Whiz Kids 

The adventures of a group of young kids who are amateur computer experts and detectives.

Creator:

Philip DeGuere Jr.

Stars:

Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet

5 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Matthew Labyorteaux	...	Richie Adler 18 episodes, 1983-1984
Todd Porter	...	Hamilton Parker 18 episodes, 1983-1984
Jeffrey Jacquet	...	Jeremy Saldino 18 episodes, 1983-1984
Andrea Elson	...	Alice Tyler 18 episodes, 1983-1984
Melanie Gaffin	...	Cheryl Adler 18 episodes, 1983-1984
Max Gail	...	Llewellen Farley, Jr. / ... 18 episodes, 1983-1984
A Martinez	...	Lt. Neal Quinn 17 episodes, 1983-1984
Madelyn Cain	...	Irene Adler 17 episodes, 1983-1984

Storyline

Richie, Ham, Jeremy and Alice are teenagers living outside Los Angeles. They are also computer hackers who worked as amateur detectives in their spare time. Llewellen Farley is a reporter who is a source for the kids and sometimes asks them for help on stories he is writing. Farley's brother-in-law is Lieutenant Quinn who also provides the kids with help.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | computer | teenager | child detective | computer cracker | 

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 October 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Chicos computarizados

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (18 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Simon & Simon: Fly the Alibi Skies (1983)

User Reviews

The music and the technology.

The theme music for the series was Gioachino Rossini's La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie)Overture.

I remember scenes of a floppy disc drive spinning up, the head loading and then doing a seek - all very tech and enjoyable.

I recall plot holes even though I was just post teenage at the time. Blowing up (zooming in) on a photograph to extract detail below pixel size gains was one.

It deserved repeating a few times but I felt that it was ignored as the powers that control TV programming seldom (at that time) understood that tech series had a following, as we have seen with the Star trek and Stargate spinoffs.