The ‘Mr.Wizard’s World’ TV
Series first aired on MTV’s
Nickelodeon network in 1983.
Don Herbert wrote,
produced and starred in this
cable broadcast which
ran for 8 years completing
78 Episodes. This show
is a magazine format TV
series that covered 30+
experiments in science over
the half hour show.
Each experiment showed
Mr.Wizard and a child
exploring and discovering
what made the world tick
in recurring categories
such as:
Challenge, Everyday Magic,
Frontiers, How Things Work,
Know Your Body, Oddity,
Quick Quiz, Safari, Snapshot,
Supermarket Science, and
What’s This?