Whiz Kids (TV series)

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Whiz kids
The Whiz Kids Gang
Genre	Action/Adventure
Written by	Philip DeGuere (3 eps.) Bob Shayne (2 eps.)
Directed by	Corey Allen (3 eps.)
Starring	Max Gail Matthew Laborteaux Andrea Elson Jeffery Jacquet Todd Porter
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	18
Production
Executive producer(s)	Philip DeGuere, Jr
Producer(s)	Bob Shayne
Editor(s)	Ellen Ring Jacobson
Cinematography	Fred J. Koenekamp
Running time	60 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	October 5, 1983 – June 2, 1984
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Whiz Kids is a 1983 American action/adventure television series which aired on CBS for one season (18 episodes). The show was about the adventures of a group of teenagers who worked as amateur computer experts and detectives. The series was inspired by the movie WarGames.

1 Cast and characters
2 Synopsis
3 Episodes
4 External links

[edit] Cast and characters

Role	Actor
Lew Farley	Max Gail
Richie Adler	Matthew Laborteaux
Jermey Saldino	Jeffery Jacquet
Alice	Andrea Elson
Hamilton Parker	Todd Porter
Cheryl Adler	Melanie Gaffin
Irene Adler	Madelyn Cain
Police Detective Lt. Quinn	A Martinez
Miss Vance	Linda Scruggs

[edit] Synopsis

Richie Adler lived with his mother and sister - his divorced father worked in the Middle East as a telecommunications consultant to several firms located there. It was revealed in the episode "A Chip off the Old Block" that most of the computer equipment in Richie's room was sent to him by his father and in one episode "Airwave Anarchy", a programmable robot called Herman. Richie collected these pieces of equipment from his father and connected them together to form "RALF" - his pet name for his computer system which included, in the pilot episode "Programmed for Murder", a camera which produced a primitive facial identification system when hooked into RALF's system.

The show was based on Richie and his friends coming across mysteries which they (mainly Richie) would attempt to solve using his computer skills with RALF's power. Guidance was provided by Farley (their mentor).

Initially, Whiz Kids aired Wednesday nights, but it began airing Saturday nights on January 7, 1984, replacing Cutter to Houston.

[edit] Episodes

No.	Title	Director	Writer	Originally Aired	Videos
1	"Programmed for Murder"	Corey Allen	Philip DeGuere, Bob Shayne	October 5, 1983	1 2 3 4 5
2	"Fatal Error"	Corey Allen	Tom Sawyer	October 19, 1983	1 2 3 4 5
3	"Deadly Access"	Corey Allen	James Crocker	October 26, 1983	1 2 3 4 5
4	"Candidate for Murder"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Bob Shayne	November 2, 1983	1 2 3 4 5
5	"A Chip Off the Old Block"	Vincent McEveety	Philip DeGuere	November 9, 1983
6	"Airwave Anarchy"	James Sheldon	Joe Gannon	November 16, 1983
7	"Return of the Big Rocker"	Barry Crane	Paul Magistretti	November 23, 1983
8	"The Wrong Mr. Wright"	Michael Hamilton		November 30, 1983
9	"Red Star Rising"	John Newland		December 21, 1983
10	"The Network"	Hollingsworth Morse	Philip DeGuere, James Crocker	January 7, 1984
11	"Watch Out!"	Dennis Donnelly	James Crocker	January 14, 1984
12	"Amen to Amen-Re"	Alf Kjellin	Paul Magistretti	January 28, 1984
13	"Maid in the USA"	Max Gail	James Crocker	February 4, 1984
14	"The Lollypop Gang Strikes Back"	Dennis Donnelly	Lynn Barker	February 25, 1984
15	"The Sufi Project"	Georg Fenady		March 17, 1984
16	"Father's Day"	Hollingsworth Morse	Craig Buck	April 21, 1984
17	"Altaira"	Georg Fenady		April 28, 1984
18	"May I Take Your Order Please?"	Lawrence H. Levy	Tim Maschler	June 2, 1984