The Electric Company

The Electric Company was an educational American children's television series. It was produced by the Children's Television Workshop (1971-1977)/Sesame Workshop (2006 and 2009-2011) for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 930 episodes over nine seasons from 1971 to 1977, 2006, and 2009 to 2011. CTW (1971-1977)/Sesame Workshop (2006/2009-2011) produced the show at Reeves Teletape Studios (1971-1977)/Kaufman Astoria Studios (2006/2009-2011) Second Stage in Manhattan.

The Electric Company
Starring	Morgan Freeman (1971-1977) Judy Graubart (1971-1977) Luis Avalos (1972–1977) Skip Hinnant (1971-1977) Rita Moreno (1971-1977) Jim Boyd (1971-1977) Lee Chamberlin (1971–1973) Hattie Winston (1973–1977) Bill Cosby (1971–1973) Danny Seagren (1974–1977) Gene Wilder (1972-1977) Mel Brooks (1972-1977) Joan Rivers (1972-1977) Zero Mostel (1972-1977) June Angela Profanato (credited as June Angela in 1971-1977) (1971-1977 and 2009) Irene Cara (1971-1972) Douglas Grant (1971-1973) Stephen Gustafson (1971-1975) Melanie Henderson (1971-1975) Denise Nickerson (1972-1973) Gregg Burge (1973-1975) Bayn Johnson (1973-1975) Todd Graff (1975-1977) Rejane Maglorie (1975-1977) Janina Mathews (1975-1977) Rodney Lewis (1975-1977) Priscilla Star Diaz (2006 and 2009-2011)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	931 (TV) ? (Comic Book)
Production
Running time	28 minutes
Original release
Network	PBS (1971-1977/2006/2009-2011/reran in 1977-1985 and 2011-Present) Noggin (1999-2002)
Release	October 25, 1971 (1971-10-25) (TV) – 2012 (2012) (Comic Book)

The Electric Company used sketch comedy and other devices to create an entertaining program to help children of elementary-school age get better at reading skills. It was meant for children who had "graduated" from CTW's main program, Sesame Street.

Season 1 was released on October 25, 1971 - April 21, 1972; season 2 was released on October 23, 1972 - April 20, 1973; season 3 was released on October 22, 1973 - April 19, 1974, season 4 was released on October 21, 1974 - April 18, 1975, season 5 was released on October 20, 1975 - April 16, 1976, season 6 was released on October 18, 1976 - April 15, 1977, season 7 is released in 2006 and January 19 - October 1, 2009, season 8 is released in January 25 - May 7, 2010, and season 9 is released in February 7 - March 28, 2011. June Angela as Julie (1971-1977 and 2009) was a long-running cast member of the 1971-1977 rock band named The Short Circus. In 2006, the 1977 departed 1975-1977 cast were or was replaced by the 2009-2011 cast playing the Ruiz family and their friends in their gang. In the comic book, season 10 is released in 2012.

Songs

• Fling Fling(performed by Winnie and The Short Circus) (season 2, episode ? (197?))
• Sing Out (performed by The Short Circus) (season 2, episode 130 (1973))
• Buddy and Kelly (performed by Buddy and Kelly from or in The Short Circus) (season 3, episode 1 (1973))
• Broccoli (performed by Buddy and Kelly) (season 3, episode 98 (1974))
• Words (performed by Mark and Valerie the Librarian) (season 4, episode 1 (1974))
• Knock Knock Rock (performed by The Short Circus) (season 5, episode 35 (1975))

Other websites

• The Electric Company on IMDb
• The Electric Company (New version) on IMDb
• The Electric Company official Web site Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine