The Puzzle Place
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| Created by | Cecily Truett Suzanne Singer Rob Stork Ellis Weiner David Yazbek |
| Starring |
Alice Dinnean-Vernon Carmen Osbahr Jim Martin Noel MacNeal Peter Linz Matt Vogel Sonya Leite Alison Mork |
| Theme music composer |
Steve Horelick Janet Weir |
| Composer(s) |
Steve Horelick Janet Weir |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 75 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Cecily Truett Larry Lancit Stephen Kulczycki (seasons 1–2) Patricia Kunkel (season 3) |
| Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
KCET Lancit Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release |
January 16, 1995 – December 4, 1998 num_seasons = 3 |
January 16, 1995 – December 4, 1998
The Puzzle Place is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles and Lancit Media in New York City. It premiered on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on January 16, 1995, (although production was dated and first premiered on two Los Angeles PBS stations, KCET and KLCS, on September 15, 1994.) and ran for about four years, airing its final episode on December 4, 1998. Reruns were continued until March 31, 2000. It became one of PBS Kids most popular series on the line-up since Barney & Friends and Sesame Street. It follows a multi-ethnic group of kids (puppets) from different parts of the United States who hang out at "the Puzzle Place", which is a teen hangout themed around jigsaw puzzle pieces. In each episode the characters are confronted with an everyday conflict usually encountered in childhood and even early teenage years, such as making moral decisions, sharing, racism, sexism, etc.
In the weeks after its debut, The Puzzle Place won a great deal of acclaim and "enjoyed an average audience-per-viewing second only to Barney and Friends among shows in the popular PBS daily children's block." It received a citation of excellence from UNIMA-USA for its use of puppetry. In 1997, ten more episodes of the show were "in the works".Toys "R" Us, Sears, and Payless Shoe Source all announced that they would carry merchandising from the series and showcase that merchandise in its own separate "boutique" rather than integrating it with the other products.
Besides the PBS stations in the US, it also aired on TV Cultra in Brazil, Playhouse Disney in France, Gerje TV in Hungary, RTP in Portugal, Nickelodeon Greece in Greece, Fuji TV in Japan, ABC Kids in Australia, and BBC2 in the UK.
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