Arthur (TV series) The adventures of 8-year-old Aardvark Arthur Read. When he's not at home being hounded by his obnoxious, but scene-stealing little sister D.W. and his working class parents, he's finding educational misadventure at school with his pals: would-be bully Binky, pompous Francine, spoiled rich girl Muffy, genius Brain, and his best friend Buster. Arthur and the gang get into some pretty wild trouble sometimes, like the time Arthur and Brain are taunted by a dark-humored crossing guard, when Arthur, Brain and Binky find a key and fight about it, when Arthur and D.W. have to run the house when Mom and Dad fall ill, and many more. Arthur is a Canadian/American animated educational television series for children, created by Cookie Jar Group (formerly known as Cinar) and WGBH for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The show is set in the fictional American city of Elwood City, and revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark,[3] his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other. There is a strong emphasis on the educational value of books and libraries as well as relationships with friends and family members. The series is often noted for dealing with social and health-related issues that affect young children, such as the death of a pet,[4] dyslexia,[5] and more recently cancer,[6] Asperger syndrome[7] and Alzheimer's disease.[8] The television series is based on the Arthur book series, which are written and illustrated by Marc Brown. WGBH Boston along with Cinar (now Cookie Jar Group) began production of the animated series in 1994, and aired its first episode on September 2, 1996. Since its debut, the show has broadcast 190 30-minute long episodes, and its 16th season premiered on October 15, 2012. With 195 episodes, Arthur is one of the longest-running TV shows on PBS Kids, behind only Sesame Street. A pilot for the spin-off series Postcards from Buster aired on December 2003 as a season 8 episode of Arthur. Postcards from Buster began airing from October 11, 2004 to November 21, 2008, where the series faced several years of hiatus, and it began airing again on February 2012. Arthur became one of the highest-rated shows on PBS Kids for several years since its debut, averaging almost 10 million viewers weekly in the U.S. It is aired in a total of 83 countries; PBS in the United States, Radio-Canada, Knowledge and TVOKids in Canada, ABC1/ABC2 and Nickelodeon in Australia, and BBC One/CBBC in the UK. It is the longest-running children's animated series in the U.S., and the second longest-running animated series in the U.S., behind The Simpsons.[ disney films, disney movies, disney, walt disney, mickey mouse, donald duck, disney originals, kids cartoons, goofy, disney playhouse, playhouse disney, pluto, chip n dale, chip and dale, special agent oso, tuff puppy, ben and hollys little kingdom, busytown mysteries, fireman sam, bob the builder, roary the racing car, disney pixar, kids movies, disney princess, toy story, mickey mouse clubhouse, childrens movies, cartoons, classic disney, disney classics, buzz lightyear, cars, pocahontas, icarly, disneyoriginais, disney piayhouse, pixar, disney channel, disney chanel, disney world, disney land, disneychannel, disney land, full episodes, episodes full, full movie, films, animation films, full movies, teletubbies, teletubbies episodes, winnie the pooh, tigger, minnie mouse, duck tales, muppet babies, the muppets, fraggle rock, looney tunes, tom and jerry, sooty, top cat, inspector gadget, fifi and the flowertots, disney classic movies, spongebob squarepants, scooby doo, scooby doo episodes, scoobydooofficai, popeye, little charley bear, thundercats, superted, bananaman, road runner, bugs bunny, wacky races, pink panther, old cartoons, cartoon network, cbeebies, in the night garden, horrid henry, muppets movie, cbbc, nick jr, go diego go, dora the explorer, nickelodeon, snow white, snow white and the seven dwarves, pinocchio, dumbo, bambi, cinderella, peter pan, lady and the tramp, sleeping beauty, 101 dalmations, mary poppins, the jungle book, jungle book, the aristocrats, bedknobs and broomsticks, the fox and the hound, little mermaid, beauty and the beast, aladdin, the lion king, lion king, batfink, danger mouse, a bugs life, a bug's life, james and the giant peach, toy story, toy story 2, hercules, tarzan, george of the jungle, barney the dinosaur, snoopy, tigger movie, monsters inc, lilo and stitch, yogi bear, piglet, finding nemo, chicken little, bolt, tinker bell, wall e, chitty chitty bang bang, nursery rhymes, pingu, snoopy, peanuts, charlie brown, dennis the menace, desparate dan, garfield, disney christmas, mighty mouse, felix the cat, mr magoo, fred flintstone, the jetsons, the flintstones, anime, children's cartoons, ben 10, ben ten, gummi bears, thomas the tank engine, thomas and friends,arthur tv show,

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