Season 6 (2004)

*ZOOM'*s sixth season premiered on April 19th, 2004.

## Overview

In order to revive ratings, joke segments now take place at a *Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In*-style joke wall and the new segment ZOOM Out shows the ZOOMers' lives outside the studio. Also this season, there is a ZOOMSci story arc in which the ZOOMers take part in a First Lego League competition.

## Episodes

*Episodes 0162 - 0181 (20 episodes)*

1. Episode 0162 - Sixth season premiere
2. Episode 0163
3. Episode 0164
4. Episode 0165
5. Episode 0166
6. Episode 0167
7. Episode 0168
8. Episode 0169
9. Episode 0170
10. Episode 0171
11. Episode 0172
12. Episode 0173
13. Episode 0174
14. Episode 0175
15. Episode 0176
16. Episode 0177
17. Episode 0178
18. Episode 0179
19. Episode 0180
20. Episode 0181 - Sixth season finale

## ZOOMers

* Cara Anderoli
* Mike Hansen
* Kyle Larrow
* Maya Morales
* Elena Shieh
* Kortney Sumner
* Francesco Tena

## Credits

* Series producer: Kathleen Shugrue
* Director: Bob Comiskey
* Supervising producer: Paul Serafini
* Content producer: Marcy Guthner
* Science producer: Marisa Wolsky
* Senior editor: Arnie Harchik
* Project director: Beth Kirsch
* Business manager: Victoria Peterson
* Production coordinator: Arelista Kazakos
* Associate producers: Eric Handler, Jessica Rueter Andrews
* Science and Math content manager: Yasameen Sharif
* Creative producer: Mark Sullivan
* Art direction: Elles Gianocostas, Robert Schleinig
* Designer: Peter Lyons
* Original Music: Manic Moose
* Choreographer: Wyatt "Mo'Gee" Jackson
* Animation: Bruce Walker, FableVision Studios
* Lighting director: Chuck Eldridge
* Assistant director: Christopher Hastings
* Technical director: Dean Raymond
* Production manager: Peter Villa
* 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
* Production design: Production Design Group, John Murphy Jr.
* Costume designers: Deborah Newhall, Parrish Kennington
* Scenics: Coburn Bennett, Benjamin W. Mayerson
* Prop assistants: Juliet Carter, Jennifer Marbury
* Make-up: Jeri LaShay
* Segment editors: Christine Siegel, Vanessa Boris
* Additional editing: John P. O'Brien II, Shady Hartstone, Maureen Keleher
* Assistant editor: Ryan Hodson
* Post audio mix: Dan Lesiw
* Illustrator: Steve Schudlich
* Script coordinator: Jenna Goodearl
* Script production assistants: Pete Dulin, Betsy Gartrell
* Production assistants: Amee McNaughton, Joey Watson
* Mail screener: Eric Williams
* Hair: Jill Robitaille
* 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
* Cast coordinator: Robert Vogt
* Outreach: Karen Barss, Susan Buckey, Jenny Lisle, Jill Mackay, Thea Sahr, Erica Thrall
* ZOOM Web Site: The WGBH Interactive Kids Web Team
* Casting: Tighe & Doyle
* Promotions: Susan Barrett, Amy Kunan Zall, Tsering Yangzom
* Station relations: Caroline Santangelo, Aura Parks
* Legal: Barbara Cecchini, Elaine Coolbrith, Jay Fialkov, Janice Flood, Nike Okediji
* ZOOMGuest producer: Katrina Sarson
* Contributing station: WGBU-PBS
* Special Thanks: Amusement Park Footage, Canobie Lake Park, Salem, NH
* Executive producer: Kate Taylor

## Notes

* This is the final season to have...
	+ The original arrangement of the theme song.
	+ The ZOOMers holding up the sponsors in cardboard during the funding credits.
* This is the first season to have...
	+ The ZOOMers signing off after the final segment in each show.
* A roll call featuring the ZOOMers next to their names is added to the theme song this season, replacing the ZOOMers saying their names.
* The ZOOMers' names are dropped in the credits.