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WGBH is disappointed that social media users are combining images from the children’s show “Arthur” with explicit situations and language.
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Just because WGBH is “disappointed” by crude memes of ‘‘Arthur’’ doesn’t mean people are going to stop sharing them online.
But "Arthur" took these same themes — loss, loneliness, race — and addressed them directly, which is all the more important given a trend to avoid them altogether, as far as children are concerned.
The PBS Kids character Arthur uncharacteristically lost his temper in a recently rebroadcast episode, which unleashed some not-so-nice memes and prompted producing station WGBH to wag a digital finger ...
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Arthur, the longest-running children’s animated series in the history of American television, is set to end with its 25th season. The iconic children’s series will end on PBS Kids with its ...
Arthur’s career took a dramatic turn at the bidding of WGBH executive producer Carol Greenwald, who recognized his promise as a small-screen star when she saw Brown at an author event at her ...
The long-running PBS animated children’s series “Arthur” launched its 22nd season Monday with the reveal that one of its main characters is gay.
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Chester Arthur's sense of fairness affected his concept of foreign relations. He tried to lower tariffs in general and negotiated trade agreements with partners in the Western Hemisphere.
The network behind the animated series "Arthur" is disappointed that social media users are combining images from the long-running children's show with explicit language and situations ...