‘Arthur’: PBS Plots Digital Spinoffs As Long-Running Kids Series Comes To An End
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 stations from February 21, concluding the show’s 25th and final season.
Developed for PBS by Kathy Waugh, and produced by Wgbh, Arthur centers on a young aardvark of the same name, and the lessons he learns from friends and family, while growing up in the fictional Elwood City.
The show based on the Arthur Adventure book series, written and illustrated by Brown, first went on the air in October of 1996, and has run for more than 240 episodes.
But PBS has already plotted out extensions including a podcast, video shorts and digital games.
A series of shorts...
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 stations from February 21, concluding the show’s 25th and final season.
Developed for PBS by Kathy Waugh, and produced by Wgbh, Arthur centers on a young aardvark of the same name, and the lessons he learns from friends and family, while growing up in the fictional Elwood City.
The show based on the Arthur Adventure book series, written and illustrated by Brown, first went on the air in October of 1996, and has run for more than 240 episodes.
But PBS has already plotted out extensions including a podcast, video shorts and digital games.
A series of shorts...
- 1/18/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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