The Magic School Bus (TV series)
| The Magic School Bus | |
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| Created by |
Joanna Cole Bruce Degen |
| Voices of |
Lily Tomlin Lisa Yamanaka Danny Tamberelli Daniel DeSanto Tara Meyer Erica Luttrell Maia Filar Stuart Stone Renessa Blitz Malcolm-Jamal Warner |
| Theme music composer | Peter Lurye |
| Opening theme | "Ride on the Magic School Bus", performed by Little Richard |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Nelvana Hanho Heung-Up (Animation Production) South Carolina ETV Scholastic Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Picture format |
SD: 4:3 (broadcast/DVD release) HD: 16:9 (streaming) |
| Audio format | Dolby Surround |
| Original release | September 10, 1994 – December 6, 1997 |
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The Magic School Bus is a Canadian/American Saturday morning animated children's television series, based on the book series of the same name by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It is notable for its use of celebrity talent and combining entertainment with an educational series.Broadcasting & Cable said the show was "among the highest-rated PBS shows for school-age children." On June 10, 2014, Scholastic Media announced that it will be releasing an all-new CG animated series which will be inspired by the original show as well as retain the same name.
In 1994, The Magic School Bus concept was made into an animated series of the same name by Scholastic Entertainment, and premiered on September 10, 1994. The Idea for the show was thought up by Former Scholastic Entertainment Vice President and Senior Editorial Director Craig Walker. Scholastic Entertainment president Deborah Forte said that adapting the books into an animated series was an opportunity to help kids "learn about science in a fun way". Around that time, Forte had been hearing concerns from parents and teachers about how to improve science education for girls and minorities across the globe. Each episode of the series ran for 30 minutes. In the United States, the series originally aired on PBS as a part of its children's block, PBS Kids, through South Carolina's SCETV network; it was the first fully animated series to be aired on PBS. The last episode aired on December 6, 1997, the series then aired reruns on PBS until October 1998. The Fox network, in a hasty effort to fill educational television mandates for its stations, aired repeats on its Fox Kids weekday block from September 1998 to September 2002. Starting September 27, 2010, The Magic School Bus started a daily run on Qubo in the US, and on Saturday mornings on NBC. The Fox Kids and Qubo airings both used a shortened version of the opening. Based on information from their website, Qubo no longer carries The Magic School Bus in their programming lineup.
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