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.

“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.

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.

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 ...

A live-action movie based on the children’s series Barney & Friends is currently in the works. Announced in 2019, the project will be coproduced by Mattel Films, A24 and Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% ...

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.