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Arthur is facing a potential ban from Florida schools after a conservative activist filed a complaint claiming that it could “damage souls”.Bruce Friedman, a member of the Clay county school district community in Florida, filed a complaint on July 12 against the 1989 book Arthur’s Birthday. In the book by Marc Brown, the titular brown aardvark discovers his birthday falls on the same day as another party for a classmate.At the end, Arthur receives a bottle gift from Francine with the words, “Francine’s Spin the Bottle Game” written across.According to the challenge (via The Daily Beast), Friedman believes the reference to spin the bottle is “not appropriate” for elementary school children.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Dan Abrams has enjoyed a tremendously successful career, which currently includes roles as chief legal analyst at ABC News and host of NewsNation’s “Dan Abrams Live.” But he knows it was the O.J. Simpson murder trial almost 30 years ago that put him on the map — and he has complicated feelings about it. “I’ve always had a little bit of guilt about the idea that the murderers of two innocent people helped start my career,” says Abrams, who was working for Court TV at the time.

One of the titles in the bestselling Arthur children’s book series faces a potential ban after a conservative claimant said that it “damaged souls.”

Arthur series creator Marc Brown is bringing his next kids show to Max. The streaming service has given a series greenlight to new animated preschool series Hop. The series order is part of a return by Max, the company behind the Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera libraries, to the kids space.

Arthur, the longest-running children’s animated series in the history of American television that came to an end earlier this year on PBS, is now getting its own podcast.

What a wonderful kind of day! As Arthur prepared to end its time on PBS, the educational TV series jumped 20 years into the future to tease where every fan favorite character ended up.

Arthur character D.W.: dreamer, schemer, roast master general in a 4-year-old aardvark's body. After 25 years, the PBS kids show Arthur aired its final episode this week. And in more than 250 episodes, little sister character Dora Winifred Read was a blissfully un-wholesome role model: smart, funny, and unlikable. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Our illiterate queen! Lover of unicorns, hater of spinach; a true original in a world of basics.

Selome Hailu The students of Lakewood Elementary may be all grown up, but “Arthur” isn’t really ending.The PBS Kids series, based on Marc Brown’s picture books of the same name, is the longest running animated children’s show in TV history, and on Feb. 21 aired the four episodes that comprise the 25th and final season. But at 75, Brown finds himself invigorated by possibilities that remain for his beloved aardvark, including podcasts, games and more.Series finale “All Grown Up” looks 20 years into the future to see who Arthur and his animal pals become, an idea that emerged from one of the questions children ask Brown most frequently.

After 25 seasons of having a “wonderful kind of day”, fans are saying a final “goodbye” to “Arthur“.

Arthur will conclude with a flash-forward showing adult versions of the show’s characters.The animated show’s 25th and final season will close with four new episodes in February which, as described by PBS, will “culminate in a much-anticipated ending that gives a glimpse into what’s in store for the future of these beloved characters”.The episodes will air as part of a 25th anniversary marathon for Arthur, which will feature over 250 episodes and movie specials from the show’s history. The marathon will debut on PBS Kids and be livestreamed on the PBS Kids YouTube channel from February 16 to February 21.Arthur’s four new episodes will air on PBS stations and stream for free on PBS Kids on February 21, concluding the marathon.Sara DeWitt, senior vice president and general manager of PBS Kids, said: “For more than 25 years, Arthur and his friends have kept viewers learning and growing through their true-to-life experiences.

podcast with Kathy Waugh, who developed the show from the books by Marc Brown. “ is no longer in production. We had our wrap party two years ago,” Waugh told podcast host Jason Szwimer, a previous voice of Arthur's headstrong sister, D.W.

Arthur will debut,” Carol Greenwald, the PBS series’ executive producer, told IGN in an email. The bombshell was first dropped during a July 13 episode of the “Finding D.W.” podcast with Kathy Waugh, the writer and editor who originally developed the program for PBS from the hit kids books by Marc Brown.

Get ready to say goodbye to the residents of Elwood City.

Arthur has been cancelled after 25 seasons of entertaining children across the globe.The fan-favourite PBS series follows the aardvark and his family and friends, including Buster, Francine, Binky, Muffy and Brain, as they demonstrate to kids how to deal with every day challenges like homework, teachers and bullies. Now, it's been confirmed that the longest running animated children's series in American history is coming to an end after airing 249 episodes since 1994.

Arthur, the longest-running children’s animated series in the history of American television, is set to end with its 25th season.

Arthur is officially over at PBS Kids.

By Michael Schneider