A kids anthology show that humorously illustrates various elements of mathematics.
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Title: Square One Television (1987–1992)
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5 wins & 15 nominations.
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| Joe Howard | ... | Officer George Frankly 32 episodes, 1987-1992 | |
| Larry Cedar | ... | Various 29 episodes, 1987-1992 | |
| Cynthia Darlow | ... | Various 27 episodes, 1987-1992 | |
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Beverly Mickins | ... | Various 26 episodes, 1987-1992 |
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Arthur Howard | ... | Various 26 episodes, 1987-1992 |
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Cris Franco | ... | Various 25 episodes, 1987-1992 |
| Reg E. Cathey | ... | Various 24 episodes, 1987-1992 | |
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Luisa Leschin | ... | Various 18 episodes, 1987-1992 |
| Beverly Leech | ... | Sgt. Kate Monday 18 episodes, 1987-1990 | |
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Jim Thurman | ... | Glitch / ... 15 episodes, 1987-1992 |
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Toni Di Buono | ... | Sgt. Pat Tuesday 14 episodes, 1991-1992 |
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In this sketch comedy series for preteens, principles of mathematics are presented through parody and music videos. Also featured is a mock video game called "Mathman," the bumbling cartoon detective Dirk Niblick, and a farcical serial called "Mathnet." In "Mathnet" (a parody of "Dragnet") Los Angeles detectives George Frankly and Kate Monday (and later Pat Tuesday) solve various capers with the help of mathematics. Written by Jonathan Ruskin <JonRuskin@aol.com>
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Officer Sam and Officer Steve from "Mathnet" were played by real-life LAPD officers Sam Salazar and Steve Fellman. See more »Quotes
Mathnet Narrator: The story you are about to see is a fib, but it's short. The names are made up, but the problems are real.See more »
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The Mathnet segment has apparently been syndicated or released to video separately. PBS has broadcast at least one Mathnet movie compiled from Square One segments. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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26 January 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Carnegie Corporation of New York, Children's Television Workshop (CTW), Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) See more »
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And, it was a good show, too. It looked like it had a good-sized budget,anyway. There were no ultra-cheesy sets or grainy 16mm filmed segments(like some other well-known PBS kids shows), from what I remember. Plus, the show seemed truly modern in the realm of PBS educational programs, definitely 1987.