Livewire

Livewire is a series that aired on Nickelodeon.
Note: Official episode numbers are currently unknown. The below ordering is based solely on the earliest known broadcasts for each episode.
Premiere Date 	Ep No.	Name
June 29, 1981 (ekd) 	1 	RunawaysGuests: Michael Murphy, Covenant House; Sid Portnoy, field supervisor of Runaway and Homless Youth Network of Westchester; Sgt. William Cafaro, Port Authority Police; former runaways Katie Collord, Marie Mulholland, David Young, Maritza Marin; Audrey, parent of a former runaway; social worker Barbara Ruddy; the Family Life Theater.
June 30, 1981 (ekd) 	2 	The New TechnologyGuests: Mary Alice Williams, Cable News Network; Koichi Tsunada, Sony Corp. of America; Steve Wright, Atari.
July 1, 1981 (ekd) 	3 	Food ObsessionsGuests: Dr. Platon J. Collip, director of Pediatrics at Nassau County Medical Center; nutrition therapist Leslie-Jane Maynard of Dieters Counseling Service; the Steinettes singing group; Dr. Marcia Millman, author of "Such a Pretty Face"; Dr. April Benson, director of the prevention division at the Center for the Study of Anorexia; anorexics Tara Wehmehoefer and Wendy Young.
July 2, 1981 (ekd) 	4 	HumorGuests: comedian David Brenner; syndicated political cartoonist Mike Peters; Nick Meglin, associate editor of Mad Magazine; puppeteer Kermit Love; TV sitcom writer Doug Arango.
July 3, 1981 (ekd) 	5 	MetaphysicsGuests: psychic Robert Petro; astrologer Felicia Rose; Dr. Kenneth Ring, psychologist and author of "Life After Life"; Vita Ventra, who had an "after life" experience; parapsychologist Dr. Stanley Krippner; Lynn Schroeder, author of "Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain"; demonologists Ed and Lorrain Warren; tarot master Chuck Wagner.
July 6, 1981 (ekd) 	6 	MilitaryGuests: Jim Dwork, Master St.; Captain Sally Uebelacker; David Cortright, founder of CARD (Citizens Against Registration And The Draft).
July 7, 1981 (ekd) 	7 	High SchoolGuests: author David Owen; Ken Moskowitz, Project Outreach; actors Kevin Hooks and Timothy Van Patten of "The White Shadow."
July 8, 1981 (ekd) 	8 	Voices of DemocracyGuests: Professor Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School; Chuck Sims, ACLU; broadcast journalist Tom Capra; folksinger Guy Davis.
July 9, 1981 (ekd) 	9 	MusicGuests: The Ramones, "founding fathers" of new wave/punk; Peter Gordon, executive producer; concert promoter Shelley Finkel; singer-songwriter Andy Brackman; Larry Klein, Technical Director for Stereo Review Magazine/Audio Tech expert.
July 10, 1981 (ekd) 	10 	Mother-Daughter, Father-SonGuests: Family Life Theater; singer Rex Allen, Jr.; ABC Newsman Hugh Downs and his daughter Dee Dee Downs Maslin; family therapist Shirley Gould; host's mother Claire Newman; Kathleen and Julianne Gold, the deaf actress who starred in "Children of a Lesser God."
July 13, 1981 (ekd) 	11 	Drugs and AlcoholGuests: residents of Daytop Village; SPARK counselor Rebecca Buch and SPARK student members of the New York School of Printing; psychotherapist Dr. Arnold Rachman; members of Alcoholics Anonymous; social work supervisor Jean Jones of the Bronx Alcoholism Treatment Center.
July 14, 1981 (ekd) 	12 	Space... Science Fact, Science FictionGuests: former astronaut Fred Haise; Glynn Lunney of the NASA shuttle program; Omni magazine editor Robert Malone; Fred Haber and his robot, ISAC; UFO writer Ronald Story; UFO abductee William Herrmann; "Star Trek" producer Gene Roddenberry.
July 15, 1981 (ekd) 	13 	Juvenile JusticeGuests: a juvenile offender; Juvenile Court Judge Edith Miller; authors Edward Bunker and Kenneth Wooden; songwriter David Langston Smyrl.
July 16, 1981 (ekd) 	14 	Private Lives, Public LivesGuests: actor Henry Winkler; middleweight boxer Bobby Czyz; actress Kristian Alfonso; singer Garland Jeffreys; New York Post entertainment reporter Stephen Silverman.
July 17, 1981 (ekd) 	15 	LoveGuests: Ashford and Simpson, singers, songwriters; Darrell Perry, Love Tapes Project; romance writer Beatrice Small; Kathryn Falk, founder of Romantic Times; psychologist Arlene Kagel; writer Janice Kaplan; Singing Telegram; The Music Box.
July 20, 1981 (ekd) 	16 	CensorshipGuests: Judith King, American Liberty Association; Janet Eagan, Parents of Minnesota, Inc.; attorney Louis Nizer; Coalition for Better TV director Donald Wildmon; Leanne Katz, executive director of National Coalition Against Censorship.
July 22, 1981 (ekd) 	17 	MedicineGuests: Molly McKaughan, NEXT magazine; Ann Cote, Patient's Rights advocate; Dr. Alan DeCherney, Yale University Infertility Clinic; Marjorie Heide, career guidance; nutritionist Dr. Brian Morgan; Dr. Katherine Marschall and Dr. Barry Siderow, St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan; Brenda with the consumer segment on first aid kits.
July 23, 1981 (ekd) 	18 	Creative ProcessGuests: author Dr. Daris Shallcross; therapist Tom Dickershaid; "The Laughing Stock," a comedy troupe; Gary Gygax, TSR Hobbies; Dr. Arthur Langer, Environmental Sciences Lab; "Widespread Depression," a swing jazz group.
July 24, 1981 (ekd) 	19 	DiscriminationGuests: Comedy writer Ann Beatts; playwright Henry Hwang; actor Beeson Carroll; Garland Lee Thompson, Frank Silvera Writer's Workshop; actress Ebony Jo-ann Pinkney; actor Clebert Ford; comedian Patrick Weathers; musician Jorge Dalto.
July 27, 1981 (ekd) 	20 	Sexual HealthGuests: Dr. Peter Masella, pediatrician; Mary-Gunn Palmer, nurse practicioner; Alicia Martinez, F.D.A. consumer affairs; Tom Stern, comedian; Miriam Hoffman, founder, director of Choices; Bruce Armstrong, social worker.
July 28, 1981 (ekd) 	21 	SuccessGuests: International Science Fair winner Karen Kegarise; newscaster Felipe Luciano; country-western singer Sylvia; film director Bog Siegler and his writer-sculptor son Jess; actor Robert Duvall.
July 29, 1981 (ekd) 	22 	ConservationGuests: rock group NRC; Robert Heine of Conoco. Inc.; Stephen Gaskin, "The Farm"; Con Ed spokesperson Evelyn Kanter; Whayne Dillehay, Critical Mass Energy Project; author Michael Brown; Neil Goldstein of the Sierra Club.
July 30, 1981 (ekd) 	23 	Participatory SportsGuests: Steven Gindi, skateboard; the ACP Jumpers; "Asteroids" champ Greg Davies; Veronica Wallace of American Youth Hostels; consumer advocate Brenda.
July 31, 1981 (ekd) 	24 	What's Bothering Me?Guests: Liza O'Hanion, student poet; Natalie Shor, psychotherpist; Peggy Penn, social worker; Jonathan Stein, folk singer; Jeannie Correa, student poet.
August 3, 1981 (ekd) 	25 	AbortionGuests: Susan Anderson, Birthright; Dr. Louise B. Tyrer, Planned Parenthood; Jeannie Michael, Eastern Women's Center; Dr. Enayat Elahi, Margaret Sanger Clinic; Janet Behoof, American Civil Liberties Union; "Kathy," 24 year-old woman who had an abortion.
August 4, 1981 (ekd) 	26 	You Are What You EatGuests: Dr. Ben Feingold; Joe Groedon, Author, "The People's Pharmacy"; Maudene Nelson, Nutritionist; Darryl Rhoodes, Musician; Nancy Goldstein of the FDA; Brenda with a consumer segment.
August 5, 1981 (ekd) 	27 	Teen RightsGuests: youth advocates Ernesto Matiz, Barbara Rutland, Lory Brown, Deidre La Corte, Tina Butler, Lisa Cobbs; attorneys Fran Pantaleo, David Ferleger; emancipated minor David Brown; psychologist Richard Farson.
August 6, 1981 (ekd) 	28 	ActingGuests: Casting directors Andy Zerman, Rozanne Gates; actors Jerry Perna, Julie Nexbitt, Michael Balconoff, Richard Thomas; teacher William Esper; directors Zelda Fichandler, Kaleel Sakakeeny; High School of Performing Arts students Elliot Goliger, Sonja Sekely.
August 7, 1981 (ekd) 	29 	Who Are We?Series host Fred Newman discusses identity with the studio audience.
August 10, 1981 (ekd) 	30 	Child AbuseGuests: Katherine Brady, author of "Father's Day"; Ute De Luca, Parents Anonymous; Dr. Martin Blumberg, Jamaica Hospital; Belles Jest, Female Improvisational Group.
August 13, 1981 (ekd) 	31 	Music CareersGuests: composers Webster Lewis ("Livewire") and John Corigliano ("Altered States"); record company publicity manager Barbara Pepe; ethnomusicologist Dr. Leonard Goines; pop group Get Wet.
August 14, 1981 (ekd) 	32 	Sibling ShowGuests: the Roche Sisters singing group; children of divorced parents Sam and Beau Jackson, Hannah and Joe Gittleman; professional ice skaters David and Jimmy Santee; David (who has Down's Syndrome), Jane and Scott McFarlane; psychotherapist Dr. Stephen Bank.
August 15, 1981 (ekd) 	33 	AdvertisingGuests: ad agency vice president Jane Maas; marketing firm president Sam White; jingle composer David Lucas; singers Tom and Ellen Bernfeld; commercial producer Frank Stiefel; Glen Evertsen; radio DJ Jack "the Whack" McCartney; actress Lori Loughlin.
August 16, 1981 (ekd) 	34 	Electoral ProcessGuests: Jimmy Silton, who campaigned for creation of National Youth Advisor; former congressional candidate John Aristotle Phillips; pollster John Mader; Close-Up Foundation vice president Margery Kraus; National Women's Political Caucus chairperson Iris Mitgang; media consultant Doug Bailey; political button manufacturer Jay Shapiro.
August 17, 1981 (ekd) 	35 	SuicideGuests: suicide attempt survivor Lisa Weissfeld; pediatrician Dr. Andrea Marks; Dr. Richard Fox, assistant professor of psychiatry; actress Marilyn Esper; Ann Sexton, author of "My Own Stranger"; student poets Lisa Lee Carter and Elaine Johnson psychotherapist Don Schneider.
August 18, 1981 (ekd) 	36 	Success Without CollegeGuests: The Bus Boys singing group; chefs John Simon and Neil Kleinberg; 18-year-old Wallt Street wiz kid Eric Goldman; car restoration firm founder Tom Shellback; Emmy Award-winning journalist Marie Torre.
August 19, 1981 (ekd) 	37 	TerritoryGuests: author Jim Quinn; graffitists Terrah Edwards, Crime and Rid; students Andy Feron and Andy Rein, who spent a month studying in China; singer Ellen Foley; Flatbrush Development Corporation board director Alfred Svitzer.
August 20, 1981 (ekd) 	38 	Super TeensGuests: recording artist Taffy McElroy; artist Stefan Baumann; chess prodigy Baraka Shabazz; actor Jimmy Baio.
August 21, 1981 (ekd) 	39 	OptionsHost Fred Newman discusses the different types of decisions that have to be made in emotional, social and work areas with the studio audience.
August 24, 1981 (ekd) 	40 	TrendsGuests: composer-musician Ian North; pollster Anne Clurman; music journalist Brant Mewborn; energy architect Fred Dubin; fashion designer Harry Parnass.
August 25, 1981 (ekd) 	41 	Can You Be a Sports Pro?Guests: pro boxer Alex Ramos; college football player Troy Hill; college football coach Ray Zingler; pro football scout Ron Hughes; sportscaster Donna deVarona; sportswriter Bruce Anderson; pro basketball player Bill Walton.
August 27, 1981 (ekd) 	42 	What Makes a Good Parent?Guests: singer-songwriter Lucy Simon; Ms. Magazine editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin; Georgia McMurray of the Community Service Steering Committee of New York and the White House Conference on Families; student divorce-book authors Sarah Steele and Steffi Cohen; teen parents Barry and Debra Crumbley; jazz performers Jon, Judith and Michelle Hendricks; single parents Robert Gonzalez and his adopted son Gilberto.
August 28, 1981 (ekd) 	43 	Working TeensGuests: ice-cream store manager Iris Sexton; Betsy Eckel, Peter Potente and Patrick Anderson of the Newburgh Free Academy; Deborah Perimutter of the New York Board of Education; teen tycoon Mike Glickman; teen star Patrick Cassidy.
August 30, 1981 (ekd) 	44 	Making a MovieGuests: producer David Fisher, actress Cindy Fisher and film editor Crhis Greenbury of the film "Liar's Moon"; unit publicist Ann Guerin; film critic David Ansen; ad agency partner Herb Hauser; Hollywood Reporter editor Sharon Dobular.
August 31, 1981 (ekd) 	45 	DisciplineGuests: Marine drill instructor Sgt. John Mersino; psychologist Dr. Karen Woolridge; Atlanta Hawks basketball player and Rhodes scholar Tom McMillan; recovering cancer patient Carol Simonides; teacher Steven Shaprio; students Victor Ramos, India Marcano; Ballet Repertory Company associate director Jeremy Blanton; dancers Dawn Cacamo, Gary Joyce.
September 1, 1981 (ekd)	46 	CollegeGuests: Boston University admissions director Anthony Pallett; N.Y.U. financial aid officer Patricia Gorman; Columbia Student Enterprises Office of Employment manager Andrew Serowitz; Fordham students Carol Greto, Sal Lia; Brooklyn College graduate Roger Shulman; Yale graduate Cheryl Kurash, Ph.D.; Princeton senior and anti-prep campaigner Michael Katz.
September 2, 1981 (ekd)	47 	Money and TeenagersGuests: bank vice president James J. Hopes; stock broker Barry Sinowitz; bank assistant vice president Anne Strianese; assistant professor of economics Bernard Wasow; collector Lewis Liman.
September 3, 1981 (ekd)	48 	Careers in ArtGuests: designer-animator Lee Marks; artist Roy Carruthers; photographer Neal Slavin; comic book creator George Perez; New York City art and antiques unit detective Robert Volpe; author Don Holden.
September 4, 1981 (ekd)	49 	How You LookGuests: Beverly Wilson of Mademoiselle Magazine; designer Cathy Hardwick; hair stylist Bobby Spezzacotena; make-up artist Barbara Sansone; department store buyers Ken Heyman, Cindy Dray; author Jean DuCoffe; models Karen Eippel, Maureen Roberts; Evan Stolier and Catherine.
February 15, 1982 (ekd)	 	Violence... Who Cares, So What?Guests: Dave Schultz, author of "The Hammer"'; Boyce Harmon, producer, "The Exterminator"; Roger Rosenblatt, Time magazine correspondent.
February 20, 1982 (ekd)	 	RipoffsGuests: Stephen Reed, CBS Records; Judge Edward V. Healey, R.I. Family Court; Arnie Hindin, U.S. Postal inspector; Mary Dering, Better Business Bureau.
May 25, 1982 (ekd) 	 	TV... Mind Candy?Guests: actor Gary Sandy of "WKRP in Cincinnati", Les Brown, author/journalist.
May 26, 1982 (ekd) 	 	Bringing Up ParentsGuests: attorney Jesse Rothman; Bruce Sudano, singer/composter.
May 27, 1982 (ekd) 	 	RisksGuests: rock group The Average White Band; pianist Steven Graff; actor Paul Riser of "Diner."
May 28, 1982 (ekd) 	 	Making and Spending MoneyGuests: music composer Philip Glass; Richard Ross, "Jelly Bean King"; Pat Hyland, Ticketron.
August 8, 1982 (ekd) 	 	Fun, Fun, FunGuests: Mickey Rooney, actor; Michael Peters, co-choreographer of "Dreamgirls"; LaZoo, a band.
August 9, 1982 (ekd) 	 	Right and WrongGuests: Lou Johnson, former L.A. Dodger; Charlie Midnight, rock singer; Jane Norman, author.
August 10, 1982 (ekd) 	 	Livewire Film and Video Festival (Part 2)
August 11, 1982 (ekd) 	 	Express YourselfGuests: Liz Swados, director/composer; Phillip Glass, composer/musician; Gene Anthony Ray, danger in "Fame."
August 12, 1982 (ekd) 	 	Noah's AardvarkGuests: Doug Gruber, "All Tame Animals"; Bruce Shwedick, "Reptile World"; Peter Horn, game warden.
August 16, 1982 (ekd) 	 	Cheap ThrillsGuests: Comateens, rock band; Ray Williams, manager of the amusement park, Six Flags Over Texas.
August 17, 1982 (ekd) 	 	Heroes and HeroicsGuests: Ronnie Dyson, singer; Geri Jewel, actor on "Facts of Life"; Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds, linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers.
September 5, 1982 (ekd)	 	Sooo UglyGuests: Blotto, rock band; Dr. Bernard Ackerman, dermatologist; Paul Fredrics, Funny Face Talent Agency.
September 6, 1982 (ekd)	 	Unmentionables...Truths and MythsGuests: Dr. Michael Carrera, author of "Sex, the Facts, the Acts and Your Feelings."
September 7, 1982 (ekd)	 	FameGuests: Lee Curreri and Valerie Landsburg, actors on "Fame"; Tony Arkin, son of actor Alan Arkin.
September 8, 1982 (ekd)	 	Winner Takes AllGuests: Greg Buttle, linebacker, The Jets; Michael Warren, actor, "Hill Street Blues."
September 9, 1982 (ekd)	 	The Nuts and Bolts of Rock 'N' RollGuests: Sid Bernstein, concert promoter and manager; Bruce Harris, VP of A & R Records
February 9, 1984 (ekd) 	 	Losing ItGuests: singer Phoebe Snow; dance threapist Nana Sue Koch; Monica Dickens of Samaratins
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