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Arthur, the longest-running children's animated series in the history of American television, has ended with its 25th season. Developed for PBS by Kathy Waugh and produced by WGBH, the series centers on a young aardvark of the same name, and the lessons he learns from friends and family while growing up in the…

Arthur, the longest-running children's animated series in the history of American television, is coming to an end. But public broadcaster PBS is keeping the revered character going with a series of digital spinoffs. The network has set an end date for the final four episodes of the cartoon. They will launch on PBS…

Arthur, the longest-running children's animated series in the history of American television, is set to end with its 25th season. The iconic children’s series will end on PBS Kids with its final season debuting in the winter of 2022. The news emerged from an interview with Kathy Waugh, who originally developed the…

UPDATED with GLAAD response: Alabama Public Television has refused to air PBS’ recent episode of kids series Arthur, which featured a same-sex marriage. In the episode, titled “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone”, the title character’s third-grade teacher Mr. Ratburn gets married — to Patrick, a chocolatier. Mike…

It was a big day for the kids in Mr. Ratburn’s grade-school class — and, by extension, the children (and parents) who watch the long-running PBS Kids series Arthur. In today’s Season 22 premiere of the animated show, Arthur and his friends learn that their teacher Mr. Ratburn was going to be married. What none of them…