How many seasons does The Magic School Bus have?

The Magic School Bus has 4 seasons with 52 episodes.

What network is The Magic School Bus on?

The Magic School Bus airs on PBS.

When did The Magic School Bus premiere?

The Magic School Bus premiered on October 4, 2004.

The Magic School Bus

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PBS Ended Adventure • Children

4 Seasons · 52 Episodes · Premiered October 4, 2004 · Ended December 6, 1997

A classroom taught by Ms. Valerie Frizzle is always fun and exciting. The colorful teacher owns a Magic School Bus which can transform into different things like a spaceship, a battery, or even an alligator! These things can help Ms. Frizzle with visual teaching methods as she reveals information about anything in science. The students include Carlos, Phoebe, Keesha, Dorothy Ann, Tim, Ralphie, Arnold, and Wanda. Originally, The Magic School Bus aired on PBS. But when production ceased after four years, The Magic School Bus's run on PBS ended with it.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

13 episodes

E01

Gets Lost in Space

Sat, Sep 10 1994 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet drives the kids crazy when she joins Ms. Frizzle's class on a field trip and gets them lost in outer space!

E02

For Lunch

Sat, Sep 17 1994 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Ms. Frizzle's students explore Arnold's digestive system after he accidentally swallows his miniaturized classmates.

E03

Inside Ralphie

Sat, Sep 24 1994 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

While Ralphie hosts a TV broadcast from his sickbed, his classmates seek to discover the cause of his illness.

E04

Gets Eaten

Sat, Oct 1 1994 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Establishing a connection between a soggy shoe and a tuna sandwich leads to an ocean field trip.

E05

Hops Home

Sat, Oct 8 1994 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Ms. Frizzle's miniaturized class becomes a mechanical frog so it can hop along in search of Wanda's missing pet.

E06

Meets the Rot Squad

Sat, Oct 15 1994 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

On "Accidental Science Project Day," the class takes a close look at what's rotting in an abandoned lot.

E07

All Dried Up

Sat, Oct 22 1994 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Phoebe is on a mission to save plants and animals living in the desert, and Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the desert to see the environment first hand.

E08

In the Haunted House

Sat, Oct 29 1994 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E09

Gets Ready, Set, Dough

Sat, Nov 5 1994 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday, and a field trip to the bakery seems perfect — until the Bus's shrinker-scope goes on the fritz and the class gets baked in a cake! With Dom DeLuise as the Baker.

E10

Plays Ball

Sat, Nov 12 1994 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E11

Goes to Seed

Sat, Nov 19 1994 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E12

Gets Ants in Its Pants

Sat, Nov 26 1994 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E13

Kicks Up a Storm

Sun, Dec 4 1994 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Season 2

13 episodes

E01

Blows Its Top

Sat, Sep 9 1995 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E02

Flexes Its Muscles

Sat, Sep 16 1995 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E03

The Busasaurus

Sat, Sep 23 1995 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E04

Going Batty

Sat, Sep 30 1995 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E05

Butterfly and the Bog Beast

Sat, Oct 7 1995 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E06

Wet All Over

Sat, Oct 14 1995 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E07

In a Pickle

Sat, Oct 21 1995 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Keesha and the class return from vacation to find her prize cucumber has turned into a pickle! Could the Mike Robe gang be to blame?

E08

Revving Up

Sat, Oct 28 1995 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E09

Taking Flight

Sat, Nov 4 1995 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E10

Getting Energized

Sat, Nov 11 1995 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E11

Out of This World

Sat, Nov 18 1995 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E12

Cold Feet

Sat, Nov 25 1995 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Liz has gone off to a mysterious place called "Herp Haven." Thinking she's in trouble, the class rushes to Herp Haven, where they turn into reptiles.

E13

Ups and Downs

Sat, Dec 2 1995 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Season 3

13 episodes

E01

In a Beehive (Honeybees)

Sat, Sep 14 1996 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Tim's beekeeper Grandfather has the sweetest honey in town. Ms. Frizzle turns her class into bees so they can visit a hive and learn how raw honey is processed firsthand

E02

In the Arctic (Heat)

Sat, Sep 21 1996 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E03

Spins a Web (Spiders)

Sat, Sep 28 1996 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

Ms. Frizzle transports the class into a 1950s horror movie, where a 50-foot praying mantis is wreacking havoc on the town.

E04

Under Construction (Structures)

Sat, Oct 5 1996 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E05

Gets a Bright Idea (Light)

Sat, Oct 12 1996 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E06

Shows & Tells (Archaeology)

Sat, Oct 19 1996 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E07

Makes a Rainbow (Color)

Sat, Oct 26 1996 10:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E08

Goes Upstream (Migration)

Sat, Nov 2 1996 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E09

Works Out (Circulation System)

Sat, Nov 9 1996 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E10

Gets Planted (Photosynthesis)

Sat, Nov 16 1996 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E11

In the Rain Forest (Rain Forest Ecology)

Sat, Nov 23 1996 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E12

Rocks and Rolls (Water Erosion)

Sat, Nov 30 1996 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

E13

Holiday Special (Recycling)

Wed, Dec 25 1996 11:30 AM GMT+0000 25 min

It's the last day of school before the winter holidays, and Wanda plans to see the Nutcracker ballet. But during a trip to a recycling plant, her toy soldier accidentally gets recycled. Devastated, Wanda wishes for a world without recycling. Ms. Frizzle activates the bus's un-recycler, taking the class on a song-filled field trip.