Romper Room was an electronic babysitter disguised as a television show for kindergarteners. It was broadcast in the United States of America, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. It was franchised, rather than syndicated, which allowed local affiliates to customize the show for their own audiences. The show that pre-schoolers watched in Watts or Harlem was far different than the Romper Room that children in Beverly Hills or Westchester viewed.