Arthur
1996 · TV Series · TV-Y · 13 min · ★ 7.0
Arthur Read, an 8-year-old anthropomorphic aardvark, navigates everyday life alongside friends and family. Each episode centers on daily interactions, school experiences, and relatable challenges that show how the group deals with different situations together.
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Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla and PBS KIDS — or rent from $1.99.
110 hours to watch · 493 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 1996–2022
- Release date
- 1996-10-07
- Network
- PBS
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-Y
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Max quality
- SD
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (183 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Arthur if you like friendly, learning-focused kids TV with everyday conflicts; Not for you if you strongly dislike bullying themes or prefer a consistent animation style, like you might with Rugrats or The Magic School Bus.
Pros: relatable daily stories; fun for all ages; educational life lessons | Cons: some bullying concerns; character complaints; animation changes mentioned
Themes
- based on novel or book
- elementary school
- based on children's book
- educational
- life lessons
Awards & recognition
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 2007
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 2001
- Peabody Awards · 2000
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 1999
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 1998
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- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program · 2014 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program · 2010 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program · 2009 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 2008 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 2007 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 2006 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 2005 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 2004 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 2003 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 2002 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 2001 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 2000 · nominated
- TCA Award — Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming · 2000 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 1999 · nominated
- TCA Award — Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming · 1999 · nominated
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program · 1998 · nominated
- TCA Award — Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming · 1997 · nominated
Cast & crew
Bruce Dinsmore
as Mr. Read / Binky Barnes / Bailey (voice)
- CA
Cameron Ansell
as Arthur Read (voice)
Jodie Resther
as Francine Frensky (voice)
Daniel Brochu
as Buster Baxter (voice)
- JB
Justin Bradley
as Arthur Read (voice)
Melissa Altro
as Muffy Crosswire (voice)
Sonja Ball
as Mrs. Read (voice)
Arthur Holden
as Mr. Ratburn / Bionic Bunny (voice)
- DJ
Dallas Jokic
as Arthur Read (voice)
Tracy Braunstein
as Baby Kate (voice)
Directed by Greg Bailey
Created by Marc Brown
Episodes25 seasons · 493 episodes
25 seasons · 493 episodes. Full episode list omitted here for length — open the episode tracker above to browse and mark episodes.