first episode after the move aired on Saturday, January 7, 1984. Keeping the same 8:00 PM time slot it had on Wednesday, Whiz Kids now had competition from two other series aimed at younger viewers, since NBC counterprogrammed the hour with the popular sitcoms Diff’rent Strokes and Silver Spoons. Those two series managed to keep the younger audience that CBS was targeting with the move, and the show also performed poorly against ABC’s offering in the same timeslot in T.J. Hooker. After the fifth episode in the new timeslot aired on February 4, 1984, CBS removed Whiz Kids from the regular programming lineup and cancelled the series. The remaining five episodes were aired at random points, with the show airing once more in February, once in March, twice in April, and once more on June 2. The series was broadcast in the United Kingdom by ITV, and began on 10 March 1984 in a Saturday teatime slot, except for TVS who broadcast the series on a later date and UTV which broadcast the series in a Sunday teatime slot. The series was concluded on 14 July 1984. Whiz Kids screened in New Zealand on TVNZ in 1984. In Japan, it was broadcast by NHK called Maikon Daisakusen (マイコン大作戦, meaning "Microcomputer's big operations") in 1984. In Finland, the series was broadcast on Mainos-TV (MTV3) under the title Tietokonejengi (Computer Gang) in 1984. In France, the series was broadcast on Antenne 2 (now France 2) under the title Les Petits Génies (The Little Geniuses) from April 1 until June 24, 1984. In Quebec, it was broadcast on TVA network in 1985. In Germany, the series was broadcast on RTL Plus under the title Computer Kids from January until April 1989. In Italy, the series was broadcast on Italia 1 under the title I Ragazzi del Computer (The Computer Guys) from 1985 until 1990. Technology Ralf itself (or 'himself' as Richie's friends call it) is a conglomeration of different machines and special effects work. In Episode 11, Richie complains that a potential Ralf-substitute does not have a disk drive, 48k, interrupts, or error correction, implying Ralf has at least these. In Episode 17, Richie mentions that Ralf it's "a 64k homebrewed computer". A collection of 5.25 inch floppy disks can be seen in several episodes. Ralf also has a modem. The pilot shows Ralf as having a digital camera and a bitmapped color