Season 5 (2003)

*ZOOM'*s fifth season premiered on March 31st, 2003.

## Episodes

*Episodes 0142 - 0161 (20 episodes)*

1. Episode 0142 - Fifth season premiere
2. Episode 0143
3. Episode 0144
4. Episode 0145
5. Episode 0146
6. Episode 0147
7. Episode 0148
8. Episode 0149
9. Episode 0150
10. Episode 0151
11. Episode 0152
12. Episode 0153
13. Episode 0154
14. Episode 0155
15. Episode 0156
16. Episode 0157
17. Episode 0158
18. Episode 0159
19. Episode 0160
20. Episode 0161 - Fifth season finale

## ZOOMers

* Estuardo Alvizures
* Aline Ramirez Barta
* Caroline Botelho
* Garrett DiBona
* Mike Hansen
* Elena Shieh
* Kortney Sumner

## Credits

* Director: Bob Comiskey
* Supervising producer: Kathleen Shugrue
* Segment producer: Paul Serafini
* Content producer: Marcy Guthner
* Science producer: Marisa Wolsky
* Senior editor: Arnie Harchik
* Business manager: Victoria Peterson
* Drama coach: Mara Sidmore
* Science and Math content manager: Yasameen Sharif
* Assistant director: Catherine Anderson
* Production coordinator: Arelista Kazakos
* Associate producer: Jenna Goodearl
* Art direction: Elles Gianocostas, Robert Schleinig
* Original Music: Manic Moose
* Choreographer: Wyatt "Mo'Gee" Jackson
* Production design: PDG, James Fenhagen, Erik Ulfers, Production Design Group, John Murphy Jr.
* Lighting director: Chuck Eldridge
* Technical director: Dean Raymond
* Floor director: Bruce A. Goldman
* Camera operators: Mark C. Helton, Michael Mulvey, Howard G. Powell Jr.
* Audio: Christopher Allan
* Assistant lighting director: Wayne Simpson
* Audio 2: Jeffrey Briggette
* Video: David Elinoff
* VTR: Tom Pugh
* Grip: Karine Albano
* Additional camera: Stephen McCarthy
* Costume designer: Deborah Newhall
* Wardrobe: Parrish Kennington
* Scenics: Coburn Bennett, Benjamin W. Mayerson
* Prop assistants: Juliet Carter, Jennifer Marbury
* Make-up: Jeri LaShay
* Hair: Jill Robitaille
* Segment editors: John P. O'Brien II, Christine Siegel
* Assistant editor: Ian Wedegartner
* Post audio mix: Dan Lesiw
* Designer: Peter Lyons
* Animation: Bruce Walker, FableVision Studios
* Illustrator: Steve Schudlich
* Content production assistant: Eric Handler
* Script coordinator: Kim Keith
* Script production assistants: Jake Cumsky-Whitlock, Amelia Thrall
* Production assistants: Luis Piantini
* Production secretary: Betsy Gartrell
* Science content director: Robert V. Lange, Ph.D.
* Math content director: Andree Rubin, M.S.
* Researcher: Amy Podolsky
* Food consultant: Brett Frechette
* Nurse: Kate Bell
* Mail screener: Eric Williams
* Educational Programming & Outreach: Karen Barss, Susan Buckey, Cathi Kwon, Jenny Lisle, Thea Sahr, Erica Thrall
* ZOOM Web Site: The WGBH Interactive Kids Web Team
* Casting: Tighe & Doyle
* Promotion: Amy Zall, Susan Barrett, Rob Hulsman, Amee McNaughton
* Station relations: Caroline Santangelo, Aura Parks
* Legal: Barbara Cecchini, Jay Fialkov, Janice Flood, Nike Okediji, Scott Porter
* ZOOMGuest producer: Geoff Adams
* Contributing stations: Maryland Public Television, Iowa Public Television
* Producer: Jim Johnston
* Executive producer: Kate Taylor

## Notes

* This is the final season to have...
	+ Caroline Botelho, who had been with the show for four seasons, though she would visit the set of the following season.
	+ The ZOOMers' names in the credits.
	+ The ZOOMers saying their own names during the theme song.
	+ The ZOOMers reviewing a part of their website at the near-end of almost each episode.
	+ ZOOMTales and ZOOMVid

* This is the first season to have the ZOOMers riding on the ZOOM Into Action logo.
* This season was originally going to air in January like the first four.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0118/p18s01-altv.html