Zoom premiered in 1999 in largely the same format as the original series, with many of the same games and continued to feature content and ideas submitted by viewers.

It completed taping a pilot episode in September 1995 with a different cast,[8] which was circulated among funders by early 1997 and aired on television in November of that year.

The cancellation was blamed on the rising competition of kids TV, which resulted in a noticeable decline in ratings for the show.

[citation needed] In 2020, as part of programming made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several members of the now-adult Zoom cast from both the 1999 and 1972 series reunited for ZOOM Into Action, a series of videos produced by the performers in their own homes where they recreated some of their educational activities for their grown-up audience to share with their own children at home.

The project was spearheaded by former Zoom cast member Pablo Velez, Jr. who now serves as WGBH's Director of Licensing and Business Development.