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Originally on: Syndicated (30 min.)
Status: Ended    Premiered: September 7, 1997    Last Aired: February 12, 2001
Show Category: Children
Jay, Elisha, Tyler, and Vanessa are the hosts of this amazing television series that explains to children, about how technology in the world works and gives large amounts of information to learn from. Along the way, Charlie shows you how to build and perform different, exciting things. For the fourth season different themes are used for each episode but the content used are from previous...
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Last episode: On The Front Lines
Tyler joins the Skyhawks, which is Canada's elite parachute team and he gets ready to jump out of a plane at 10,000 feet above the ground. St Vanessa takes to the skies of California to fly her own fighter plane in a high-speed airborne dog fight! Vanessa gets to operate an eight-wheeled army surveillance truck called the Coyote. Able to spy on targets up to thirteen miles away, Charlie makes his own messenger kite this week and then tries to sail it across the open skies.
Aired: Monday February 12, 2001
71. In Deep Water Feb 5, 2001 0 Reviews 8.50
70. Horseplay Jan 28, 2001 0 Reviews 7.70
69. Escape Jan 21, 2001 0 Reviews 8.08
68. Fighting Disaster Jan 14, 2001 0 Reviews 8.18

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10.0
Perfect
"Bring it back!"
I used to LOVE this show. too bad it went under... but i still love it!! p.s.- charlie (charles powell) is my uncle!
Continue » Posted Jul 2, 2007 12:47 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
"Nobody knows I watch this"
Elisha!!!!!!!!!!!!
Continue » Posted Jan 8, 2007 3:20 pm PST
8.2
Great
"Underappreciated"
One of the few PBS Kids show I appreciated
Continue » Posted Jul 25, 2006 10:01 am PST

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7.5
Good
"Informative"
A recommendation and a disclaimer.
Continue » Posted Jan 25, 2006 12:50 pm PST
8.0
Great
"Personal favorite"
I really like this show. I know is a really old show from like 1999 but is really cool. You get to see like how things work and see how you can do a experiment in your house.
Continue » Posted Nov 12, 2005 11:36 am PST
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Show: Popular Mechanics for Kids
Popularity Rank: 785 of 17,548
Ratings Rank: 3,383 of 17,548  ( 4)
Show Reviews: 5
People Tracking: 34
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7.4 Good 58 votes
Rating Statistics:
perfect: 14 (24.1%)
superb: 12 (20.7%)
great: 11 (19%)
abysmal: 7 (12.1%)
Other: 14 (24.1%)
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