In 1991, during the Barney & the Backyard series and Barney and Friends, Jenny Dempsey was the prop master. She later wore the costume for Baby Bop and then BJ until 1993.

She starred in Barney & Friends from 2005 and 2006. Jaren Lewison now plays Ben Gross on the Netflix teen comedy-drama Never Have I Ever, and got one of his earliest screen appearances when he ...

Barney, the purple dinosaur, in scene from PBS TV series "Barney & Friends." / Getty Images "Nope" actor Daniel Kaluuya and Mattel announced in 2019 they were set to produce a live-action film of ...

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.

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 ...

The rebrand, set to debut in 2024, will feature the revamped dinosaur alongside pals from his ’90s “Barney and Friends” TV show, which ended its run in 2010.

Debuting 50 years ago, the show covered a series of detective in a more banal, day-to-day take on cop live when cops-and-robbers was all the craze.

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.

The very next year, 1992, “Barney and the Backyard Gang” hit PBS as “Barney & Friends” and found its way into the homes of millions of kids. “Barney was a one off,” Rifkin said.