“Barney & Friends” on PBS. “Some people just feel the need to hate,” Joyner chimed in. “I don’t know why, they just feel the need to hate. I was at a parade in New York … ...

Stephen White, "Barney & Friends" head writer, said that despite the death threats and backlash, "We were too busy making the show to worry that much about what various critics and trolls had to say." ...

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. Learn more about what ...

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.