“Barney & Friends” was about America’s favorite purple dinosaur and aired from 1992 to 2010. The series was based on “Barney & the Backyard Gang” and produced some high-profile talent.

Barney & Friends, which followed the lovable purple Tyrannosaurus rex and his friends beginning in 1992, is remembered fondly by many millennials who grew up as Barney kids.

Larry says he and his fellow programmers were convinced "Barney & Friends" was a once-in-a-generation kind of show. They were getting phone call after phone call from parents asking about Barney.

Barney the dinosaur wasn't the traditional masculine figure, drawing some of the immense ire against him, according to experts discussing the series 'Barney & Friends' on a new podcast.