Few children’s shows carry the baggage that Barney & Friends does, even now. Created as a series of videos by Dallas mom Sheryl Leach in 1988, the show was eventually discovered by Connecticut Public ...

"We had a lot of witnesses," she said. "One little boy said, "I'm going home to get my gun, Barney, and I'm going to shoot him.' " Barney and Friends airs daily on Public Television.

“Barney & Friends” premiered on PBS in 1992 and went on to become a massive hit. The “I Love You” theme song became widely known, to the ire of some.