Quiz Kids (game show)
| Quiz Kids | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Bay Area Quiz Kids |
| Genre | Game Show |
| Created by | (original format) Bob Marks Liz La Porte |
| Developed by | (current format) Marc Balcer |
| Directed by | Jim Risinger |
| Presented by | Brad Friedman |
| Voices of | Rocky Robinson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 15 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Marc Balcer, |
| Production locations | Peninsula TV, San Carlos, CA |
| Production company | TV Game Brains LLC |
| Original release | |
| Network | KRON-TV |
| Release | November 1999 – June 2015 |
Bay Area Quiz Kids is an academic quiz public-access television show for San Francisco Bay Area high schools. From the start in 1999 it has been hosted by Brad Friedman, the Drama Director at San Mateo High School.
Originally developed as Peninsula Quiz Kids by Bob Marks and Liz La Porte of Peninsula TV Cable 26 (Pen-TV) in 1999, the show began airing on KRON-4 in San Francisco as Bay Area Quiz Kids. The show is now a production of TV Game Brains, headed by Executive Producer Marc Balcer.
Throughout its run, the show has been sponsored by the San Mateo Credit Union. Other sponsors have included Kaiser Permanente, SamTrans, the San Francisco Chronicle, AT&T, Oracle, Fisher Investments, and Wells Fargo Bank.