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 October 2024, all episodes from seasons 2-7 and 21 episodes from season 1 have been found and uploaded online. 14 from the first season were uploaded onto YouTube by user ZOOMFan1 and 7 more by Evan's Media Archive.

As of October 2024, the missing episodes from season 1 are 113-127, 129 and 131-133. (128 also isn’t available in its entirety, but the majority of it, including pretty much all the stuff exclusive to the episode, is available in multiple parts from a screen recording.) GBH Boston currently doesn’t have the rights to share or release the episodes, meaning the only chance of finding them is on VHS recordings from when they aired on TV. And despite the best efforts of fans, recordings of these episodes have proven virtually impossible to find. (This is likely in part due to the fact that they were last broadcast in early 2002.)

Clips from some of the episodes have been found, however. Below is a list of known found and lost segments from the missing 20 episodes.

ZOOMsci

Season & Episode Name Status
S1 E5 Mystery Seeds Found
S1 E13 Color Symphony Lost
S1 E14 Balloon Cars Lost
S1 E15 Baking Soda Vinegar Boat Found
S1 E16 Windmills Found
S1 E17 Newspaper Chair Found
S1 E17 Moldy Soup Found
S1 E18 Cantilever Found
S1 E19 Egg Drop Found
S1 E20 Glider Lost
S1 E21 Compost & Biodome Lost
S1 E22 Rocking Structure Found
S1 E23 Playing Card Structure Lost
S1 E24 (?) Waterwheel Lost
S1 E25 Crazy Straw Bridge Lost (archived)
S1 E25 Germinator Found
S1 E26 Baking Soda Submarines Found
S1 E27 Naked Egg Drop Found (Poor-Quality)
S1 E28 Junk Boats Found (poor quality)
S1 E29 Newspaper Tower Found
S1 E31 Salt Pendulum Lost
S1 E32 Marshmallow and Toothpick Shapes Lost (archived)
S1 E33 (?) Strongest Shape Found (Poor-Quality)

ZOOMdo

Season & Episode Name Status
S1 E5 String Sculpture Found
S1 E13 Rainstick Found
S1 E14 Permanent Sand Castle Found
S1 E15 (?) Comic Book File Box Lost
S1 E15 Flipbook Found
S1 E18 Marble Painting Found
S1 E18 Straw Painting Found
S1 E18 String Painting Found
S1 E19 Gum Wrapper Chain Found
S1 E20 (?) Serpent Tie Creature Lost
S1 E25 Friendship Bracelet Lost (archived)
S1 E26 Ping Pong Paddles Found
S1 E27 Pantyhose Face Doll Lost (archived)
S1 E28 Papier-Mache Bowl Found (poor quality)
S1 E32 Papermaking Found
S1 E33 Yarn Doll Lost

Café ZOOM

Season & Episode Name Status
S1 E16 ZOOMspread Found
S1 E19 Homemade Pretzels Found
S1 E20 Yogurt Parfaits Lost
S1 E21 Tortilla Sandwiches Lost
S1 E23 Baked Apples Found
S1 E24 Peanut Butter Treats Lost
S1 E26 (?) Apple Triangles Lost
S1 E26 Fabulous Fruit Kabobs Lost
S1 E29 Calzone Lost
S1 E31 (?) Bagel Faces Lost

ZOOMalong

Season & Episode Name Status
S1 E13 Paper Worm Found
S1 E16 Door Trick Found
S1 E18 (?) Arm Trick Lost
S1 E21 Cup Game with Words Lost
S1 E24 Gravity Lost
S1 E25 Penny Pinch Lost (archived)
S1 E29 The Flying Trick Lost
S1 E33 (?) Hoop Glider Found
Unknown Walking Through Paper Lost

ZOOMgames

Season & Episode Name Status
S1 E13 Dr. Pretzel Lost
S1 E14 The Cup Game Partially Found
S1 E15 Cracker Whistle Found
S1 E16 Feelings Found
S1 E16 Beetle Found
S1 E16 Octopus Tag Found
S1 E17 Concentration I Found
S1 E18 Walk On Knees Found
S1 E19 Head Ball Race Found
S1 E20 Turkey Chase Lost
S1 E21 (?) Toe-to-Toe Lost
S1 E23 (?) Balloon Bounce On Head Relay Lost
S1 E24 Funny Bones Lost
S1 E25 Shoe Relay Lost (archived)
S1 E26 (?) Pile Up Lost
S1 E26 Ping Pong Circle Found
S1 E27 Staring Contest Found (Poor-Quality)
S1 E27 Down Down Baby Lost (archived)
S1 E27 Back-to-Back Dash Lost (archived)
S1 E28 Water Balloon Toss Found (poor quality)
S1 E28 Compound Words Found (poor quality)
S1 E29 Bubble Race Lost
S1 E31 Wink (1 | 2 | 3) Found (Poor-Quality)
S1 E32 Quack-a-Dilly Lost (archived)
S1 E32 Lemon Roll Race Lost (archived)
Unknown The Wind Blows Lost

Zingers

Season & Episode Name Status
S1 E5 Hands Up! Found
S1 E13 Knot Zinger Found
S1 E14 Psychic Zinger Found
S1 E15 Sock Zinger Found
S1 E16 "Guess What" Zinger Found
S1 E17 Card Trick I Found (Listed as "Card Trick 2")
S1 E17 Body Zinger Found
S1 E18 Headstands Partially Lost (Poor-Quality)
S1 E18 Homonyms II Found
S1 E19 Sucking Lemon Wedges Found
S1 E20 Step Through Your Hands Lost
S1 E21 (?) Run, Rabbit, Run Lost
S1 E22 Sour Candies Partially Lost (Poor-Quality)
S1 E22 Word Game Found
S1 E23 Balloon Bouncing Found
S1 E25 Toe Writing Lost (archived)
S1 E26 Card Trick II Found (Part 2 is Listed as Part 1)
S1 E27 How Low Can You Go? Lost (archived)
S1 E29 (?) Group Juggling Lost
S1 E31 (?) Connect Nine Dots Lost
S1 E36 Shoelace Zinger Found
Unknown Draw Your Name On Your Forehead Lost
Unknown Name 10 Body Parts Using 3 Letters Lost

ZOOMplayhouse

Season & Episode Name Status
S1 E13 Trouble In Candy Kingdom Found
S1 E15 Where's Your Homework? Found
S1 E19 The Present Partially Lost
S1 E20 (?) The bus ride play Lost
S1 E21 Little Red Riding Hood: An Ubbi Dubbi Fairy Tale Lost
S1 E22 The Fortune Teller Found
S1 E24 "Hot Dog Experiment" Lost
S1 E29 The Sweet Roll Found (Poor-Quality)
S1 E31 (?) The Greek Gods play Lost

Ubbi Dubbi Skits

Season & Episode Name Status
S1 E5 Singing Voice Found
S1 E14 Ring Pop Lost
S1 E15 Giant Pencil Found
S1 E17 Weather Report: Earthquake Found
S1 E18 Jokes Found
S1 E19 Chips and Dip Found
S1 E20 Peanut Butter Lost
S1 E23 Keiko the Magician Lost
S1 E24 (?) Weather Update: Sun Lost
S1 E25 Remote Lost (archived)
S1 E26 Row, Row, Row Your Boat Lost
S1 E28 Spot the Dog II Found (poor quality)
S1 E31 Jared the Chef: Toast Found (Poor-Quality)
S1 E33 Jared the Chef: Chocolate Milk Lost

ZOOMChats

Season & Episode Name Status
S1 E15 Embarrassing Moments Found
S1 E17 Friends Found
S1 E18 Boys and Girls Found
S1 E23 Meeting New People Lost
S1 E25 Cheating Lost (archived)
S1 E26 Peer Pressure Found
S1 E32 Popularity Found
S1 E33 (?) Sports Lost

ZMails

Season & Episode Name Status
S1 E16 (?) Unknown Lost
S1 E19 Unknown Lost
S1 E21 (?) With Keiko, David, Jared and Pablo Found
S1 E22 With Lynese, Pablo, Keiko and Alisa Found
S1 E27 With Lynese, Zoe, Alisa and Keiko Lost (archived)
S1 E29 (?) Unknown Lost

Miscellaneous

Season & Episode Name Status
S1 E22 Zoe's Flea Circus Found

Gallery

Stills (Season 1)

Behind the Scenes (Season 1)

Pictures (Season 1)

Stills (Season 2)

Behind the Scenes (Season 2)

Stills (Season 5)

Behind the Scenes (Season 5)

See Also

Zoom

Bumpers

PBS

PBS Kids

References