The Electric Company was an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the United States.
PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25, 1971 to April 15, 1977. |  |
The Electric Company employed sketch comedy and other devices to provide an entertaining program to help elementary school children develop their grammar and reading skills. It was intended for children who had graduated from CTW's flagship program,
Sesame Street.
The original cast included Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, Bill Cosby, Judy Graubart, Lee Chamberlin and Skip Hinnant.
Each show ended with one of the cast members announcing, "
The Electric Company gets its power from the Children's Television Workshop." After the copyright notice, the list of corporate sponsors would be flashed on the screen.
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