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Martha Speaks

About Martha Speaks

An animated series that is designed to enrich the vocabulary of 4- to 7-year-olds. Based on the classic books by Susan Meddaugh, each episode uses Martha's unique linguistic abilities and the hilarious consequences to engage kids and help build their vocabulary skills.

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Dogs in Space/Dogs from Space - S2 E10

Mrs. Clusky asks the class to present projects on the solar system, but TD finds himself distracted by comic books. Can he save the Planet of the Dogs from evil space cats and still get his homework in on time? Inspired by TD's comic about the Planet of the Dogs, Martha has a dream about what life would be like as an alien space dog.

• Thursday September 24, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Thursday September 24, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Sunday September 27, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Sunday September 27, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Truman's Secret/Skits Monkeys Around - S1 E39

Where has Truman been and why is he acting so weird? He's hiding in the garage, lurking in the shadows. He finally agrees to tell the whole gruesome story, but will it be too horrible for them to bear? Skits loves to watch Malcolm, the blue monkey on TV. In fact, he loves Malcolm so much he wants to be Malcolm, and he starts wearing a polka dot bowtie. Martha is mortified to be seen with him in public.

• Friday September 25, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Friday September 25, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha's Worst Best Day/Truman's Brother - S1 E36

Why is Martha so grumpy? She's offended just about everybody with her insults. Truman figures out that she's saying the exact reverse of what she means to say. Truman and TD both wish they had a brother. If Skits and Martha can be sort of siblings, why can't the two of them?

• Saturday September 26, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Saturday September 26, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Therapy Dog/Martha's Duck Trouble - S1 E38

Martha becomes a hospital therapy dog, spreading cheer among the patients. But trouble brews when Mrs. Demson, who claims a horrible allergy to dogs, is admitted for an invisible rash. Ralph, the wounded duck from the lake, has settled in at Martha's house to convalesce. Pretty soon, it feels like the duck is taking over.

• Monday September 28, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Monday September 28, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Que Pasa, Martha/TD Is Talking Dog - S2 E9

Senor Craig expects everyone to present an oral report in Spanish, and Alice is a nervous wreck! With the help of Martha and some Mexican alphabet soup, she aces her presentation, but did she actually deserve her grade? Inspired by an old Tarzan-style movie, TD decides to learn animal languages and become an animal linguist. Under Martha's tutelage, he begins his lessons.

• Tuesday September 29, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Tuesday September 29, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Paws and Effect/The Trouble with Teddy - S2 E8

When Martha gets a piece of glass in her paw, everyone realizes that littering hurts more than the environment. Teddy, a neighborhood dog, is sick, and Martha tries to diagnose him.

• Wednesday September 30, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Wednesday September 30, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha Plays Favorites/Martha and the Doggie Lover - S2 E12

Truman is worried that his mom doesn't think he's special anymore. She's too busy taking care of the babies at her daycare. Martha knows just how he feels. She felt the same way when the family got that cute puppy Skits. TD's little cousin CD really likes dogs. Really, really likes dogs. CD loves dogs so much he squeezes them too hard. Can Martha teach CD how to be gentle with dogs?

• Thursday October 1, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Thursday October 1, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Saturday October 3, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Saturday October 3, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha's Life in Crime - S2 E11

Martha tells the story of her puppy days in the animal shelter and her excitement of finding a family. But it turns out that Helen wasn't the first person who adopted Martha. Puppy Martha's new owner turns out to have unsavory plans for her. Can Martha turn the tables on the bumbling crooks and still find a family?

• Friday October 2, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Friday October 2, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Sunday October 4, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Sunday October 4, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha Speaks/Martha Gives Advice - S1 E1

When Martha the dog eats alphabet soup, the letters go to her brain and she develops the ability to talk. But when she becomes the host of a radio advice show, she soon has people doing some pretty strange things. Helen starts taking fashion advice from her older cousin Carolina.

• Monday October 5, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Monday October 5, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha and the One Thousand Fleas/Nice and Crabby - S2 E14

Helen is shocked to find that someone has eaten the cookies she was supposed to sell for the school fundraiser. Feeling stuffed and guilty, Martha knows just the thing to raise the money: a dog circus! Crabby Mrs. Demson is suddenly friendly, cheerful, and fun. What could be wrong with her? Martha sets out to get to the bottom of the mystery.

• Tuesday October 6, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Tuesday October 6, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Patrol Dog Martha/The Crooning Crook Caper - S3 E12

Martha wishes she could help solve crimes like Rascal the police dog, and she's in luck! Officer O'Reilly lets Martha fill in while Rascal is away. Out patrolling, Martha smells a rat. Can she convince them that there's something rotten in the rutabaga? Helen wishes she could be a kid detective just like her favorite book character, Curious Crystal. When Helen and Martha find a business card for "The Whistler" with "You've been warned" written on the back, they think their career as super sleuths has begun.

• Wednesday October 7, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Wednesday October 7, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Saturday October 10, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Saturday October 10, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha Acts Up/Ronald Is In - S3 E9

Mrs. Boxwood offers Martha a part in Alice in Wonderland, and Martha is thrilled at her new chance to become a star of the stage. But when Martha finds out what she's cast as, she's horrified. When Ronald finds a book on psychology, he becomes the expert on everyone's "problems." Is his cure worse than the complaint?

• Thursday October 8, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Thursday October 8, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Sunday October 11, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Sunday October 11, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Skits on Ice/Martha's Steamed! - S2 E13

Skits is afraid of hockey pucks, but why? Helen tells the story of how puppy Skits chased a puck onto thin ice, and how quick thinking by Martha saved the day. When Helen and Martha discover a dog locked in a hot car on a sweltering summer's day, they snap into action.

• Friday October 9, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Friday October 9, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha: Deadline Doggie/It's The Giant Pumpkin, Martha - S3 E7

When Martha begins to sniff out leads for Carolina's paper, the news is not fit to print. Can Martha redeem herself before she puts the paper out of business? With The Ronald Report as her new competition, Carolina needs stories, big stories, to keep her paper afloat. But then she finds a story that's stranger than she bargained for.

• Monday October 12, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Monday October 12, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha Gets Spooked/Martha Changes Her Luck - S1 E19

Is someone fixing up the haunted house? If not, who ordered those flowers? Was it the ghost of Mrs. Parkington's great-aunt Martha? Later, Martha the dog is worried that her bad luck is rubbing off on everybody else.

• Tuesday October 13, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Tuesday October 13, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Wednesday October 21, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Wednesday October 21, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Wagstaff Races/The Missing Metal Mystery - S3 E14

The gang enters an alternative energy fueled Go Green Go-Cart Race using sun, wind and pond scum. Someone has been stealing from the junkyard and TD announces his suspect.

• Wednesday October 14, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Wednesday October 14, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Saturday October 17, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Saturday October 17, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Myth Me?/TD's Myth Take - S3 E10

On a rainy, boring day, the gang does what everybody does on a rainy day: act out Greek myths! And, as always, they are really better with dogs! TD isn't satisfied with any Greek myth, so he decides to write his own version. With the help of Martha and Truman, he puts on a performance that exceeds everyone's expectations.

• Friday October 16, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Friday October 16, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Sunday October 18, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Sunday October 18, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

TD's Magic/Scaredy Cat - S3 E8

TD has found the best birthday gift of all time for his cousin CD - he's going to put on a magic show at his party. TD wants to really "wow" the crowd, so the bigger the trick, the better. But what happens when his magic gets out of control? To escape a storm, the kids and dogs retreat into the Boxwood's house. TD, Alice, and Helen decide to tell spooky stories to pass the time. But as spooky things start happening in the house, they wonder if their stories might be a little too real.

• Monday October 19, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Monday October 19, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha's Slumber Party of the Weird/Return to Martha's Slumber Party of the Weird - S3 E13

The gang is camping out. The tent is pitched, they've played a hundred hands of Go Fish, they've even eaten all the s'mores - but they still aren't tired. When TD suggests they tell science fiction stories, no one expects this story to end as it does. A shadow on the outside of the tent inspires still more stories. With humans shrinking to the size of ants, and ants growing to the size of humans, everyone has something to contribute.

• Tuesday October 20, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Tuesday October 20, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Saturday October 24, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Saturday October 24, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

The Dog Did It/Martha Out West - S3 E11

Martha shares the Great Oral History of Dogs with Helen, TD, and Truman. According to Martha, dogs gave humans lots of stuff: fire, philosophy, physics, art, and even language. Could this explain why Shakespeare's hero is named Hamlet? The gang has borrowed a video camera from the library so they can film their very own Wild West production. They each tell their version, featuring with pioneers, outlaws, and... strawberry milkshakes?

• Thursday October 22, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Thursday October 22, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Recent

Martha Smells/Martha Hears - S1 E35

• Wednesday September 23, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Wednesday September 23, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha's Worst Best Day/Truman's Brother - S1 E36

• Tuesday September 22, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Tuesday September 22, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

What's Bothering Bob?/Martha Spins a Tale - S1 E40

• Monday September 21, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Monday September 21, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha Goes to School/Td and the Light Bulb of Doom - S1 E33

• Friday September 18, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Friday September 18, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Here's Martha!/Dog Fight - S1 E37

• Thursday September 17, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Thursday September 17, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha Treads the Boards/Martha's Pack - S1 E34

• Sunday September 20, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Sunday September 20, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Wednesday September 16, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Wednesday September 16, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

The Opera Contest/Maestro Martha - S3 E6

• Tuesday September 15, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Tuesday September 15, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Alice Covers Up/Carolina Picks A Lily - S3 E5

• Saturday September 19, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Saturday September 19, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Monday September 14, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Monday September 14, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Truman's Mad/Dog for a Day - S3 E4

• Friday September 11, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Friday September 11, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha the Witness/Martha Takes a Stand - S1 E32

• Sunday September 13, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Sunday September 13, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Thursday September 10, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Thursday September 10, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha's Dirty Habit/Helen's All Thumbs - S1 E30

• Saturday September 12, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Saturday September 12, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS
• Wednesday September 9, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Wednesday September 9, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Skits and Mr. Scruffles/Brave Truman - S3 E2

• Tuesday September 8, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Tuesday September 8, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha Bakes/Martha Makes Scents - S1 E31

• Monday September 7, 2020 11:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Monday September 7, 2020 10:30 am CT on KETKIDS

The Martha Show - S3 E1

• Sunday September 6, 2020 7:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Sunday September 6, 2020 6:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha's Millions/Carolina's Gifted - S3 E3

• Saturday September 5, 2020 7:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Saturday September 5, 2020 6:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha's Market/Bye Bye Burger Boy - S4 E4

• Sunday August 30, 2020 7:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Sunday August 30, 2020 6:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Martha's Thanksgiving, Part One & Two - S4 E7

• Saturday August 29, 2020 7:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Saturday August 29, 2020 6:30 am CT on KETKIDS

Painting for Peanuts/Martha's No Dummy - S2 E2

• Sunday August 23, 2020 7:30 am ET on KETKIDS
• Sunday August 23, 2020 6:30 am CT on KETKIDS