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Arthur is a Canadian-American animated educational television series created by Marc Brown. Arthur was developed by Kathy Waugh to be played on PBS Kids. The series aired from October 7, 1996 to February 21, 2022, although, the series continues to air reruns.

Plot[]

Arthur Read, the series' titular character, is an anthropomorphic brown aardvark who lives in the fictional town of Elwood City. He is a third-grade student at Lakewood Elementary School. Arthur's family includes two home-working parents, his father David (a chef) and his mother Jane (an accountant), his two younger sisters, Dora Winifred (D.W.), in preschool, and Kate, who is still an infant, and his dog Pal. Arthur also has several friends who come from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, and he also occasionally meets with members of his extended family.

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