The Electric Company is 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 ...

In October 1971, The Electric Company flipped a switch and hit the public TV airwaves, aiming to use sketch comedy and animated shorts to teach... 50 years ago, 'The Electric Company' used comedy to ...

The two-hour retrospective that launched not only TEC's return to television, but the good era of Noggin.

A staple of most Gen X childhoods, The Electric Company ended its original six-season run on April 15, 1977, after airing a staggering 780 episodes. The show would continue to re-air on PBS until late ...

When The Electric Company debuted in October 1971, television hadn't seen anything quite like it. Psychedelic graphics, wildly creative animation, mod outfits, over-the-top characters and sketch ...

When The Electric Company debuted in October 1971, television hadn't seen anything quite like it. Psychedelic graphics, wildly creative animation, mod outfits, over-the-top characters and sketch ...

NPR's been on air for 50 years. And we've been looking back at 1971, our birth year - the news, the music, the TV shows - like this kids show that launched 50 years ago today. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE ...