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Arthur season 3

season of television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ6562325 ↗
Source-derived summary

The third season of the television series Arthur was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from November 16, 1998 to January 1, 1999 and contains 15 episodes. This season, like seasons 1 and 2, was released on DVD in Europe only (as "Series 4").

This was the last season in which Michael Caloz voiced the character D.W. Read, due to his voice deepening after the end of the season.

Funding for Arthur's third season was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS viewers, and corporate sponsors Juicy Juice, Polaroid Corporation, and Baby GAP.

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Reception

Going into the premiere of this season, Arthur was ranked as the #1 kids program on PBS, and the #1 program on TV for kids ages 5 – 12.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Arthur season 3” as season of television series. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 1999—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Arthur, season and television can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as season of television series. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6562325. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1998 and 1999.

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This entry incorporates text from “Arthur season 3” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.