Barney and the Backyard Gang is a direct-to-video series produced by The Lyons Group and was produced from October 13, 1988 to October 20, 1991. This series launched the stardom of the PBS television ...

He's no longer just a dinosaur from your imagination — Barney is back in animated form. The lovable purple-and-green dinosaur with a penchant for tidiness will return to screens for the first time in ...

The Backyard Gang are bored on a Saturday with nothing to do. That is, until they use their imaginations to bring Barney to life. When they tell Barney their problem, he acts like a genie and gives ...

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 ...

“Barney & Friends” didn’t warm everyone’s heart with the show’s catchy tunes or happy-go-lucky dinosaurs. Bob West, the original voice of Barney, appeared on the new podcast “Generation Barney” and ...

Barney’s story starts in late 1987 in Allen, Texas. At the time, a former teacher named Sheryl Leach had a two-year old son, Patrick. She struggled to find videos that held his attention. “I was a ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Barney the Dinosaur, the iconic purple anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus rex that was not only beloved ...

The dinosaur from our imagination is getting a renovation. That's right: Barney is getting a makeover, Mattel revealed Feb. 13 with the announcement that the iconic children's franchise is coming back ...