This is a list of episodes for the television series Arthur. It includes special episodes.
As of March 31, 2017[update], Arthur has aired a total of 229 episodes. The series began airing on October 7, 1996, and premiered season 20 on October 10, 2016. Seasons 1–15 were produced by Cookie Jar Group (seasons 1–8 as CINAR, seasons 9–15 as Cookie Jar Entertainment after the CINAR-Cookie Jar rebrand), seasons 16–19 by 9 Story Media Group (after Cookie Jar merged with DHX Media), and seasons 20-21 are produced by Oasis Animation, along with 2 new hour-long television specials. Two television specials aired in 2000 and 2002, and a CGI movie was released in 2006, named as Arthur's Missing Pal.
Arthur is trying to make his Christmas perfect, but is struggling with his attempts, while Buster's mom is trying too hard to make Buster's Christmas perfect. Meanwhile, Muffy is having a huge Christmas party and Francine can't come because celebrating Hanukkah with her family is more important to her.
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After Muffy and Francine watch a Backstreet Boys music video, Francine decides to host auditions for a rock band called U Stink. She rejects Arthur, Buster, and George, who later start their own band called We Stink. Meanwhile, Muffy is daydreaming about meeting Nick Carter. Muffy eventually joins the band as manager. The Backstreet Boys made special guest appearances. Notes: This episode was later adapted into an Arthur Adventure book. It was a spoof of The Beatles' 1964 film A Hard Day's Night.