Zoom (partially lost revival of PBS children's series; 1999-2005)

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The show's revamped logo.

Status: Partially Lost

Zoom was a live-action children's series that aired from January 4th, 1999, to May 6th, 2005, produced by WGBH (now GBH) that aired on PBS. It was a revival of another live-action series of the same name that aired from 1972-1978. The show is in the same vain as other popular children's shows that aired on PBS like Sesame Street and The Electric Company, but its cast is made up of kids ages 8 and up and perform various activities like games, plays, poems, songs, and would occasionally start conversations on various topics like prejudice and hospitals, with most topics being submitted by the home audience. The revival became a ratings winner for PBS and switched to the channel's children's block "PBS Kids" halfway through the show's first season. The revival lasted 7 seasons with 200 episodes (outliving its precursor in episode length), ending in May 2005 due to poor ratings.[1]

Availability

The revival only saw four home media releases in the form of four VHS tapes that were released between 1999 and 2002. After PBS Kids stopped rerunning the show in 2007, a large majority of the show's run has never been seen since and is mostly lost.

As of April 2023, all episodes from seasons 2-7 and 16 episodes from season 1 have been found and uploaded onto YouTube. 14 from the first season were uploaded by YouTube user ZOOMFan1 and 2 more were uploaded by Facebook user Nathan Ng as well.

Uploads of Season 1

Unfortunately, by the time ZOOMFan1 started watching, season 1 would only be syndicated once more from December 2002 to January 2003 and episodes 105-133 that were originally a part of the season would be skipped over.

Also, he accidentally taped over one of the episodes that aired when he recorded season 1 (136), and the episode has yet to surface online in its entirety.

So far, episodes 105-108, 110-111, 113-127, 129, 131, 133, and 136 are the only episodes currently unavailable online.

Lost Footage

Many segments that were filmed for the show remain unaired. Some, if not all of them, are available on the website.

Until the entire first season is uploaded, it can be presumed that all unaired segments from it were released on the "Party With ZOOM" VHS.

Below is a list of lost segments from 25 missing episodes from season 1 and unaired segments from seasons 2-7, gathered from information provided on the website over the years.

Season 1

ZOOMsci

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5 Mystery Seeds Found
S1E5 Cup Tower Found
S1E6 Spool Racers Found
S1E7 Film Canister Rockets Found
S1E7 (?) Tongue Roller Survey Lost
S1E8 Plastic Bag Parachute Found
S1E10 Newspaper Tower Found
S1E11 Box Arch Found
S1E11 Bug Survey Found
S1E13 (?) Waterwheel Lost
S1E13 Color Symphony Lost
S1E14 Balloon Cars Lost
S1E15 Baking Soda Vinegar Boat Found
S1E16 Windmills Found
S1E17 Newspaper Chair Found
S1E17 Moldy Soup Found
S1E18 Cantilever Found
S1E19 Egg Drop Found
S1E20 Glider Lost
S1E21 Compost & Biodome Lost
S1E22 Rocking Structure Found
S1E23 Playing Card Structure Lost
S1E24 Strongest Shape Found (Poor-Quality)
S1E25 Crazy Straw Bridge Lost
S1E25 Germinator Found
S1E26 Baking Soda Submarines Found
S1E27 Naked Egg Drop Found (Poor-Quality)
S1E29 Newspaper Tower II Found
S1E31 Salt Pendulum Lost

ZOOMdo

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5 String Sculpture Found
S1E6 Bean Mosaic Found
S1E7 Tie-Dye T-Shirt Lost
S1E8 Pet Can Found
S1E13 Rainstick Found
S1E14 Permanent Sand Castle Found
S1E15 (?) Silly Serpent Lost
S1E15 Flipbook Found
S1E18 Marble Painting Found
S1E18 Straw Painting Found
S1E18 String Painting Found
S1E19 Gum Wrapper Chain Found
S1E20 (?) Magazine Beads Lost
S1E25 Friendship Bracelet Lost
S1E26 Ping Pong Paddles Found
S1E27 Pantyhose Face Doll Lost
S1E33 Yarn Doll Lost
Unknown Glamorous Glitter Eggs Lost
Unknown Worry Doll Lost
Unknown Comic Book File Box Lost
Unknown Straw Weaving Lost

Café ZOOM

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E8 Pizza Bagels Found
S1E10 Banana On a Stick Found
S1E11 Homemade Ice Cream Found
S1E16 ZOOMspread Found
S1E19 Homemade Pretzels Found
S1E20 Yogurt Parfaits Lost
S1E21 Tortilla Sandwiches Lost
S1E23 Baked Apples Found
S1E24 Peanut Butter Treats Lost
S1E26 Fabulous Fruit Kabobs Lost
S1E29 Calzone Lost
S1E31 (?) Stained Glass Cookies Lost
S1E31 (?) Pinwheel Cookies Lost
S1E36 Banana Orange Frost Found
S1E36 Frozen Fruit Smoothie Found
S1E36 Peanut Butter Surprise Found
Unknown Marshmallow Mountain Lost
Unknown Bagel Faces Lost
Unknown Lemon Slush Lost
Unknown Apple Triangles Lost

ZOOMalong

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E6 Water/Balloon Trick Found
S1E10 (?) Hoop Glider Found
S1E11 Magnet Hands Found
S1E13 Paper Worm Found
S1E16 Door Trick Found
S1E23 (?) Walking Through Paper Lost
S1E25 Penny Pinch Lost
S1E29 The Flying Trick Lost
S1E36 Paper Helicopter Found

ZOOMgames

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5 Ice Transfer Found
S1E6 The Slide Lost
S1E7 Peanut Roll Race Found
S1E8 Human Knot Found
S1E8 Snatch the Hanky Found
S1E10 Bubblegum Race Lost
S1E10 Dots Found
S1E10 (?) Pileup Lost
S1E11 (?) Toe-to-Toe Lost
S1E11 Simon Says Not Found
S1E13 Dr. Pretzel Lost
S1E14 The Cup Game Partially Found
S1E15 Cracker Whistle Found
S1E16 Feelings Found
S1E16 Beetle Found
S1E16 Tag Found
S1E17 Concentration Found
S1E18 Walk On Your Knees Found
S1E19 The Wind Blows Lost
S1E20 Turkey Chase Lost
S1E21 (?) Head Ball Race Found
S1E23 (?) Octopus Tag Lost
S1E24 Funny Bones Lost
S1E25 Shoe Relay Lost
S1E26 Ping Pong Circle Found
S1E27 Staring Contest Found (Poor-Quality)
S1E27 Down Down Baby Lost
S1E27 Back-to-Back Dash Lost
S1E29 Bubble Race Lost
S1E31 Wink (1 | 2 | 3) Found (Poor-Quality)
Unknown Jellybean Transfer Lost
Unknown Balloon Bounce On Head Relay Lost

Zingers

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5 Hands Up! Found
S1E6 Back-to-Back Zinger Found
S1E7 (?) Ha Ha Found
S1E11 Toss 'n Clap Found
S1E11 Toothpick Puzzles Found
S1E13 Knot Zinger Found
S1E14 Psychic Zinger Found
S1E15 Sock Zinger Found
S1E16 Decipher the Doodles Found
S1E17 Card Trick Found (Listed as "Card Trick 2")
S1E17 Body Zinger Found
S1E18 Headstands Partially Lost (Poor-Quality)
S1E18 Homonyms II Found
S1E19 Sucking Lemon Wedges Found
S1E20 (?) Step Through Your Hands Lost
S1E22 Sour Candies Partially Lost (Poor-Quality)
S1E22 Word Game Found
S1E23 Balloon Bouncing Found
S1E24 (?) Penny Drops Found
S1E25 Toe Writing Lost
S1E26 Card Trick 2 Found (Part 2 is Listed as Part 1)
S1E27 How Low Can You Go? Lost
S1E36 Shoelace Zinger Found
Unknown Draw Your Name On Your Forehead Lost
Unknown Name 10 Body Parts Using 3 Letters Lost
Unknown Run, Rabbit Run Lost
Unknown Connect Nine Dots Lost
Unknown Group Juggling Lost

ZOOMplayhouse

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E6 The Mixed-Up Genie Lost
S1E7 (?) Name unknown that features Jared riding a bus Lost
S1E13 Trouble In Candy Kingdom Found
S1E15 Where's Your Homework? Found
S1E19 The Present Partially Lost
S1E21 Little Red Riding Hood: An Ubbi Dubbi Fairy Tale Lost
S1E22 The Fortune Teller Found
S1E29 The Sweet Roll Found (Poor-Quality)
S1E33 (?) Name unknown that featured Jared playing as a TV talk show host interviewing Greek gods played by David and Zoe Lost

Ubbi Dubbi Skits

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5 Singing Voice Found
S1E6 Sneezing Powder Found
S1E8 Dancing Shoes Lost
S1E10 (?) Row, Row, Row Your Boat Lost
S1E11 Cough Drops Found
S1E15 Giant Pencil Found
S1E17 Weather Report: Earthquake Found
S1E18 Jokes Found
S1E19 Chips and Dip Found
S1E20 Peanut Butter Lost
S1E23 Keiko the Magician Lost
S1E24 (?) Spot the Dog I Found
S1E25 Remote Lost
S1E26 (?) Weather Report: Sun Lost
S1E29 (?) Jared the Chef: Toast Found (Poor-Quality)
S1E33 Jared the Chef: Chocolate Milk Lost
S1E36 Unknown Weather Skit Lost
Unknown Hiccups Lost

ZOOMChats

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5 Siblings Lost
S1E8 Competition Found
S1E10 Being Left Out Lost
S1E15 Embarrassing Moments Found
S1E17 Friends Found
S1E18 Boys and Girls Found
S1E20 (?) Sports Lost
S1E23 Meeting New People Lost
S1E24 (?) In 10 Years Found
S1E25 Cheating Lost
S1E26 Peer Pressure Found

ZMails

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E6 With Lynese, Pablo, David and Zoe Found
S1E16 (?) Unknown Lost
S1E19 Unknown Lost
S1E21 (?) With Keiko, David, Jared and Pablo Found
S1E22 With Lynese, Pablo, Keiko and Alisa Found
S1E27 With Lynese, Zoe, Alisa and Keiko Lost
S1E29 (?) Unknown Lost
S1E36 (?) Unknown Lost

Miscellaneous

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E22 Zoe's Flea Circus Found

Additional Segments

In addition to the above, most segments that didn't feature the ZOOMers ("ZOOMGuest", "What's Zup?", etc.) are at large. Other miscellaneous things, such as jokes, poems, the "Today on ZOOM" openings (some of which, in season 1, would feature a ZOOMer introducing the episode's ZOOMAlong) and the stingers after the credits also remain at large.

Season 2

ZOOMDo

  • Kaleidoscope (made by Kenny; briefly seen in episode 233 at the 26:33 mark)
  • Bubble Stationery and Homemade Envelopes (made by Zoe)

Cafe ZOOM

  • Purple Cow (made by Jessie; two versions filmed)
  • Banana Juice (made by Jessie; two versions filmed)
  • Orange Dream Soda (made by Jessie; two versions filmed)
  • Root Beer Float (made by Jessie (?))

ZOOMSci

  • Mirror Maze (with Jessie (?), Caroline (?), Alisa (?) and Ray (?))

ZOOMGames

  • Rota
  • Hop The Pawn
  • Category Cards
  • Indoor Bottle Blowing
  • Thrower
  • Alphabet Conversation
  • Marble Toes
  • Charades (also played in season 1)
  • Book Balance On Head Relay
  • ZOOM and Erp

ZOOMPhenom

  • ZOOMRoom Card Trick (with Kenny and Zoe (?))
  • Keep In Chair (with Ray and Claudio; also done in season 3 with Frances and Rachel)
  • Compass (with Claudio)
  • Paper Fold (with Zoe (?))
  • House Number Game (possibly unfilmed; website does not provide images)
  • Hand/Foot Coordination (with Caroline (?), Jessie, Kenny and Alisa (?))

Season 3

ZOOMDo

  • Sponge Stationery (with Frances)
  • Pocket Pouch (with Caroline (?))
  • Masks (with Eric)

Cafe ZOOM

  • Apple Sailboat, Celery Wagon and Mouse In a Cage (with Frances (?))
  • Salsa (with Eric (?))

Znack

  • Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich (with Eric)
  • Trail Mix (with Kaleigh (?))

ZOOMGame

  • Equation Bingo
  • Squat Relay
  • Water Tug of War
  • Nim
  • Rhyming Pairs
  • Jump The Creek (with everyone but either Rachel or Frances)
  • Carolyn's Word Game

Season 4

ZOOMDo

  • Collage (all ZOOMers)
  • Recycled Junk Creature (with Kaleigh, Aline, Rachel, and Matt)
  • Jean Pocket Bag and Jean Leftovers (with Rachel (?))

ZOOMGame

  • On a Roll (a brief shot of this is seen in the opening)
  • Going On a Picnic
  • Pass The Stick
  • Mixed-Up Sports Relay

Season 5

ZOOMDo

  • Marionettes (with Estuardo)
  • Yarn Cards (with Aline (?) in season 7 by Kyle and Kortney)

Cafe ZOOM

  • Nana's Cookies (with Caroline)

Znack

  • Tuna Canoes (with Kortney (?))

ZOOMGame

  • Musical Clothes
  • Tails (a brief shot of this is seen in the opening)
  • Dictionary Game

ZOOMSci

  • Drop on Pennies II (with Mike (?) and Caroline (?))
  • Pennies and Water (with Mike and Caroline (?))
  • Soap-powered Boat II

Ubbi Dubbi Skits

  • Cave Man

Season 6

ZOOMDos

  • Potato Beads (also made by Shing Ying and Emily in season 7; a shot of Emily holding up a bead-lined skewer looks similar to the website photo; however, as that photo was first released in April 2004, it may have still been made in season 6)

Cafe ZOOM

  • Buffalo Wings (with Francesco (?) and Cara (?))
  • Corndogs (with Kyle (?) and Kortney (?))
  • Eggboats (with Francesco (?); not to be confused with the sci in season 3 of the same name)

ZOOMSci

  • Game Timer
  • Secret Candy Safe

ZOOMGame

None, although The Cup Game (originally played in season one, also played in season 7) and All About You (played in season 5), were listed as "new" when season 6 premiered.

Season 7

ZOOMDo

  • Balloon Badminton (with Noreen)
  • High Bouncy Ball
  • Sweater Mittens (with Taylor)

Cafe ZOOM

  • Monkey Bread (with Taylor (?) and Noreen (?))
  • Homemade Applesauce (with Kyle (?) and Francesco (?))

Znack

  • Lettuce Boats (with Nick (?) and Kyle (?)

ZOOMGame

  • 3-Ball Football
  • Balloon Badminton

ZOOMSci

  • Deliver a Message (with Nick and Francesco)

ZOOMPlayhouse

  • Clever Jackyl (briefly shown in episode 709 at the 14:02 mark)
  • How Ubbi Dubbi Was Started

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, fourth 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 re-air. 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 acknowledgment 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 continued to air the episodes mostly as they had originally been broadcasted; however, several episodes of the first two seasons had their “ZOOM a Cum Laude” segments completely taken out. In addition, season 2 had the stingers of it’s first and last episodes (the “web surfing” and “Rapunzel” ads, respectively) replaced with the shorter local ones, and had the closing fundings of the last three episodes shortened to 15 seconds.

Currently, everything from the first two seasons is available online aside from some of the original “ZOOM a Cum Laudes”. The episodes online without their original ZCL are 101, 104, 134, 135, 139, 201, 234, 238 and 240. (101, 104 and 234 are local airings, while the rest are WGBY airings).

Season 3 is currently missing three of its’ original stingers. Two are incomplete versions (318 and 329) while one is missing entirely (306).

Missing Things from Seasons 4-7

Because WGBY was the main station ZOOMFan1 recorded from, almost everything from the original airings of seasons 2 and 3 are available online. Some "ZOOM Into Action!" segments from seasons 4-7 narrated by the ZOOMers aren't, however, as WGBY featured its own version of the segment that didn't feature the ZOOMers and focused on different volunteers from those shown on the local versions. Currently, episodes 401, 404, 405, 410, 412, 413, 501, 503, 505, 507, 508, 509, 512, 518, 716, 717 and 718 are the only local ZITAs from the seasons available.

All episodes of season 6 notably showed the ZOOMers backstage during the credits, but on WGBY, it showed a select group of kids thanking viewers for "ZOOMing on WGBY." Episodes 703-709 of season 7 do this as well. All of the remaining uploads aside from 701, 712, 718 and 720 show standard credits (the first two were specials). Since several of the episodes with the groups of kids are from WGBY, it's possible that some of those featured the ZOOMers on the local versions. Meanwhile, episodes 602 (from a different source), 603, 616 and 618 are the only episodes with the local credits available. Both versions of the credits for episode 604 are missing, as ZOOMFan1's recording reuses episode 603's credits. It's also worth noting that episodes 610, 612, 615, and 620 are all under 28 minutes long; it's unlikely anything was removed in certain broadcasts, and merely due to the fact that season 6's episodes didn't have a standard length.

Local airings of seasons 4 and 5, interestingly, also featured brief shots of scenes from the respective episodes in the openings. Currently, only the versions of episodes 401, 405, 408, 503, 505, 507, and 508 (from a different source) and 518 are available.

"ZOOM Out The Vote"

From August to November of 2004, promos to support the election featuring current ZOOMers were featured on local airings in place of "Today on ZOOM" and the stingers. A few have been found and uploaded by ZOOMFan1, although some are still at large.

As ZOOM also aired during the 2000 election, it's possible that similar promos were aired at the time.

Miscellaneous Things

  • In ZOOMFan1's recordings, there are two instances when the recording blacks out. Approximately 40 seconds of the ZOOMGuest segment in 236 is missing due to a glitch in the recording. It also blacks out briefly in episode 301 right after Caroline eats the edible spiders.
  • It's possible that the special "The Making of ZOOM" featured a regular "Today on ZOOM" in airings after the remastering; half of ZOOMFan1's recording of it comes from a local station, but the beginning isn't featured. Of note is the fact that the recording doesn't contain the original stinger for the episode, a preview of season 2. ZOOMFan1 has confirmed that the WGBY version contained it, however. This means it was likely removed during the remastering due to being outdated, like the opening for 301. If so, this supports the idea that the local version contained a "Today on ZOOM" at the time.

Gallery

Stills (Season 1)

Behind the Scenes (Season 1)

Pictures (Season 1)

Stills (Season 2)

Behind the Scenes (Season 2)

Stills (Season 3)

Behind the Scenes (Season 3)

Stills (Season 4)

Behind the Scenes (Season 4)

Stills (Season 5)

Behind the Scenes (Season 5)

Stills (Season 6)

Behind the Scenes (Season 6)

Stills (Season 7)

See Also

Zoom

Bumpers

PBS

PBS Kids

References