The costumed purple dinosaur who at his height on PBS in the 90s was considered, probably depending on your politics, either a positive influence on children or a fascist dictator of his on-camera little buddies (which included a young Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez), or in a calmer sense, not worthy of the network of "Sesame Street" and "Mister Rogers," will be brought back by his current owner, the Mattel toy company, in a new animated series from the Canadians at Nelvana--along with the expected multimedia and licensed merchandise storm:
https://www.thewrap.com/barney-dinosaur-mattel-revival-2024/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking_news_7214887 No US home for the new Barney show as of yet--I would hope that PBS would stay away this time, but if they're getting a cut of the merchandise, that's less of the annual financial support of Viewers Like You. Thank you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6ef7a81a-9f87-4050-9a21-1ee73d7e3da6n%40googlegroups.com.
