The Berenstain Bears is a children's animated television comedy series based on the children's book series of the same name by Stan and Jan Berenstain.[1] The series follows the lives of a family of anthropomorphic bears who learn a moral or safety-related lesson during the course of each episode. It ran for 40 episodes in three seasons.[2] The series debuted on PBS Kids in the United States on January 6, 2003 and ended on December 6, 2004.[3] A previous Berenstain Bears cartoon aired in Australia and the United States from 1985 to 1987.