"Franklin" almost always aired with two 11-minute stories, except on CBC in Canada, which splits the stories apart and shows one at a time. The "Franklin" DVD and video releases include individual stories grouped together as part of a theme, rather than complete episodes. Unlike many animated children's programs, "Franklin" has no interstitial segments or end-tags featuring the characters. The scenes shown in the animated opening introduction were changed after the show's first season. Many of these scenes featured Otter, a character who left the series early in the first season and was only seen once more in later seasons.