The children’s educational series Watch Mr. Wizard — which ended its original NBC run 60 years ago, on June 27, 1965 — introduced countless TV viewers to the wonders of science. And that’s ...

Watch Mr. Wizard was an American television program for children that demonstrated the science behind ordinary things. The show's creator and on-air host was Don Herbert. Marcel LaFollette said of ...

In fact, for all but the first year of the show’s run from 1951 to 1965, Mr. Wizard alternated between girl and boy assistants.

Subject Nickelodeon (Television network) Summary Cover of Brochure for "Mr. Wizard's World" which was a children's show about science that aired on Nickelodeon. Cite as Smithsonian Institution ...

Don Herbert, TV’s “Mr. Wizard” in the ’50s and ’60s, died Tuesday at the age of 89.