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Cyberchase

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Thirteen/WNET's Emmy-award-winning "Cyberchase," a mystery-adventure cartoon, is a vehicle for teaching mathematics and problem-solving, with action centering around three kids and their sidekick Digit (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried). The kids use mathematics to foil the dastardly villain Hacker (voiced by Christopher Lloyd) in his quest to take over the virtual universe.  During their travels, they encounter new characters who are voiced by special guests such as Jane Curtin, Jasmine Guy and Al Roker. Extensive research into how kids learn and apply mathematics guides the program's content.  Now reaching a cumulative audience of nearly 5 million viewers each week, "Cyberchase" is among the top-rated PBS KIDS afternoon programs.

On June 15, 2007, Cyberchase won the Daytime Emmy Award for children's programming distributed via broadband and portable media players. This is the first year the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognized outstanding programming distributed by the Internet, cell phones and personal media players.

Visit the "Cyberchase" Web site:
For kids: http://pbskids.org/cyberchase
For adults: http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/index.html
For media: http://www.thirteen.org/pressroom/search.php?keywords=Cyberchase

 

 

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Last Updated: Jul 10, 2008