The Magic Skateboard

The Magic Skateboard is a Canadian/American Saturday morning animated children's television series that only aired one episode on PBS in 1998 and was cancelled afterwards.

In this spinoff of The Magic School Bus, Mrs. Frizzle and her class hopped on the magic skateboard and tried to get rid of a virus inside the principal’s small intestine.

Despite receiving a heavy promotional push from KPPT, the PBS affiliate in Prankopolis, Fool State, who co-produced the spin-off with Nelvana, South Carolina ETV, and Scholastic Entertainment, the program averaged only 17 viewers during it's 3 p.m (EDT)/2 p.m. (CDT) airing, making it the lowest-rated show in the history of PBS. The following Saturday, PBS replaced it with a re-run of Reading Rainbow.

Although it was initially reported that the 19 remaining episodes and the pilot could appear on an American cable network, they eventually did air on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block not long afterwards, and all the episodes aired in New Zealand beginning in December 1998. In the final episode, Arnold died of heart problems.