Editing Watch Mr. Wizard (section)

{{short description|Television series}}
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| genre                = [[Science education]]
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| starring             = [[Don Herbert]]
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| country              = United States
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| num_episodes         = 547
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| location             = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] (1951–55)<br />[[New York City]] (1955–65)
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| runtime              = 30 minutes
| network              = [[NBC]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1951|3|3}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1965|6|27}}
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'''''Watch Mr. Wizard''''' is an American [[children's television series]] that [[Educational entertainment|demonstrates the science]] behind ordinary things. The series' creator and on-air host was [[Don Herbert]].<ref name=Daytime>{{cite book |last1=Hyatt |first1=Wesley |title=The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television |date=1997 |publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications |isbn=978-0823083152 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat/page/456/mode/2up|access-date=22 March 2020|pages=456–457}}</ref> Author Marcel LaFollette says of the program, "It enjoyed consistent praise, awards, and high ratings throughout its history. At its peak, ''Watch Mr. Wizard'' drew audiences in the millions, but its impact was far wider. By 1956, it had prompted the establishment of more than five thousand Mr. Wizard science clubs, with an estimated membership greater than one hundred thousand."<ref name=LaFollette02>{{cite journal |title=A Survey of Science Content in U.S. Television Broadcasting, 1940s through 1950s: The Exploratory Years |first=Marcel C. |last=LaFollette |journal=Science Communication |date=September 2002 |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=34–71 |doi=10.1177/107554700202400103 |s2cid=144331760 }}Subscription required.</ref>

It was briefly revived in 1971, and a third version of the show ran during the 1980s on the children's cable television network [[Nickelodeon]] as ''Mr. Wizard's World''.