Arthur season 22

The twenty-second season of Arthur started airing on PBS Kids in the United States from May 13, 2019 to May 16, 2019. Jane Lynch guest starred on the episode "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone".^[1] Roman Lutterotti replaced Jacob Ursomarzo as Arthur, Ethan Pugiotto replaced Christian Distefano as D.W., and Evan Blaylock replaced Max Friedman Cole as Brain.

Arthur
Season 22
No. of episodes	4 (8 segments)
Release
Original network	PBS Kids
Original release	May 13 (2019-05-13) – May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Production

On March 28, 2018, Jessica Kardos, the voice of Sue Ellen Armstrong revealed on Twitter that she and Holly Gauthier-Frankel (the voice of Fern Walters) were recording new episodes of Arthur.^[2] New episodes were still being recorded as late as November 2018.^[3][4]

On May 25, 2018, Bruce Dinsmore (the voice of Binky Barnes, Mr. Read, and Bailey) confirmed that he had recorded new episodes, saying, "we got lots more coming" and "there's some good surprises".^[5] Dinsmore also revealed that there will be a guest star this season, who is "an actress everyone would know".^{[5][nb 1]}

The first official announce of Season 22 came on June 4, 2018 when Oasis Animation confirmed that it would produce four more seasons of Arthur, up to Season 25.^[7][8]

On November 16, 2018, Dinsmore announced on Twitter that he had recorded his "very last session" for Arthur.^{[3][nb 2]} He later clarified that "he didn't intend to make an announcement of any kind", and that Arthur had "lots of new episodes coming".^{[9][nb 3]}

Episodes

Main article: List of Arthur episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboard by	Original release date
240a	1a	"Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone"[10]	Peter K. Hirsch	Allan Jeffrey	May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)
Arthur and his friends are shockingly surprised that Mr. Ratburn is getting married. During the wedding, they learn that he has married a man. NOTE: The episode was withheld from airing by Alabama Public Television (APT) and the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) as it showcased same-sex marriage.[11][12]
240b	1b	"The Feud"[10]	Jonathan Greenberg	Hélène Cossette & Nick Vallinakis	May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)
Arthur and Buster play a Dark Bunny video game, and when the game breaks, both of them accuse each other of sabotage and break up. Meanwhile, the rest of their friends choose sides and split into "teams" even after Arthur and Buster get over the fight. Together with Binky, they hatch a plan to squash the feud between their classmates.
241a	2a	"When Rivals Came to Roost"[13]	Eliza Bent & Glen Berger	Jeremy O’Neill	May 14, 2019 (2019-05-14)
A classroom at Mighty Mountain Elementary School gets flooded, and its students move to Lakewood Elementary with Mr. Ratburn's class.
241b	2b	"The Longest Eleven Minutes"[13]	Sarah Katin & Nakia Trower Shuman	Karine Charlebois	May 14, 2019 (2019-05-14)
Arthur, Muffy, Buster, and Ladonna must find something to do after the internet is out.
242a	3a	"Muffy's House Guests"[14]	McPaul Smith	Jeremy O’Neill	May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)
Muffy is terrified when peregrine falcons build a nest outside her bedroom window.
242b	3b	"Binky Can't Always Get What He Wants"[14]	Peter Ferland	Julien Dufour	May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)
Binky must choose between starring in a television commercial or performing in a talent show.
243a	4a	"Muffy's Car Campaign"[15]	Matt Hoverman & Peter K. Hirsch	Hélène Cossette & Jeremy O'Neill	May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16)
When Muffy is worried that a petition to help protect the environment may put Crosswire Motors out of business permanently, she starts a car campaign.
243b	4b	"Truth or Poll"[15]	Sarah Katin & Nakia Trower Shuman	Daniel Miodini & Andreas Schuster	May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16)
Binky and the Brain make biased polls, leading to unpopular changes around the school.

Notes

1. This was later revealed to be Jane Lynch.^[6]
2. This is specifically referring to the Arthur TV series. Dinsmore has subsequently voiced Binky Barnes in later Arthur-related content.
3. This is true, since the final four seasons were recorded together, the voice work for this season would have coincided with the voice work for Season 23, 24, and 25 (the final season).