Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is an American half-hour
children's television game show based on the
Carmen Sandiego computer game series created by
Brøderbund Software. The program aired on
PBS from September 30, 1991 to December 22, 1995, with reruns airing until October 4, 1996.
Greg Lee hosted the program in the role of an "ACME Special Agent [renamed "Senior Agent" for Seasons 3–5] in charge of training new recruits". He was joined by
Lynne Thigpen as "The Chief" and
a cappella performing group
Rockapella, who served as the show's in-house band and comedy troupe. The series was recorded in New York City and coproduced by PBS stations
WQED and
WGBH.
Howard Blumenthal, Dana Calderwood, and Dorothy Curley were the series' developers and Blumenthal served as the show's producer for its first four seasons. Supervising Producers were
Jonathan Meath (seasons 2-5) and Ariel Schwartz (season 1).