30-second stingers originally shown at the end of the episodes shortened to 15 seconds or replaced with a short, 15-second web advertisement.
 
After a short period from December 2002 to January 2003, season 1 was rerun on Mondays through Thursdays, with season four once again taking the Friday timeslot. Season 3 began re-airing immediately after. Following the pattern of the first two seasons, it aired on Mondays through Thursdays, while season 4 took the Friday timeslot as usual. The show's fifth season premiered on March 31, 2003, and interrupted the cycle for a week of new episodes; it was regulated to Fridays only the following week, while the third season returned to the Mondays through Thursdays timeslot. This continued until early June. During this time, all episodes of the third season except for episodes 301, 321, 322 and 340 were aired twice on most stations.
 
Like season 2, local broadcasts of season 3 saw the original stingers for the episodes shortened to 15 seconds or replaced with 15-second website advertisements. In addition to this, a short clip originally shown at the beginning of the first episode was removed. Taking the place of the standard "Today on ZOOM" opening, it featured returning ZOOMers Kenny and Caroline welcoming viewers back to the show and introducing the new season. In later airings, this was replaced with a standard "Today on ZOOM". (It should be noted that this was only used a few times before the episode's final airing on local stations, which preempted it for "ZOOM Out The Vote!" promos.)
 
==WGBY Airings and Availability==
 


Other small portions of the series are still at large.  
Other small portions of the series are still at large.  

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The show's revamped logo.

Status: Partially found

The 1999 revival of the series ZOOM was never released on Home Media, bar a few special VHS tapes "The Making Of..." and "Party With..." and by the second half of 2007, had been taken off the air completely, and has not returned since.

Availability Online

Eventually, a number of individual segments were released onto YouTube by various users, and in 2011, about half of season 2 was as well by user ZOOMerTube.

A possible unaired segment featuring Kenny and involving a mirror-instrument

As of the summer of 2015, all episodes from seasons 2-7 and 11 episodes of season 1 have been found, uploaded onto Youtube by user ZOOMFan1, who had gone to the lengths of recording them all twice while they were on the air.

Season One

Unfortunately, by the time ZOOMfan1 started watching, season 1 would only be syndicated once more (in late 2002/early 2003), and 29 episodes that were originally a part of the season would be skipped over. Although many individual segments from them were uploaded in circa 2010 by user KrisTheKnight, the episodes in their entirety are still at large. The episodes were respectively episodes 105 through 133. Additionally, ZOOMFan1 accidentally taped over one of the episodes that aired (136) and the episode also has yet to surface online in it's entirety.

Remastering Of Earlier Seasons

In 2002, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation began to fund ZOOM. For continuity's sake, the funding credits of all previous episodes were updated to include this.

Season 1 returned to PBS stations in January 2002 to be shown regularly for the first time since September 2000 (a few episodes had been broadcast on some stations in March 2001, but the season had otherwise disappeared from rotation since). Advertised as an "encore presentation" on the website, the season was broadcast on Mondays through Thursdays from January 21 to June 7. Aside from the first episode and the special "The Making of ZOOM", which began and ended the cycle, respectively, all episodes were aired twice on most stations. At the same time, a new, forth season of the show began premiering on Fridays, and aired new episodes up to that point.

After this, season four aired exclusively on weekdays until August, when season 2 began to reair. As was the case with season 1, it aired on Mondays through Thursdays while the show's fourth season took the Friday timeslot. This continued until December. All episodes of the season were reaired twice on most stations aside from the first; a re-airing of "The Making of ZOOM" on the Thursday of the final week signified the end of the cycle.

During these airings of the first two seasons, the episodes were shown in their remastered forms on local stations. Both of the seasons had originally contained a short segment known as "ZOOM a Cum Laude", in which the ZOOMers would give kids acknowledgement and credit for their work on certain things. During the third season, this segment was removed and replaced with a new one called "ZOOM Into Action", which was similar but focused more on volunteering.

For continuity's sake, local airings of the first two seasons removed the original "ZOOM a Cum Laude" segments and replaced them with "ZOOM Into Action" ones. Because these new segments were made well after the first two seasons were filmed, they didn't show the cast of those seasons or have them narrating, like the original "ZOOM a Cum Laude" segments did.

In addition to this, season 2 saw many of the 30-second stingers originally shown at the end of the episodes shortened to 15 seconds or replaced with a short, 15-second web advertisement.

After a short period from December 2002 to January 2003, season 1 was rerun on Mondays through Thursdays, with season four once again taking the Friday timeslot. Season 3 began re-airing immediately after. Following the pattern of the first two seasons, it aired on Mondays through Thursdays, while season 4 took the Friday timeslot as usual. The show's fifth season premiered on March 31, 2003, and interrupted the cycle for a week of new episodes; it was regulated to Fridays only the following week, while the third season returned to the Mondays through Thursdays timeslot. This continued until early June. During this time, all episodes of the third season except for episodes 301, 321, 322 and 340 were aired twice on most stations.

Like season 2, local broadcasts of season 3 saw the original stingers for the episodes shortened to 15 seconds or replaced with 15-second website advertisements. In addition to this, a short clip originally shown at the beginning of the first episode was removed. Taking the place of the standard "Today on ZOOM" opening, it featured returning ZOOMers Kenny and Caroline welcoming viewers back to the show and introducing the new season. In later airings, this was replaced with a standard "Today on ZOOM". (It should be noted that this was only used a few times before the episode's final airing on local stations, which preempted it for "ZOOM Out The Vote!" promos.)

WGBY Airings and Availability

Other small portions of the series are still at large.

  • Most of the credits sequences from season 6 featuring the ZOOMers (many of ZOOMFan1's recordings of season 6 are the WGBY versions of the credits)
  • "ZOOM Out The Vote!" promos aired from August-November 2004 to support the election (a few have been found and uploaded by ZOOMFan1)
  • POSSIBLE: "ZOOM Out The Vote!" promos aired during 2000 to support the election
  • Lost full episode stingers from certain season 3 episodes (A few of ZOOMFan1's season 3 episodes are local versions, which did not air the correct, original stingers for the episodes. A few of the missing ones appear to have simply be recycled stingers, but some, such as the extended round of Turkey Chase in 318, contain footage that remains at large.)
  • Syndicated intro for episode 301 (some later airings of episode 301 on local stations aired a regular intro for the episode instead of Kenny and Caroline welcoming the viewers back to the show. However, this was only used a few times before the episode's final airing on local stations, which preempted it for "ZOOM Out The Vote!")
  • POSSIBLE: Syndicated intro for "The Making of ZOOM" (because of the above, it is possible that later local airings of the episode "The Making of ZOOM" contained an intro; however, this is unlikely)
  • Caroline's reaction to eating the edible spiders in episode 301 (recording blacks out at that part)
  • Approximately 40 missing seconds of the "ZOOMGuest" segment in 236 (there was a glitch in ZOOMFan1's recording)
  • Various "ZOOM Into Action!" narrations for later seasons (there were two versions of "ZOOM Into Action!" aired from season 4 on; WGBY's version and the local one narrated by the ZOOMers. Most of the WGBY versions are part of ZOOMFan1's uploads, but some remain at large, as do most of the local versions with the ZOOMers)
  • "ZOOM Into Action!" for seasons 1 and 2 (In 2002, local versions of early seasons replaced the original "ZOOM a Cum Laude" segment of the first two seasons with "ZOOM Into Action!" segments similar to WGBY's versions of ZITA)
  • Lost stingers for episodes 201 and 240 of season 2 (despite the recordings of the episodes being from WGBY, the true stingers are not shown.)
  • POSSIBLY: Omitted footage from early episode airings (several episodes of the first two seasons run undertime strangely by around 30 seconds, and user KrisTheKnight's recording of the "Gelatin Molds" clip from season 1 ends differently from ZOOMFan1's, indicating the original airings contained additional footage)

In addition to this, many segments that were filmed for the show remain unaired. Some, if not all of them, are available on the website. In addition to this, what appears to be a teaser of one appears at the end of episode 233 at the 26:52 mark.

As of May 2017, the trail towards the missing 30 episodes has gone very cold. If anyone has them on tape, please do not record over them.