Editing Arthur (TV series) (section)

==Franchise==

===Television===
In addition to the television series, the ''Arthur'' franchise has spawned seven hour-long films, some of which used to be often run on PBS during [[pledge drive]]s. An additional movie, ''Arthur's Missing Pal'', was produced by [[Mainframe Studios|Mainframe Entertainment]] and was the first animated ''Arthur'' project to make use of [[3D computer graphics|3-D]] [[computer-generated imagery]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 9, 2006|title=Mainframe animates aardvarks and hawks for DVD|url=http://www.mainframe.ca/news/articles/media/150805M0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209142912/http://www.mainframe.ca/news/articles/media/150805M0.pdf|archive-date=February 9, 2006|access-date=May 21, 2021}}</ref> ''Arthur''{{'}}s success has also led to the spin-off series ''[[Postcards from Buster]]''. A [[television pilot|pilot]] for ''[[Postcards from Buster]]'' aired in December 2003 as a [[Arthur season 8#ep111|season 8 episode]] of ''Arthur''. ''Postcards from Buster'' premiered on October 11, 2004, and continued until November 21, 2008; the series faced several years of hiatus, until a brief revival in February 2012 with two previously unaired episodes that had been held over from the show's third season. 

===Website===
The program's official website has been given a rating of 5/5 stars at website ''Common Sense Media'', and has been advised for viewers 5 and up. The site described the show as being "one of the Internet's best offerings for kids". It also advised that "there are links to PBS sponsors but other than that, there is no commercial marketing to kids." The review added, "The games are actually teaching your kids something for example ''The Music Box'' combines music and learning, so much so that kids won't even realize that they're figuring out space relations, hand–eye coordination, and mousing skills as they jam along to upbeat tunes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/arthur.html|title=Arthur|date=June 12, 2007|access-date=January 2, 2011|publisher=common sense media|archive-date=November 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107194709/http://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/arthur.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Music albums===

''Arthur'' has released three music albums. The first album, ''Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD'', contained songs that were played throughout the TV show and original songs for the album. The second album, ''Arthur's Perfect Christmas'', contained songs that were played during the television film of the same title. The third album, ''Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix'', contained only original songs, including a remix of the theme song which was played on the credits of season 6 as a promotion for the album.

===ActiMates===
In 1998, both Arthur and D.W. were made into [[Microsoft]] [[ActiMates]], refined toy dolls who could interact with children, with each other, with certain computer software and the ''Arthur'' website, and also with the ''Arthur'' television show and videos.

Microsoft discontinued the ActiMates line shortly before season 5 aired, most possibly due to a lawsuit pertaining to patent infringement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/pbskidvid/message/3056|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715181948/http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/pbskidvid/message/3056|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012|title=PBS Kids}}</ref> and the fact that sales were dropping. It has been noted{{According to whom|date=April 2016}} that post-season 4 episodes of ''Arthur'' have not included any ActiMates code. Newer videos and DVD releases of the show does not carry ActiMates code either. The enhancements on the website were removed when the site was redesigned in 2002 and thus the ActiMates would not interact with the website. Likewise, re-releases of the ActiMates software by [[Creative Wonders]] do not interact with the ActiMates because the library that controls the PC Pack has been replaced with a dummy library file.

===Video games===
{{main|Arthur video games{{!}}''Arthur'' video games}}

===Home media releases===
Selected episodes were distributed on VHS and DVD by Random House. Each tape had two or three episodes dealing with similar subjects. WGBH Home Video also released two Region 1 ''Arthur'' season sets; they released season 10 on March 25, 2008, and season 11 was released on September 2, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Arthur-Season-11/7857|title=Arthur - Season 11 DVD Information|website=TVShowsonDVD.com|access-date=August 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827035537/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Arthur-Season-11/7857|archive-date=August 27, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Seasons 10–19 are available to download on the [[iTunes Store]] and [[Amazon.com]]. The first three seasons were released over four collections (the second season was split into two volumes) on DVD in Europe only.

{|class="wikitable"
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!DVD Name!!Ep #!!Region!!Release date
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||Season 1||align="center"|30||Region 2||April 7, 2008
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||Season 2||align="center"|20||Region 2||November 3, 2008<br />March 23, 2009
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||Season 3||align="center"|15||Region 2||August 4, 2009
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||Season 4||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 5||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 6||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 7||align="center"|10||Region 1||November 21, 2006
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||Season 8||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 9||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 10||align="center"|10||Region 1||March 25, 2008
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||Season 11||align="center"|10||Region 1||September 2, 2008
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||Season 12||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 13||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 14||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 15||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 16||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 17||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 18||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 19||align="center"|10||TBA||TBA
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||Season 20||align="center"|7||TBA||TBA
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||Season 21||align="center"|7||TBA||TBA
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||Season 22||align="center"|4||Region 1||July 9, 2019
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||Season 23||align="center"|3||TBA||TBA
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||Season 24||align="center"|3||TBA||TBA
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||Season 25||align="center"|4||Region 1||March 1, 2022{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
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