Zoom

They have such a positive message. In the opening, they say "If you like what you see, then turn off the TV and DO IT!", they're saying that you should turn off the Television and go outside and play a game you see on the show, or do one of their experiments.

Zoom is a kids show, first of all. So what do you really expect? It's good for a children's show. The thing that makes it stand out is the fact that kids can send THEIR ideas in, and Zoom will use them. The only problem I have with Zoom is their new method of using the kids name. They only show the first name, and the first letter of their last name! They should show the WHOLE kids' name that sent it in! I think the old Zoom did this-why did they change? That's the only problem I have. I don't even mind the fact that Caroline did 4 seasons-when everyone else only did 1 or 2. I love the 2 specials about Sept. 11, 2001! Those were the highlights of Zoom. I also like any of the "behind the scenes" shows too. (I think they did 3 of these type of shows)

Twenty-one years after the original show of Zoom was cancelled, PBS revived it with better production. I have never seen any episodes from the 70s, but the intros I've seen and things I read about it all say it was somewhat low-budgeted. I also hear it was better than this revival. Maybe it is, but I grew up with this version so this is the one I hold closest to me.

Zoe, Jared, Keiko, Pablo, Alisa, David and Lynese starred in the first and best season. This is the only season where I liked everybody. For anybody that does not know what Zoom is about, it follows a group of kids that have fun learning and simply have fun just have fun. There's arts & crafts, science, technology and drama. But the core of the whole thing is friendship and it really shows. I was just starting school when this premiered and it is what and where I aspired myself to be.

Zoe and Alisa were the only cast members that returned for season 2. I became so attached to all seven members of the first season that all the replacements seemed very inferior. I also didn't understand the concept of cast changes. Ray, Kenny, Caroline, Jessie, and Claudio joined the cast with Kenny and Caroline being the only new members I actually liked. The chemistry between the cast members really seemed to lack and some of the members didn't seem like they wanted to be there. Also, there were some uninteresting segments. These flaws stayed with the show throughout the rest of its run.

Kenny and Caroline made the return for the third season. They were joined by Kaleigh, Eric, Frances, Buzz, and Rachel. This was the only other season were I liked all the cast members. Although they were inferior to season 1's, most flaws in season 2 were lowered.

Season 4 was when I really stopped caring. Caroline, Kaleigh and Rachel returned, but I really didn't care about the new members. All flaws were back and higher than before, and all kids acted like: "Look at me. I'm on TV. I'm awesome." That vibe and flaws grew for the rest of the show's run. The last two seasons saw a change in format to become more hip. What a bad idea that was.

One thing I never liked about Zoom was the home video segments. That would always be when I'd stop watching and wait until the regular cast members would come back on. I still watch Zoom on Youtube so it is much easier to just skip over the boring video moments.

My 9/10 score is only for the first three seasons which are the only ones I like.

I really liked watching the older Zoom. The 1999 season. It was, in my opinion, a fun show for kids & teens. I liked how they had fun segments with stories, poems, ask the Zoomers, food, arts & crafts, etc. I think some of the arts & craft things we're actually pretty cool. For easy to make things, anyway. The cast was great too. I wish it still aired here. I was sad to hear about Jared N's death though. He was great. May he R.I.P. I hope the new season is as good as the older ones. I love the line "Come on and Zoom!", hehe. I attempted to make something they showed on there once a while ago and, well, it didn't come out as great as it looked on the show. Oh well. I recommend "Zoom" to kids.

Zoom is the best show on PBS and I heard that there was a Zoom in the1970s. It is a good show and the kids gets the ideas from their fans of the show and I would think that show is full of children that are really creative and does fun stuff and talk about a lot of things that how they do something easy and hard that kids do. It has great parts and my favorite part of the show when the children were on a video and showed their underwear and I laughed. Although, what a great show and I wuv it.