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The Magic School Bus Rides Again
''The Magic School Bus Rides Again'' is an animated children's web series, based on the book series of the same name by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It also serves as a continuation of the 1994–97 PBS Kids series ''The Magic School Bus'', with Lily Tomlin reprising her role as Ms. Frizzle. The series premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017. The second season premiered on April 13, 2018. The series made its linear debut on Qubo on November 1, 2020 and aired until the channel ceased broadcasting on February 28, 2021. Three 45-minute specials, "Kids in Space", "The Frizz Connection", and "In the Zone", premiered on Netflix in 2020. They were dedicated to Joanna Cole, the author of the original books, who died that year. Plot In the sequel to '' Scholastic's The Magic School Bus'', the flagship Dr. Valerie Frizzle (now Professor Frizzle) gets her Ph.D and retires from teaching at Walkerville Elementary School. She then hires her younger sister, Miss Fiona Frizzle, to teach t ...
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Children's Television
Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television show, television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during the early evening, allowing younger children to watch them after school. The purpose of these shows is mainly to entertain or educate. The children's series are in four categories: those aimed at infants and toddlers, those aimed at those aged 6 to 11 years old, those for adolescents and those aimed at all children. History Children's television is nearly as old as television itself. The BBC's ''Children's Hour'', broadcast in the UK in 1946, is generally credited with being the first TV programme specifically for children. Television for children tended to originate from similar programs on radio; the BBC's ''Children's Hour'' was launched in 1922, and BBC School Radio began broadcasting in 1924. In the US in the early 1930s, adventure ...
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Qubo
Qubo ( ; stylized as qubo) was an American television network for children between the ages of 5 and 14. Owned by Ion Media, it consisted of a 24-hour free-to-air television network often mentioned as the "Qubo channel" (available as a digital terrestrial television service on owned-and-operated stations and some affiliates of corporate sister Ion Television, as well as on some pay-TV providers), associated website with games and programs available through video on demand, and a weekly programming block on Ion Television, along with Ion Life, later known as Ion Plus. Following Ion Media's acquisition by the E. W. Scripps Company, it ceased operations on February 28, 2021. History Formation In May 2006, Ion Media Networks, NBCUniversal (which owned a 32% interest in Ion Media at the time), Corus Entertainment, Scholastic Corporation and Classic Media (now part of NBCUniversal's DreamWorks Animation) announced plans to launch a new, multi-platform children's entertainment brand ...
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Julie Lemieux
Julie Lemieux (born December 4, 1962) is a Canadian voice actress. Career Lemieux has provided the voice for characters such as Sammy Tsukino in '' Sailor Moon'', young Darien Shields in '' Sailor Moon R: The Movie'', and Peruru in '' Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie''. She has also played Funshine Bear in '' Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot'' and ''The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie''. She was also the voice of Dumpty in ''Polka Dot Shorts'' and Rupert Bear in the animated TV series of the same name. Lemieux also acted as Warren in ''Monster by Mistake'' and Toby of the new anime production ''Pandalian''. She has recently worked on the television series ''What It's Like Being Alone''; She has voiced Hunter Steele in the English version of ''Spider Riders'', Ikki in '' Medabots Spirits'', and Wilbur the Calf in '' Wilbur''. She is also the voice for Renee in the TV series '' Jacob Two-Two'', Mariah Wong in the English anime version of ''Beyblade'', Runo in ''Bakugan Battle Brawle ...
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Lisa Yamanaka
Lisa Jai Yamanaka is a Canadian actress. She is known as the voice of Wanda Li in ''The Magic School Bus'' and Yoko in ''Timothy Goes to School''. Yamanaka is also known for her work on ''Babar'' and ''Resident Evil 2''. She is also credited as Lisa Boynton and Lisa Jai. Career Yamanaka was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she stayed until 2008 when she moved to Los Angeles, California before moving back to Toronto in 2011. Lisa Yamanaka attended Central Commerce Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario. Lisa Jai was awarded the Unsung Hero Award by the City of Toronto 2012 for her advocacy work in diversity in the mainstream media. Lisa Jai debuted her first theater production in the city of Watts, California as Isela Sanchez in Lynn Manning Lynn Manning (April 30, 1955 – August 3, 2015) was an American Paralympian, playwright, poet and actor known for his autobiographical work that explores the complexities of life as a blind African-American man.Sandahl, Carrie "Man ...
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Lilly Bartlam
Lilly Noelle Bartlam (born July 17, 2006) is a Canadian actress.Dan Rolph"Detention Adventure adds Grand Bend’s Lilly Bartlam to cast" '' Exeter Lakeshore Times-Advance'', October 21, 2020. She received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, in the categories of Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series for her role as Skye in ''PAW Patrol'' and Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for her role as Kelly Darnell in ''Detention Adventure''.Brent Furdyk"Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations" ''ET Canada'', March 30, 2021. Originally from Grand Bend, Ontario, ''Detention Adventure'' was her first leading role in a live-action role after having been associated primarily with voice roles in animation. Her prior credits have included supporting or guest roles in ''Creeped Out'', ''The Magic School Bus Rides Again'', ''Esme & Roy'', ...
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Lights (musician)
Lights Poxleitner-Bokan (born Valerie Anne Poxleitner; April 11, 1987), known mononymously as Lights (previously stylized as LIGHTS), is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. She is known for singles "Drive My Soul", "February Air", "Ice", "Second Go", "Toes", "My Boots" and "Up We Go", which have charted within the top ninety on the Canadian Hot 100. Her work has earned multiple Juno Awards and Canadian Independent Music Awards. Her debut EP ''Lights'' was released in July 2008 and achieved commercial success which enabled the release of her first full-length album, '' The Listening'', on September 22, 2009. Her second album, ''Siberia'', was released on October 4, 2011. Both albums have been certified gold in Canada. Lights released her third studio album, '' Little Machines'', on September 19, 2014, which debuted on the Canadian Albums Chart at number five. Her fourth album, '' Skin&Earth,'' which featured "Giants", was released in September 20 ...
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Chris Hadfield
Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, and musician. The first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space, he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and also served as commander of the International Space Station (ISS). Prior to his career as an astronaut, he served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 25 years as an Air Command fighter pilot. Hadfield has cited part of his career inspiration to have come to him as a child, when he watched the first crewed Moon landing by American spaceflight Apollo 11 on television. He attended high school in Oakville and Milton in southern Ontario, and earned his glider pilot licence as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. After enlisting in the Canadian Armed Forces, he earned an engineering degree at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. Hadfield learned to fly various types of aircraft in the military and eventually became a test pilot, fly ...
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Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2019 Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is known for his work on the television programs '' SCTV'' and ''Saturday Night Live''. Short created the characters Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley. He also acted in the sitcom ''Mulaney'' (2014–2015), the variety series ''Maya & Marty'' (2016), and '' The Morning Show'' (2019). He has also had an active career on stage, starring in Broadway productions including Neil Simon's musicals ''The Goodbye Girl'' (1993) and '' Little Me'' (1998–1999). The latter earned him a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and the former a nomination in the same category. He has starred in comedy films such as ''Three Amigos'' (1986), ''Innerspace'' (1987), ''Three Fugitives'' (1989), ''Captain Ron'' (1992), '' Clifford'' (1994), ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996), ...
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Catherine O'Hara
Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her comedy work on ''Second City Television'' (1976–84) and ''Schitt's Creek'' (2015–2020) and in films such as '' After Hours'' (1985), ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), ''Home Alone'' (1990), '' Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (1992), and ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993). Her other film appearances include the mockumentary films written and directed by Christopher Guest; ''Waiting for Guffman'' (1996), '' Best in Show'' (2000), ''A Mighty Wind'' (2003), and '' For Your Consideration'' (2006). O'Hara won the 1982 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for ''SCTV Network'', the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1999 film ''The Life Before This'', and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the 2010 television film ''Temple Grandin''. From 2015 to 2020, she starred as Moira Rose on the CBC sitcom ''Schitt's Creek'', for which she won a Primetime ...
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Nathan Fillion
Nathan Fillion (; born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on '' Firefly'' and its film continuation '' Serenity'', and Richard Castle on '' Castle''. , he was starring as John Nolan on '' The Rookie''. Fillion has acted in traditionally distributed films like '' Slither'' and ''Trucker'', Internet-distributed films like '' Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'', television soap operas, sitcoms and theater. His voice is also featured in animation and video games, such as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in various DC Comics projects, the Bungie games ''Halo 3'', '' Halo 3: ODST'', '' Halo: Reach'', ''Destiny'' and ''Destiny 2'', along with the 343 Industries game '' Halo 5: Guardians'', and Wonder Man in Marvel's '' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' (2017) and '' M.O.D.O.K.'' (2021). Fillion first gained recognition for his work on '' One Life to Live'' in the contract role of Joey Buchanan, for which he was nominated for ...
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Jay Baruchel
Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel (; born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. He is known for his voice role as Hiccup Haddock in the ''How to Train Your Dragon'' franchise, and for his roles in comedy movies such as ''Knocked Up'', ''Tropic Thunder'', ''The Trotsky'', '' Fanboys'', ''She's Out of My League'', ''Goon'', ''This Is the End'', and the action-fantasy film ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice''. He had lead roles as Josh Greenberg in the FXX comedy television series ''Man Seeking Woman'' and Steven Karp in Judd Apatow's comedy series ''Undeclared''. Early life Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Robyne (née Ropell), a freelance writer, and Serge Baruchel, an antiques dealer. He grew up in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montréal, Quebec, and has a younger sister. His father was born in Paris, France. Baruchel is of one-quarter Jewish descent, with the rest of his ancestry being French and Irish-Catholic. He has sta ...
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Sandra Oh
Sandra Miju Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian–American actress. She is best known for her starring roles as Rita Wu on the HBO comedy '' Arliss'' (1996–2002), Dr. Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005–2014) and Eve Polastri in the spy thriller series ''Killing Eve'' (2018–2022). She has received numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and thirteen Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2019, ''Time'' magazine named Oh one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Oh first gained recognition for her roles in the Canadian films '' Double Happiness'' (1994) and '' The Diary of Evelyn Lau'' (1994). Her later television credits include ''Judging Amy'' and '' American Crime'', as well as voice roles on ''American Dad!, American Dragon: Jake Long'', ''The Proud Family'', ''Phineas and Ferb'', ''Chop Socky Chooks'', ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'', and ''Invincible''. In 202 ...
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