"Barney & Friends" wasn’t always "one big happy family." The ‘90s children’s show about a jolly purple T. Rex became a catalyst for hate, sparking numerous conspiracy theories that still linger today.

DECATUR - Before Decatur native David Joyner took on the television role of streetwise children's performer Hip Hop Harry, he was known for being the first to wear the costume of another famous TV ...

DALLAS — Anyone reading this between the ages of 20 and 35 probably has at least tangential familiarity with the big purple dinosaur who hosted the children's educational show "Barney & Friends." But, ...

Peacock released the trailer Wednesday for a two-part documentary about the darkness surrounding the legendary kid’s show “Barney & Friends.” Friendly faces like Bill Nye and Al Roker are interviewed ...

“Barney & Friends” was a mainstay of daytime television in the early 1990s, making a star out of the title character: a purple anthropomorphic T. rex who extolled the virtues of love, kindness and ...

Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and more stars who got their start on the popular kids' series Kate Hogan was Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE. She started at PEOPLE in 2008, leaving in ...

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 ...

Ever wonder what a more mature, existential, and adult-oriented reboot of Barney & Friends would look like? Oh...you haven't? Well, we're getting it anyway with the upcoming reimagining, Barney. Even ...

What made Barney, the purple dinosaur and nineties kids’-TV sensation, so infuriatingly loathsome? Was it his doofy voice and inane giggle, coming at you like a low-watt Pillsbury Doughboy? His ...

2 Russians, 2 Jews, and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar ...

DALLAS — Anyone reading this between the ages of 20 and 35 probably has at least tangential familiarity with the big purple dinosaur who hosted the children's educational show "Barney & Friends." But, ...