Franklin is, a Canadian children's television series, based on a series of books by Brenda Clark (illustrator) and Paulette Bourgeois (writer). The television series was named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle. In the Canadian French version, the cartoon shorts are presented with the title character of Benjamin and a similar theme song. The series first aired in November, 1997; and originally ended its run in May 1999. At one point, five seasons had been produced, but only the first four were widely available, as the fifth had only been available on Canada's Family Channel. The television series is produced by Nelvana Entertainment; the books have been published by Scholastic. From 1998 to 1999, the program aired in the United States on CBS' Saturday-morning lineup before moving to Nick Jr. on January 11, 1998. In the fall of 2000, it returned to CBS in reruns until 2006. Airings on CBS were discontinued when CBS discontinued all airings of Nick Jr. programming in favor of... more