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Whiz Kids(TV show/series, 1983-1984)

1h per episode | Genre: Action & Adventure

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 18 episodes

Whiz KidsRating: 3.2/5 (with 4 votes)
Whiz Kids is an American science fiction adventure television series that originally aired on CBS from October 5, 1983, to June 2, 1984. The show was created by Philip DeGuere, who had also created the detective series Simon & Simon for CBS in 1981, and Bob Shayne and produced by Universal Television. DeGuere also served as executive producer. The series starred Matthew Laborteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet and Andrea Elson as the titular "whiz kids”, a group of teenagers who became amateur detectives using computer technology to solve mysteries. The show also starred Max Gail as an investigative reporter and A Martinez as the commanding officer of the local police precinct's detective squad. Although the series experienced a notable backlash from critics for its portrayal of teenage computer hackers, the program garnered four Youth in Film Award nominations for its young stars, as well as a fifth nomination as "Best New Television Ser... ()
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About Whiz Kids

The premise follows four high school tenth-graders, who use their sophisticated knowledge of computers to become amateur detectives, solving crimes and bringing perpetrators to justice.

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Whiz Kids Seasons and Episodes

10/05/1983Season 1 - 18 episodes
#1 | 10/05/1983Programmed For Murder
Richie and his friends discover a skeleton on property coveted by a development corporation.
#2 | 10/19/1983Fatal Error
Richie learns that the computer game he has been play testing has a very different application for the convict who invented it, and who has $12,000 hidden away on the outside.
#3 | 10/26/1983Deadly Access
Richie uncovers a secret water project while testing the security of a chemical company for its security chief, who disappears after getting Richie's report.
#4 | 11/02/1983Candidate for Murder
Lew can't understand why a Gazette photographer was assaulted after covering a gubernatorial candidate until Richie uses Ralf to enhance the pictures he took and finds a fugitive embezzler.
#5 | 11/09/1983A Chip Off the Old Block
A fellow student of Richie's is caught using the school computer to embezzle bank funds, but the fellow who catches him decides to use the kid's idea for himself.
#6 | 11/16/1983Airwave Anarchy
A criminal taps into the police computers and sabotages them so that they cannot properly respond when his accomplices commit a crime.
#7 | 11/23/1983Return of the Big Rocker
Farley learns that a rock star long presumed dead is really alive, but not responsible for the glut of ""unknown"" new songs his old record company is releasing.
#8 | 11/30/1983The Wrong Mr. Wright
Farley investigates a computer dating service unaware that Richie has secretly signed up his mother for the same service.
#9 | 12/21/1983Red Star Rising
Ralf mysteriously malfunctions and Richie becomes convinced that it is because of unusual electrical interference from a neighbor's satellite dish.
#10 | 01/07/1984The Network
The FBI arrests Richie after trying to solve a challenge from a renowned hacker.
#11 | 01/14/1984Watch Out!
Richie uses the TV-ratings meter at Ham's house to investigate how the system works and discovers proof that a consumer advocate's program has been sabotaged in the ratings.
#12 | 01/28/1984Amen to Amen-Re
Richie solves a hieroglyphic inscription on a tomb, but it seems to be causing uncharacteristic behavior in all those who read it aloud.
#13 | 02/04/1984Maid in the USA
Mrs. Adler's new maid leaves bugs around the house just before a visit from Mr. Adler, who is supposed to be in town on government business.
#14 | 02/25/1984The Lollypop Gang Strikes Back
Richie looks into why the Social Security system has declared Carson Marsh dead while Lew follows a gang of elderly heisters.
#15 | 03/17/1984The Sufi Project
Lew asks for Richie's help in investigating the disappearance of a marine biologist who was using computers to communicate with dolphins.
#16 | 04/21/1984Father's Day
#17 | 04/28/1984Altaira
Richie and Farley quarrel when Farley suggests that Richie's new girl friend set him up when information about a prototype tank proves false.
#18 | 06/02/1984May I Take Your Order Please?
Alice overhears two men planning an order while working at a fast food place, but no one believes her, so she sets out to do something about it herself.

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 10/05/1983
Last episode released on: 06/02/1984
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"I ragazzi del computer"

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