Jim Scalem [VP of pledge programming at PBS] was on board, but I underestimated the strength of Carole’s personality and will in fashioning the program she wanted. Recently a nationally syndicated ...

Barney, the big purple dinosaur with a preschool following, will be returning to TV in 2024 with a new animated series, according to Mattel. A new film, toys and adult apparel are also in the works.

The pledge break actually precedes PBS itself. In the 1960s, Hudson Stoddard, a vice president at WNET, New York City’s then-fledgling public television station, went on-air himself to ask ...

Barney the Dinosaur gets 1,500 fan letters a week, and he hasn’t even been on TV. Until now.The singing purple dinosaur, star of eight “Barney & the Backyard Gang” videotapes since 1988 ...

Barney debuted in "Barney & the Backyard Gang" in 1988 and later "Barney & Friends" in 1992, soon becoming a worldwide sensation. It lasted 14 seasons on PBS, wrapping up with its final show in 2010.

Created in the ‘80s by former teacher Sheryl Leach, “Barney & Friends” premiered on PBS in April 1992 for an audience of preschool and young children, teaching them lessons about inclusion, ...