{"id":18520,"date":"2022-02-23T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=18520"},"modified":"2022-02-23T11:28:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:28:52","slug":"arthur-come-to-an-end-after-25-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2022\/02\/arthur-come-to-an-end-after-25-seasons.html","title":{"rendered":"‘Arthur’ Come To An End After 25 Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, after 25 seasons, the popular PBS Kids show Arthur <\/em>ended. The show originally premiered in 1996, following the life of an 8-year-old aardvark named Arthur Read and his family and friends, aimed at children aged four to eight years old. According to executive producer Carol Greenwald, Arthur <\/em>is the longest-running kids animated series in history. The show is known for teaching kindness, empathy, and inclusion through many groundbreaking moments to generations of viewers. Greenwald also said that reruns would continue to be available on PBS Kids.<\/p>\n

Over the summer, screenwriter Kathy Waugh shared during an interview on the \u201cFinding DW\u201d podcast that PBS Kids planned to close the series out. Waugh told the podcast that Arthur<\/em> was no longer in production and the cast and crew had their wrap party two years ago. Waugh also shared that she felt that PBS was making a mistake, and she felt that Arthur should come back.<\/p>\n

As far as why the show was ending, Waugh says she didn\u2019t know if it was a rating issue or the network felt the series needed to be retired. To Waugh, the show felt evergreen, like it was never going to end. Waugh developed the series based on popular books by Marc Brown. The show won four Daytime Emmys for outstanding children\u2019s animated program. The show also won a BAFTA Children\u2019s Award.<\/p>\n

In 2019, Marc Brown told People Magazine that the hit show succeeded through the years because its producers always found new ways to expand the minds of its viewers. Brown went on to say, \u201cWhen we began\u00a0Arthur<\/em>\u00a022 years ago, the plan we began with was to make children want to read. And it worked! So each year, the writers and the producers sit down to decide what kind of subject matter we want to deal with. After 22 years, you think, \u2018We\u2019ve done it all!\u2019 Yet, here was another opportunity! It still excites me that we can come up with stories that are going to be interesting and helpful to children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Arthur\"<\/a>
Courtesy: PBS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arthur<\/em>\u2019s final episode, titled \u201cAll Grown Up,\u201d aired on February 21, 2022, on PBS and took place 20 years into the future, recounting the lives of Arthur, his sister D.W., Buster, Brian, Muffy, and Sue Ellen in their 20s.\u00a0In a flash-forward, the show reveals that Arthur became a graphic novelist who published his first book.\u00a0The group reunites at Sugar Bowl Caf\u00e9, the dessert parlor they went to as kids, and Arthur shows the group what he\u2019s working on while the group shares what they\u2019ve been doing.<\/p>\n

D.W. is a police officer, Binky is a news reporter, Buster is an English professor, and Francine works for a sneaker company. George runs a business (he bought the Sugar Bowl), and Muffy becomes a politician running for mayor of Elwood City. Over the years,\u00a0Arthur<\/em>\u00a0has explored numerous social issues. It most recently drew headlines with a 2019 episode, which discussed the same-sex marriage between third-grade teacher Mr. Ratburn and Patrick, the chocolatier.<\/p>\n

Arthur<\/em> is a show that touched the hearts of many children worldwide. Though we\u2019ll miss new episodes of Arthur<\/em>, PBS hinted on social media that everyone\u2019s favorite aardvark isn\u2019t going away, and new content is on the way, like digital shorts and podcasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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