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''Martha Speaks'' is an American-Canadian animated children's television series based on the 1992 children's book of the same name by Susan Meddaugh, about a talking dog named Martha (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain), who is owned by ten-year-old Helen Lorraine (known in the books as Helen Finney). When Helen feeds Martha some alphabet soup, the soup travels to her brain instead of her stomach, resulting in her ability to speak. The show focuses on synonyms and vocabulary, with each episode featuring an underlying theme illustrated with key words. The show takes place in the fictional town of Wagstaff City, a parody of Flagstaff, Arizona. The show is produced by WGBH in Boston, along with Vancouver based animation studio DHX Media Vancouver (formerly Studio B Productions), and debuted on September 1, 2008 on PBS Kids and PBS Kids Go! stations across the United States. Some episodes of this TV series were available for limited theatrical release on January 3, 2009. 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.〔("OASIS ANIMATION to Produce a New Season of Martha Speaks for WGBH to Air on PBS KIDS" ), BusinessWire, December 12, 2012.〕 The fifth season premiered on June 24, 2013. Season six premiered on March 31, 2014.〔(Martha Speaks #501. )〕 ==Production== The show's executive producer is Carol Greenwald, and it was developed for television by Emmy Award-winning writer Ken Scarborough, the show's head writer. Other writers include Joe Fallon, Peter Hirsch, Raye Lankford, Pippin Parker, Ron Holsey, and Dietrich Smith. Music for the series and the theme song is by Canadian composer Daniel Ingram. Lyrics for the theme song are by Ken Scarborough.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pbs.org/parents/martha/program/credits.html )〕 The show is animated in Vancouver by Studio B Productions using Adobe Flash.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2008: The year that was )〕 Meddaugh, author of the book, is involved in the show and oversees the production.〔 Despite some concerns over the way word definitions would be incorporated into a television show, she said she is now satisfied that they do not interrupt the flow of the story.〔 Producer Carol Greenwald first contacted Meddaugh when she was involved in the TV series ''Arthur'';〔 the author has also been approached by HBO and Disney. Each episode features short animated segments related to the main parts in three occasions: one between the opening theme and the first part, another one between two parts, and the other between the second part and the closing credits. However, those short segments are not included in the version distributed outside the United States. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martha Speaks (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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