Series synopsis
Barney & Friends is an American comedy family kids television series that premiered on PBS Kids on April 6, 1992. It stars David Joyner, Carey Stinson, Dean Wendt and Julie Johnson.
Barney & Friends is an American children's television series aimed at children from ages 2 to 5. The series, which first aired on April 6, 1992, features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus rex who conveys educational messages through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, optimistic attitude.
Premise
Barney & Friends is an American children's television series aimed at children from ages 2 to 5. The series, which first aired on April 6, 1992, features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus rex who conveys educational messages through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, optimistic attitude.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- David Joyner as Barney
- Carey Stinson as Barney
- Dean Wendt as Barney
- Julie Johnson as Baby Bop
- Jeff Ayers as Baby Bop
- Patty Wirtz as B.J.
- Michaela Dietz as Riff
- Bob West as Barney
Supporting cast
- Demi Lovato as Angela
- Adrianne Kangas as Linda
- Tory Green as Sarah
- Emilio Mazur as David
- Kyle Nelson as B.J.
- Lauren Mayeux as Baby Bop
- Jerad Harris as Riff
- Zachary Souza as Mario
- Danielle Vega as Kim
- Jessica Hinojosa as Maria
- Skylar Herbert
- Brian Eppes as Michael
Guest cast
- Selena Gomez as Gianna
- Madison Pettis
- Douglas B. Green as Ranger Doug
- Fred LaBour as Too Slim
- Paul Chrisman as Woody Paul
- Riders In The Sky as Themselves
- Deborah Cole as Emma
Episodes
This series spans 15 seasons with 381 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 73 | August 2, 1992 | July 15, 2014 |
| Season 1 | 30 | April 6, 1992 | May 15, 1992 |
| Season 2 | 18 | September 27, 1993 | October 20, 1993 |
| Season 3 | 20 | February 27, 1995 | October 13, 1995 |
| Season 4 | 20 | November 17, 1997 | December 12, 1997 |
| Season 5 | 20 | November 2, 1998 | November 27, 1998 |
| Season 6 | 20 | November 1, 1999 | April 14, 2000 |
| Season 7 | 20 | September 2, 2002 | November 22, 2002 |
| Season 8 | 20 | September 15, 2003 | May 14, 2004 |
| Season 9 | 20 | September 6, 2004 | May 13, 2005 |
| Season 10 | 40 | September 18, 2006 | October 13, 2006 |
| Season 11 | 40 | September 17, 2007 | October 12, 2007 |
| Season 12 | 10 | September 15, 2008 | September 26, 2008 |
| Season 13 | 10 | September 7, 2009 | September 18, 2009 |
| Season 14 | 20 | October 4, 2010 | November 2, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Barney's Magical Musical Adventure Barney's friends are building a sand castle in Derek's backyard when who else but Barney himself appears! With the use of imagination, Barney takes the group on a fun-filled adventure to a real castle. On their journey, they travel through a magical forest where they discover a new friend -- Twynkle the Elf. Once Barney and his young friends reach the castle gate, everyone plays with magical horses and the royal maypole! Then it's time to enter the castle and meet the king, who has a special favor to ask. Soon, Barney and his friends are joined by Baby Bop for songs, a tea party and other castle fun. |
August 2, 1992 |
| 2 |
Love to Read, with Barney Join Barney on a trip to the library! |
December 19, 1993 |
| 3 |
Barney Live! in New York City Live in your own home. Barney takes the stage to bring you a musical extravaganza filled with mystery and imagination. Using the Barney Bag, the children create a wonderful thing for everyone to see. But wait. The bag is in the hands of The Winkster, a colorful character who pops up at surprising times and places. As a merry chase develops, Barney becomes the ringmaster at an "Imagination Circus." To retrieve their bag, Barney and his friends must help The Winkster learn how important it is to have friends and to share. |
August 3, 1994 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Queen of Make-Believe It looks like rain. But Min has decided to become the Queen Of Make-Believe. Suddenly, it looks like lots of fun! With Barney leading his Friends on a romp of games, songs and activities. They put on a pretend tea-party, build a robot with boxes, they even create some special ""stretching exercises"" for the imagination. Pretending, make-believing or imagining- children learn it's always called fun. |
April 6, 1992 |
| 2 |
My Family's Just Right for Me It's the eve of ""Family Night"" at school. A super time for Barney & Friends to celebrate all those wonderful folks (and even pets!) at home. With paintings, books, songs, and dances. There's just one glitch to the gala; Kathy's not sure her ""small"" family measures up. It's just her Mom, her grandmother and herself. But after Barney gets through with his fun and games, the children realize that a family is defined by love, not by size. |
April 7, 1992 |
| 3 |
Playing It Safe Barney and his friends learn some fun lessons about ""playing it safe."" The kids create cardboard-box cars to teach the rules about seatbelt use and crossing the street safely. To teach Baby Bop about strangers, a classroom version of Little Red Riding Hood is performed. Great music and special lyrics help reinforce the safety lessons. |
April 8, 1992 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falling for Autumn! | September 27, 1993 |
| 2 | Grandparents Are Grand! | September 28, 1993 |
| 3 | May I Help You? | September 29, 1993 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawn and the Beanstalk | February 27, 1995 |
| 2 | If the Shoe Fits… | February 28, 1995 |
| 3 | Room for Everyone | March 1, 1995 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Day of School | November 17, 1997 |
| 2 | Is Everybody Happy? | November 18, 1997 |
| 3 | Pennies, Nickels, Dimes | November 19, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Books Are Fun! | November 2, 1998 |
| 2 | Trading Places | November 3, 1998 |
| 3 | Safety First! | November 4, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stick with Imagination! | November 1, 1999 |
| 2 | Itty Bitty Bugs | November 2, 1999 |
| 3 | Grandparents Are Grand (2) | November 3, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
All Aboard! Barney's friends are racing to clean up the park, but Kami has trouble keeping up with the other kids - even when they pretend to be ants marching in a parade! Barney and Scott visit the Idea Bench where Scott comes up with a great idea - to show Kami that even though the caboose is the last car in the train, it's the most important because that's where the conductor rides. With Kami playing "Conductor for the Day," they learn all about trains and have fun checking out a model train. Then, they work together to clean up the old caboose in the park as they sing "I've Been Working On the Railroad." When Barney tells them how railroad signal flags are used, the children make their own flags and wave them around the park. Barney's friends learn that from the first to the last in line, everyone is special. |
September 2, 2002 |
| 2 | Up, Down, and Around! | September 3, 2002 |
| 3 | Tea-riffic Manners | September 4, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Fountain of Fun | September 15, 2003 |
| 2 |
On Again, Off Again Barney, Baby Bop and the children learn about on and off. |
September 16, 2003 |
| 3 | Sharing Is Caring! | September 17, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Everybody's Got Feelings Little people have big feelings, as Barney relates. He gets his friends to make masks of faces. Barney helps B.J. and Baby Bop with their mad feelings. Shot on location is the song Colors Make Me Happy. |
September 6, 2004 |
| 2 |
Caring Hearts In their school project, the kids attach hearts with names of people they care about, on a bare tree. Barney helps the kids get a wide view of all the people who care about them. Their friends-and-family tree ""blooms"" considerably. |
September 7, 2004 |
| 3 |
Let's Make Music! Barney tells the kids how rhythm is instrumental to music. It inspires the kids to start a marching band. |
September 8, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Welcome, Cousin Riff Barney informs Baby Bop and BJ that their cousin Riff has moved into town! |
September 18, 2006 |
| 2 |
Special Skills Baby Bop and BJ decide to put on a special puppet show in the park. Riff utilizes his music ability to enhance the show. |
September 18, 2006 |
| 3 |
Airplanes BJ brings his new airplane toy to the park. Riff decides to borrow BJ's airplane toy. But when Riff can't seem to put BJ's toy airplane back together, BJ puts his toy airplane back together to make it good as new. |
September 19, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pistachio After Barney eats too many pistachios, his friends show him the importance of eating them in moderation. |
September 17, 2007 |
| 2 |
Full Team Ahead BJ excludes his cousin from his baseball team, after not having any athletic ability. Barney teaches him that the best way to play baseball is to share the experience with all of his friends. |
September 17, 2007 |
| 3 |
The Magic Words When Baby Bop forgets to use "Please" and "Thank You", Barney tells her the story of "The Princess and the Magic Words" where a princess could not say the magic words because she did not use them often. |
September 18, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Way to Go!: A Travel Adventure Daniel explains to Barney, Baby Bop, BJ, and the kids how he and his family will use different modes of transportation on their cruise vacation. With a little imagination, Barney, Baby Bop, BJ, and the kids use boxes to build some cars, a plane, a bus, and a cruise ship. |
September 15, 2008 |
| 2 |
The Misbegotten Moon, A Space Adventure Baby Bop sees a half-moon & thinks the moon is broken. Barney takes her to see the Man in the Moon. |
September 16, 2008 |
| 3 |
The Sword In The Sandbox, A Storybook Adventure Daniel wants to jump rope with some older children but is afraid he is too little to do it right. |
September 17, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bienvenido Barney: Mexico Baby Bop's friend Monty the butterfly passes through the park with a flock of friends on their way to Mexico. When Monty gets left behind by his insect friends and family, Barney takes everyone on a visit to Mexico, where Baby Bop will say good-bye to her butterfly friend. |
September 7, 2009 |
| 2 |
Big Brother Rusty: China arney's excited to find out that Rusty's family is adopting a new baby girl from China; however, Rusty's not sure if he's going to be a good brother, and he doesn't know much about China. Barney shows Rusty and the others some info China on the computer and BJ and Baby Bop talk about siblings. Through Barney's Travel Book, Barney takes Rusty, BJ and Baby Bop on an adventure to China where he can learn more about his new sister's heritage. When they get there, the people are celebrating Chinese New Year. From lion dances and talented performers to tasty treats and puppet shows, the celebration never runs out of fun. |
September 8, 2009 |
| 3 |
Ahora Mismo: Spain Ben is late to the park and is disappointed to realize he missed his chance at riding a real pony. He has waited his whole life for this, and now it looks as if he’s missed his opportunity. Luckily, Barney takes him to Spain where they meet Regalo, a dancing horse with Riff and Baby Bop. Ben and Barney return to the park just in time for Ben to ride the pony after all! Ben is thrilled to ride a horse and learned an important lesson about patience and waiting. |
September 9, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Gift of the Dinos and Winter Gift of the Dinos: At Christmastime, BJ dreams of getting a brand new baseball glove, while Riff hopes for brand new drumsticks. Barney reminds them both that Christmas is about more than just getting gifts. Winter: Baby Bop waits for the first snowfall of the year! |
October 4, 2010 |
| 2 |
Riff's Musical Zoo and Boats Riff's Musical Zoo: After Tracy's Mom can't take the kids to the zoo, Riff uses stuffed animals and musical instruments to mimic animals sounds to create a "musical zoo"! Boats BJ and Riff build a make-believe boat for Baby Bop to ride. |
October 5, 2010 |
| 3 |
The Magic Caboose and Arts The Magical Caboose: Barney and the kids board the caboose and use their imagination to go to different places. They visit Egypt, Tahiti, and India. Arts: Barney introduces his friends to many different kinds of art. |
October 6, 2010 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | PBS Kids |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 6, 1992 |
| Last aired | November 2, 2010 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 10:00:00 |