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Square One Television

1987–1992 · 5 seasons

A cheerful, fast-moving mix of skits, songs and parodies that makes learning numbers feel like play.

Genres
Comedy, Family, Kids
Starring
Larry Cedar, Cynthia Darlow, Reg E. Cathey
Overview
Square One Television is an American children's television program produced by the Children's Television Workshop to teach mathematics and abstract mathematical concepts to young viewers. Created and broadcast by PBS in the United States from January 26, 1987 to November 6, 1992, the show was intended to address the math crisis among American schoolchildren. After the last episode aired, the show went into reruns until May 6, 1994. The show was revived for the 1995–1996 PBS season as a teacher instruction program, Square One TV Math Talk. Square One was also shown on the U.S. cable television channel Noggin in syndication beginning in 1999, but was removed from its lineup along with other Sesame Workshop shows on May 26, 2003.

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Genres
Comedy, Family, Kids
Starring
Larry Cedar, Cynthia Darlow, Reg E. Cathey
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    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • education
    • science
    Places
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    kids
    Form
    • ensemble
    • anthology
    • musical
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism5
    Romance0
    Tension1
    Darkness0
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight1

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    Genres
    comedy, family, kids
    Written by
    Jim Thurman, David D. Connell
    Starring
    Larry Cedar, Cynthia Darlow, Reg E. Cathey, Joe Howard, Beverly Leech, John Sayles, Yeardley Smith, Gary Owens
    Length
    5 seasons, 231 episodes, 30 min each
    Network
    PBS
    Languages
    English

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