SpongeBob SquarePants just became the longest-running animated children's TV series ever, surpassing the PBS Kids show Arthur ... longest-running children's cartoon of all time.
Arthur first aired with PBS Kids in October 1996, and ran for 25 seasons across 26 years with the final episode airing back in 2022. The series finale offered a much more conclusive ending than ...
The show has been very successful ... This record was previously held by Arthur on PBS, which ran for 25 seasons from October 7, 1996, to February 21, 2022, with a total of 253 episodes.