Exploring (TV series)

Exploring is a Saturday morning children's educational series in color that appeared on NBC television on Saturday afternoons from October 13, 1962 to April 9, 1966.^[1] The NBC News series, which was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1964 and won a Peabody Award in 1963, featured segments about science and the arts. The series was hosted by Dr. Albert Hibbs, a scientist and educator.

Mary Ritts and Paul Ritts were puppeteers on the show; Paul performed Albert, Calvin and Sir Geoffrey, while Mary played Magnolia.^[1]

Besides the Ritts puppets, the series also featured short films, animated versions of famous legends, and music Millard Research Associates produced a printed copy of their survey results which found over 600,000 Exploring Teachers Guides were requested for teachers in major school districts all across the country (they were free). A Millard survey found 86% of the teachers requesting the Guides were assigning the Saturday morning program for family viewing. This was the first instance of proving you could change ratings with Teachers Guides. This was done again on CBS with the Teachers Guides to the 21st Century (Young and Rubicon researched this) and later on PBS.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 162–163. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.

External links

Exploring at IMDb

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[Woolery-1] Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 162–163. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.

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v t e Children's programming on NBC in the 1960s
First-run animated series	King Leonardo and His Short Subjects The Ruff and Reddy Show The Bullwinkle Show The Underdog Show (1964-1967) Hoppity Hooper Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales Go Go Gophers The Beagles The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show The Super 6 Cool McCool (1966-1967) Super President Birdman and the Galaxy Trio Samson & Goliath Here Comes the Grump The Pink Panther Show (1969-1978) Kimba the White Lion Astro Boy Arabian Knights
First-run live-action series	The Shari Lewis Show Watch Mr. Wizard Exploring Fireball XL5 The Banana Splits Adventure Hour Storybook Squares H.R. Pufnstuf
First-run animated / live-action series	The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Rebroadcasts	Fury The Lone Ranger Make Room for Daddy Sgt. Preston of the Yukon The Jetsons Top Cat The Flintstones The Heckle and Jeckle Show
Related programming and topics	Animation in the United States in the television era