'Barney & Friends' aired beginning in 1992, and is the topic of a new podcast Barney had love for everyone, but the same couldn't be said for the big, purple dinosaur. As the Barney phenomenon ...

Barney must have a tough purple hide, or else public TV’s perky prehistoric playmate would have turned black and blue after the beating he has taken from big people lately. The popular children’s ...

This time last year, the national Public Broadcasting Service was ready to send Barney the TV dinosaur to the great Jurassic Park in the sky. No more millions to make more “Barney & Friends” episodes ...

Barney the singing-and-dancing TV dinosaur is cheerful and loving. He represents kindness, fun, discovery, safety and other worthy values. Little kids — particularly preschoolers — love him. Then why ...