At midseason, with its ratings faltering, "Whiz Kids" was moved from Wednesday nights to Saturday nights (keeping the same time slot on the new night) beginning with the January 7, 1984 episode as the replacement for the medical drama "Cutter to Houston", which had performed poorly against ABC’s crime drama "T.J. Hooker" and NBC’s then-popular Saturday sitcom lineup led by "Diff’rent Strokes" and "Silver Spoons". The move ended up working against the series, as the NBC sitcoms were aiming for the same youth demographic and were successful at keeping those viewers against "Whiz Kids".