The Arthur Mega Marathon was a multi-day event on PBS Kids from February 16–21, 2022 in commemoration of Arthur's 25th broadcast year and final season. Nearly every episode of the show aired back-to-back, concluding with the debut of Season 25, which includes the series finale.[1]
Event information[]
The marathon aired on the PBS Kids 24/7 Channel on television, suspending all normal programming from 9 AM EST February 16 to 5 PM EST February 21. There was a livestream on the PBS Kids Video app and website, in addition to the official PBS Kids YouTube Channel.
The episodes generally ran season by season, but not necessarily in their original broadcast order. One-hour specials, fan-favorite episodes, and episodes with celebrity guests aired during evening prime-time viewing hours. The full event schedule included nearly the entire series of Arthur episodes and one-hour specials, with the following exceptions:
- Five episodes were omitted from the marathon. These episodes are also no longer part of the normal broadcast rotation on PBS, for reasons discussed on their respective episode pages:
- 503 "It's a No-Brainer" / "The Shore Thing"
- 903 "Arthur Weighs In" / "The Law of the Jungle Gym"
- 1008 "Binky vs. Binky" / "Operation: D.W.!"
- 1202 "Room to Ride" / "The Frensky Family Fiasco"
- 1301 "The Great MacGrady" (Note: The revised edition of "The Great MacGrady" from the show's twenty-fourth season aired during the marathon.)
- The following holiday specials were omitted from the marathon:
- The movie Arthur's Missing Pal also did not air during the marathon.
Schedule[]
The marathon ran for six days and five nights. The chart below shows the full schedule of episodes.
| WED
Feb 16 |
THU
Feb 17 |
FRI
Feb 18 |
SAT
Feb 19 |
SUN
Feb 20 |
MON
Feb 21 | |
| 12:00 AM | 0207 Arthur's TV-Free Week/Night Fright | 0407 Binky Barnes, Wingman/To Beat or Not to Beat | 0907 Three's a Crowd/A is for Angry | 1309 Paradise Lost/The Pride of Lakewood | 1809 The Pageant Pickle/Some Assembly Required | |
| 12:30 AM | 0208 Arthur vs. the Piano/The Big Blow-Up | 0409 What is That Thing?/Buster's Best Behavior | 0908 The "A" Team/Emily Swallows a Horse | 1310 Looking for Bonnie/The Secret Origin of Supernova | 1902 Sue Ellen Adds It Up/Wish You Were Here | |
| 1:00 AM | 0210 D.W. Goes to Washington/Arthur's Mystery Envelope | 0502 Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto/Nerves of Steal | 0909 D.W. Beats All/Buster the Myth Maker | 1405 Tales of Grotesquely Grim Bunny/Pet Projects | 1903 Arthur's Toy Trouble/Spar for the Course | |
| 1:30 AM | 0211 D.W.'s Deer Friend/Buster Hits the Books | 0504 The World Record/The Cave | 1001 Happy Anniversary | 1406 Follow the Bouncing Ball/Buster Baxter and the Letter from the Sea | 1905 Buster Isn't Buying It/One Ornery Critter | |
| 2:00 AM | 0213 Water and the Brain/Arthur the Unfunny | 0506 The Election/Francine Goes to War | 1002 The Squirrels/Fern & Persimmony Glitchet | 1407 Around the World in 11 Minutes/Muffy and the Big Bad Blog | 1904 Carried Away/Dueling Detectives! | |
| 2:30 AM | 0215 Grandma Thora Appreciation Day/Fern's Slumber Party | 0507 Sleep No More/Pet Peeved | 1003 Desert Island Dish/The Secret About Secrets | 1408 Arthur Unravels/All the Rage | 1908 Francine's Cleats of Strength/Little Miss Meanie | |
| 3:00 AM | 0216 Love Notes for Muffy/D.W. Blows the Whistle | 0509 Just Desserts/The Big Dig | 1004 Feeling Flush/Family Fortune | 1503 Buster's Secret Admirer/The Last King of Lambland | 2001 Buster's Second Chance/Arthur and the Whole Truth | |
| 3:30 AM | 0217 Francine Redecorates/Arthur the Loser | 0510 Arthur's Family Feud/Muffy Gets Mature | 1005 D.W. Aims High/Flaw and Order | 1504 Cents-less/Buster the Lounge Lizard | 2002 Fern's Flights of Fancy/Cereal | |
| 4:00 AM | 0220 How the Cookie Crumbles/Sue Ellen's Little Sister | 0602 Arthur Plays the Blues/Buster's Sweet Success | 1007 Unfinished/D.W., Bossy Boots | 1505 To Eat or Not to Eat/S.W.E.A.T. | 2003 He Said, He Said/Bunny Trouble | |
| 4:30 AM | 0303 Arthur Goes Crosswire/Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurous | 0604 Muffy's Soccer Shocker/Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet? | 1009 Do You Speak George?/World Girls | 1507 Prunella the Packrat/What's in a Name? | 2004 Bud's Knotty Problem/That's MY Grandma! | |
| 5:00 AM | 0307 Arthur Rides the Bandwagon/Dad's Dessert Dilemma | 0610 Arthur Loses His Marbles/Friday the 13th | 1101 Swept Away/Germophobia | 1508 Muffy's Classy Classics Club/Best Enemies | 2005 Lend Me Your Ear/The Butler Did It | |
| 5:30 AM | 0309 Arthur's Treasure Hunt/The Return of the King | 0606 Citizen Frensky/D.W.'s Backpack Mishap | 1102 Arthur Sells Out/Mind Your Manners | 1510 The Butler Did… What?/The Trouble with Trophies | 2006 Prunella's Tent of Portent/Mutiny on the Pitch | |
| 6:00 AM | 0312 What Scared Sue Ellen?/Clarissa is Cracked | 0702 Francine's Split Decision/Muffy Goes Metropolitan | 1104 Phony Fern/Brain's Shocking Secret | 1602 Flippity Francine/Muffy Takes the Wheel | 2007 The Hallway Minotaur/Ladonna's Like List | |
| 6:30 AM | 0310 Attack of the Turbo Tibbles/D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy | 0703 Ants in Arthur's Pants/Don't Ask Muffy | 1105 Baby Kate and the Imaginary Mystery/Strangers on a Train | 1604 Get Smart/Baby Steps | 2101 Binky's 'A' Game/Brain and the Time Capsule | |
| 7:00 AM | 0202 Binky Barnes, Art Expert/Arthur's Lucky Pencil | 0707 D.W.'s Time Trouble/Buster's Amish Mismatch | 1108 Francine's Pilfered Paper/Buster Gets Real | 1607 Baseball Blues/Brain's Biggest Blunder | 2102 The Master Builders | |
| 7:30 AM | 0203 D.W., the Picky Eater/Buster and the Daredevils | 0601 Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked/Best of the Nest | 1109 D.W. on Ice/Spoiled Rotten! | 1608 Buster's Book Battle/On the Buster Scale | 2103 Francine & the Soccer Spy/Sue Ellen & the Last Page | |
| 8:00 AM | 0204 Arthur Makes a Movie/Go to Your Room, D.W. | 0603 Prunella's Special Edition/The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies | 1103 Buenas Noches, Vicita/Prunella Packs it In | 1601 Based on a True Story | 2104 Muffy Misses Out/Arthur Takes a Stand | |
| 8:30 AM | 0205 Arthur's Underwear/Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider | 0605 The Boy Who Cried Comet/Arthur and Los Vecinos | 1106 The Making of Arthur/Dancing Fools | 1603 All About D.W./Blockheads | 2105 Take a Hike, Molly/Slink's Special Talent | |
| 9:00 AM | 0103 D.W. All Wet/Buster's Dino Dilemma | 0206 Buster Baxter, Cat Saver/Play it Again, D.W. | 0607 The Boy with His Head in the Clouds/More! | 1110 Big Brother Binky | 1605 Night of the Tibble/Read and Flumberghast | 2106 The Lost Dinosaur/The Princess Problem |
| 9:30 AM | 0104 D.W.'s Imaginary Friend/Arthur's Lost Library Book | 0209 Lost!/The Short, Quick Summer | 0608 Rhyme for Your Life/For Whom the Bell Tolls | 1107 Hic or Treat/Mr. Alwaysright | 1606 The Last Tough Customer/Brain's Chess Mess | 2107 Invasion of the Soccer Fans/Pal and the Big Itch |
| 10:00 AM | 0105 Arthur's Pet Business/D.W. the Copycat | 0212 Arthur's Faraway Friend/Arthur and the Square Dance | 0609 The Good Sport/Crushed | 1203 D.W.'s Stray Netkitten/Bats in the Belfry | 1609 Fern and the Case of the Stolen Story/Sue Ellen Vegges Out | 2201 Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone/The Feud |
| 10:30 AM | 0106 Locked in the Library!/Arthur Accused! | 0214 Sue Ellen's Lost Diary/Arthur's Knee | 0705 Elwood City Turns 100! | 1204 For the Birds/Ungifted | 1610 So Funny I Forgot to Laugh/The Best Day Ever | 2202 When Rivals Came to Roost/The Longest Eleven Minutes |
| 11:00 AM | 0108 Arthur's New Puppy/Arthur Bounces Back | 0218 Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard/D.W.'s Very Bad Mood | 0706 Pick a Car, Any Car/Jenna's Bedtime Blues | 1205 The Chronicles of Buster/On This Spot | 1703 Molina's Mulligan/Buster Bombs | 2203 Muffy's House Guests/Binky Can't Always Get What He Wants |
| 11:30 AM | 0109 Arthur Babysits/Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe | 0219 D.W.'s Name Game/Finders Key-pers | 0710 April 9th | 1206 The Cherry Tree/Matchmaker, Match Breaker | 1704 Opposites Distract/Just the Ticket | 2204 Muffy's Car Campaign/Truth or Poll |
| 12:00 PM | 0110 Arthur's Birthday/Francine Frensky, Superstar | 0302 D.W. All Fired Up/I'd Rather Read it Myself | 0701 Cast Away/The Great Sock Mystery | 1208 The Blackout/Mei Lin Takes a Stand | 1708 The Director's Cut/Crime and Consequences | 2301 Fright Night/Citizen Cheikh |
| 12:30 PM | 0112 Arthur Writes a Story/Arthur's Lost Dog | 0304 Background Blues/And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids | 0704 To Tibble the Truth/Waiting to Go | 1209 Home Sweet Home/Do You Believe in Magic? | 1709 Caught in the Crosswires/Framed! | 2302 When Duty Calls |
| 1:00 PM | 0113 So Long, Spanky/Buster's New Friend | 0305 The Chips are Down/Revenge of the Chip | 0708 The World of Tomorrow/Is There a Doctor in the House? | 1210 The Perfect Game/D.W.'s Furry Freak-out | 1701 Show Off/Dog's Best Friend | 2303 The Pea and the Princess/D.W. and Dr. Whosit |
| 1:30 PM | 0114 Arthur the Wrecker/Arthur and the True Francine | 0306 Binky Rules/Meet Binky | 0709 Prunella Sees the Light/Return of the Snowball | 1201 Is That Kosher?/Never, Never, Never | 1702 Adventures in Budylon/Ladonna Compson: Party Animal | 2401 George Scraps His Sculpture/Arthur's Big Meltdown |
| 2:00 PM | 0115 Arthur's Family Vacation/Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm | 0308 Popular Girls/Buster's Growing Grudge | 0804 Fernkenstein's Monster/D.W., Dancing Queen | 1207 War of the Worms/I Owe You One | 1705 All Thumbs/Kidonia | 2402 The Great MacGrady |
| 2:30 PM | 0117 Meek for a Week/Arthur, World's Greatest Gleeper | 0313 Arthur's Dummy Disaster/Francine and the Feline | 0809 Flea to Be You and Me/Kiss and Tell | 1302 The Silent Treatment/Kung Fool | 1706 Speak Up, Francine!/Waiting for Snow | 2403 D.W.'s New Best Friend/Freaky Tuesday |
| 3:00 PM | 0118 Arthur's Chicken Pox/Sick as a Dog | 0314 Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight/D.W.'s Perfect Wish | 0801 Dear Adil/Bitzi's Break-up | 1303 Arthur's Number Nightmare/Brain Gets Hooked | 1707 Pets and Pests/Go Fly a Kite | 2501 Binky Wrestles with a Story/All Will Be Revealed! (premiere) |
| 3:30 PM | 0119 D.W. Rides Again/Arthur Makes the Team | 0315 Arthur and D.W. Clean Up/The Long, Dull Winter | 0802 Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain/Thanks a Lot, Binky | 1304 MacFrensky/The Good, the Bad, and the Binky | 1710 Binky's Music Madness/Brain Freeze | 2502 Making Conversation/A Cloudy Day (premiere) |
| 4:00 PM | 0121 Sue Ellen Moves In/The Perfect Brother | 0401 D.W.'s Library Card/Arthur's Big Hit | 0803 Arthur's Snow Biz/Bugged | 1305 No Acting, Please/Prunella and Disappointing Ending | 1802 The Friend Who Wasn't There/Surprise! | 2503 Listen Up!/Arthur's New Old Vacation (premiere) |
| 4:30 PM | 0123 Bully for Binky/Misfortune Teller | 0408 1001 Dads/Prunella's Prediction | 0805 Vomitrocious/Sue Ellen Chickens Out | 1306 When Carl Met George/D.W. Swims with the Fishes | 1806 Whip. Mix. Blend./Staycation | 2504 Blabbermouth/All Grown Up (premiere) |
| 5:00 PM | 0124 Arthur's Tooth/D.W. Gets Lost | 0410 My Music Rules/That's a Baby Show! | 0806 Postcards from Buster | 1401 The Wheel Deal/The Buster Report | 1801 The Tattletale Frog/D.W. & Bud's Higher Purpose | 2501 Binky Wrestles with a Story/All Will Be Revealed! (repeat) |
| 5:30 PM | 0125 D.W. Thinks Big/Arthur Cleans Up | 0301 Buster's Back/The Ballad of Buster Baxter | 0807 Desk Wars/Desperately Seeking Stanley | 1402 The Agent of Change/D.W. Unties the Knot | 1803 The Case of the Girl with the Long Face/The Substitute Arthur | |
| 6:00 PM | 0126 My Dad, the Garbage Man/Poor Muffy | 0311 Double Tibble Trouble/Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival | 0808 Muffy's Art Attack/Tales from the Crib | 1403 Nicked by a Name/The Play's the Thing | 1804 Best Wishes/The Tardy Tumbler | |
| 6:30 PM | 0101 Arthur's Eyes/Francine's Bad Hair Day | 0403 Buster's Breathless/The Fright Stuff | 0810 Big Horns George/Bleep | 1404 Falafelosophy/The Great Lint Rush | 1907 Carl's Concerto/Too Much of a Good Thing | |
| 7:00 PM | 0102 Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn/Arthur's Spelling Trubble | 0404 The Contest/Prove It | 0901 Castles in the Sky/Tipping the Scales | 1409 D.W., Queen of the Comeback/In My Africa | 1909 Mr. Ratburn's Secret Identity/Besties | |
| 7:30 PM | 0111 Arthur's Baby/D.W.'s Baby | 0201 Arthur Meets Mister Rogers/Draw! | 0905 Lights Camera... Opera!/All Worked Up | 1410 Buster Spaces Out/The Long Road Home | 1910 The Last Day | |
| 8:00 PM | 0116 Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest/D.W. Flips | 0501 Arthur and the Big Riddle/Double Dare | D.W. and the Beastly Birthday | The Rhythm and Roots of Arthur | Arthur - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll | |
| 8:30 PM | 0122 D.W.'s Snow Mystery/Team Trouble | 0405 The Blizzard/The Rat Who Came to Dinner | ||||
| 9:00 PM | 0128 I'm a Poet/The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club | 0406 D.W. Tale Spins/Prunella Gets it Twice | 0910 Binky Goes Nuts/Breezy Listening Blues | 1501 Fifteen | 1805 Fountain Abbey/Arthur Calls It | |
| 9:30 PM | 0127 D.W.'s Blankie/Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble | 0505 The Lousy Week/You Are Arthur | 1006 The Curse of the Grebes/Arthur Changes Gears | 1502 I Wanna Hold Your Hand/Whistling in the Wind | 1810 Shelter from the Storm | |
| 10:00 PM | 0130 Arthur's First Sleepover/Arthur's New Year's Eve | 0508 The Last of Mary Moo Cow/Bitzi's Beau | 1010 What's Cooking?/Buster's Special Delivery | 1506 Grandpa Dave's Memory Album/Buster's Carpool Catastrophe | 1901 Brain's Brain/Brain Sees Stars | |
| 10:30 PM | 0107 Arthur Goes to Camp/Buster Makes the Grade | Arthur's First Day | 0902 Francince's Big Top Trouble/George Blows His Top | 1509 Buster's Garden of Grief/Through the Looking Glasses | 1906 Maria Speaks/Postcards from Binky | |
| 11:00 PM | 0120 Arthur's Almost Boring Day/The Half-Baked Sale | 0904 Buster's Green Thumb/My Fair Tommy | 1307 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Tibble/The Secret Guardians | 1807 Two Minutes/Messy Dress Mess | ||
| 11:30 PM | 0129 My Club Rules/Stolen Bike | 0402 Hide and Snake/Muffy's New Best Friend | 0906 Arthur Makes Waves/It Came from Beyond | 1308 Fernlets by Fern/Prunella and the Haunted Locker | 1808 Arthur Read: Super Saver/Tibbles to the Rescue |
Trivia[]
- Some TV listings mistakenly listed "Grandma Thora Appreciation Day" / "Fern's Slumber Party" airing twice. However, the description for the second airing was actually that of the next episode, "Love Notes for Muffy" / "D.W. Blows the Whistle."
- The rerun of the special "Arthur - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" was the first national airing of the special in about two decades.
- Some local PBS stations simulcasted the final four episodes on both their main PBS channel and PBS Kids channel.
- The official announcement for the marathon also revealed that new Arthur content is planned for the future, including digital shorts, a podcast, and online games.[1] It was previously announced that reruns of the existing episodes would continue for "years to come."[2]
Gallery[]
Promotional art[]
25th anniversary logo
Promotional ad for new episodes
Website banner
Website header
Social media teaser for series finale "All Grown Up"
Social media reveal for series finale "All Grown Up"
See also[]
- PBS Kids Vote-A-Rama
- Arthur Marathon - a marathon of 25 fan-favorite episodes in May 2019
References[]