Martha Speaks is a American-Canadian children's educational animated television series based on the 1992 children's book of the same name by Susan Meddaugh, and heavily associated (affiliated) with the children's television series Arthur.The show is produced by WGBH-TV in Boston, along with Vancouver-based animation studio DHX Media Vancouver and the Montreal-based studio Oasis Animation and debuted on September 1, 2008 and ended on November 18, 2014.
Some episodes of this TV series were available for limited theatrical release on January 3, 2009.
The show focuses on mainly synonyms and vocabulary, with each episode featuring an underlying theme illustrated with (usually informal) keywords, but can occasionally focus on introducing preschoolers to various science and other learning concepts, such as the Spanish language through passing mentions, history, and astronomy.The second season began airing on September 14, 2009.
The third season of Martha Speaks premiered on PBS Kids on October 11, 2010, and the fourth season began airing on February 20, 2012.
The fifth season premiered on June 24, 2013.
The sixth and final season premiered on March 31, 2014.Since the series' cancellation, reruns air on PBS Kids.