The Puzzle Place

The Puzzle Place

1995
★★★★★ 10.0/10
📺 3 Seasons
🎬 75 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 29 min/episode
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The Puzzle Place is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles, California and Lancit Media in New York City, New York. It premiered on the Public Broadcasting Service on January 16, 1995, and ran for about four years, airing its final episode on December 4, 1998. Reruns were continued until March 31, 2000. The show followed a multi-ethnic group of kids from different parts of the United States who hung out at "the Puzzle Place", which is a teen hangout themed around jigsaw puzzle pieces. In each episode the characters were confronted with an everyday conflict usually encountered in childhood and even early teenagerdom, such as making moral decisions, sharing, racism, sexism, etc.

Seasons

Season 1
1995 • 40 Episodes
Julie obtains a teddy bear, and names it after herself "Tippy Wu". She also remarks on some unflattering nicknames other kids have given her, per her last name "Wu".
Season 2
1996 • 25 Episodes
The kids prepare for Christmas but are shocked that Jody does not celebrate with them.
Season 3
1998 • 10 Episodes
On family photo day, the gang learns about diverse types of families. Nuzzle and Sizzle see a single-parent family, a grandparent lead family, and an adoptive family.

Crew

Producer
Suzanne Singer, Larry Lancit, Cecily Truett Lancit

Network

PBS Kids

Production

Lancit Media Productions, KCET

Keywords

multiculturalismfriendshippuppeteducationalclubhouse