Zoorama

{{Short description|American television program}}

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Zoorama is an American television show that focused on wildlife and nature. The program was filmed at the San Diego Zoo and was produced between 1955 and 1970.{{cite book |last1=Hyatt |first1=Wesley |title=The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television |date=1997 |publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications |isbn=978-0823083152 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat/page/486/mode/2up|access-date=22 March 2020|page=487}}

Zoorama was originally created for the local television market in San Diego, California, and it was picked up for national broadcast on CBS before being sold as a syndicated series.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8DT4xOpIzS0C&q=zoorama+san+diego&pg=PA1141 | title= Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos, Volume 3 |author=Catherine E. Bell | publisher=Routledge | page=1141 | year=2001 | isbn=1-57958-174-9}}{{cite news | author =Jennifer Reese | title =It's a Jungle in There | publisher =Westways Magazine | date =July 2005 | url =http://www.aaacal.org/westways/0705/features/itsajungle.aspx | access-date=2010-04-06}} For most of its run, the series was hosted by San Diego television reporter Bob Dale.{{cite news | author =Blanca Gonzalez | title = Bob Dale; TV fixture made real connection with fans | publisher =San Diego Union-Tribune | date =May 29, 2008 | url = http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/news/obituaries/20080529-9999-1m29dale.html | access-date=2010-04-06}}