The Electric Company

:This article is about a American television program. For electric utilities, see electric company.

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The Electric Company was an educational children's television program produced by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) of the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of five-and-a-half years (October 25, 1971 to April 15, 1977). CTW produced the show at Reeves Teletape Second Stage in Manhattan; during the 1970s, Reeves offered some of the most advanced computer-generated imagery in the industry, but later filed for bankruptcy.

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Television program - Children's Television Workshop - Public Broadcasting Service - United States - October 25 - 1971 - April 15 - 1977 - Manhattan - 1970s - Computer-generated imagery

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The Electric Company employed sketch comedy and other devices to provide an entertaining program that attempted to help children of preschool and primary school age develop their reading and counting skills.

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Sketch comedy - Child - Preschool - Primary school

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