[1] Merbreier created and co-hosted the syndicated children's television series, Captain Noah and His Magical Ark, in 1967.
Merbreier originally created the series as a Sunday morning religious program, but switched the format to a children's show in 1970.
[1] At its peak in the early 1970s, Merbreier's Captain Noah and His Magical Ark aired in syndication on twenty-two television stations throughout the United States and attracted a larger local Philadelphia audience than both Captain Kangaroo and Sesame Street combined.
[1] Carter and Patricia Merbreier jointly decided to retire and end the show in 1994 after co-hosting approximately 3,600 episodes since 1967.
[2] In 2001, Carter and Patricia Merbreier were jointly named "Persons of the Year" by the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia.