Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

1968 - 2001KidsTV-Y31 Seasons871 Episodes

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Misterogers on CBC Television, and was later debuted in 1966 as Misterogers' Neighborhood on the regional Eastern Educational Network, followed by its US network debut on February 19, 1968, and it aired on NET and its successor, PBS, until August 31, 2001. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages 2 to 5, but has been stated by PBS as "appropriate for all ages". Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was produced by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA public broadcaster WQED and Rogers' non-profit production company Family Communications, Inc.; previously known as Small World Enterprises prior to 1971, the company was renamed The Fred Rogers Company after Rogers' death.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

130 Episodes • 1968

Season 2

Season 2

65 Episodes • 1969

Season 3

Season 3

65 Episodes • 1970

Season 4

Season 4

65 Episodes • 1971

Season 5

Season 5

65 Episodes • 1972

Season 6

Season 6

65 Episodes • 1973

Season 7

Season 7

65 Episodes • 1974

Season 8

Season 8

30 Episodes • 1975

Season 9

Season 9

5 Episodes • 1976

Season 10

Season 10

17 Episodes • 1980

Season 11

Season 11

18 Episodes • 1981

Season 12

Season 12

18 Episodes • 1982

Season 13

Season 13

16 Episodes • 1982

Season 14

Season 14

16 Episodes • 1983

Season 15

Season 15

15 Episodes • 1985

Season 16

Season 16

16 Episodes • 1986

Season 17

Season 17

15 Episodes • 1986

Season 18

Season 18

15 Episodes • 1987

Season 19

Season 19

15 Episodes • 1989

Season 20

Season 20

15 Episodes • 1990

Season 21

Season 21

15 Episodes • 1991

Season 22

Season 22

15 Episodes • 1991

Season 23

Season 23

15 Episodes • 1992

Season 24

Season 24

10 Episodes • 1994

Season 25

Season 25

10 Episodes • 1995

Season 26

Season 26

20 Episodes • 1996

Season 27

Season 27

10 Episodes • 1997

Season 28

Season 28

15 Episodes • 1998

Season 29

Season 29

15 Episodes • 1999

Season 30

Season 30

10 Episodes • 2000

Season 31

Season 31

5 Episodes • 2001

Episodes - Season 1

E1

1. Change: The First Program

28m

Title number 0001. Opens with Mr. Rogers talks about tying his shoes. Mrs. Russellite sends an invitation to Mr. Rogers to see her lampshade collection. Lady Elaine's changes to the geography of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe worry King Friday, who begins to impose new rules and restrictions in Make-Believe, and builds a wall.

E2

2. King Friday Challenges Change

29m

Title number 0002. Opens with Mr. Rogers arrives with a painting. Mr. Rogers shows how a burlap bag can be many different things when one imagines it. After he turns it into a cape, Betty (Lady) Aberlin comes to visit and he lends it to her for strength when she goes to visit her great-uncle, King Friday XIII. Meanwhile, King Friday worries about an invasion of people who want to change the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and drafts her as a border guard.

E3

3. Chef Brockett bakes a cake fit for a king

29m

Title number 0003. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a package from Chef Brockett. Because of the new rules and restrictions in Make-Believe, Cornflake S. Pecially refuses to visit the castle. Chef Brockett delivers a cake to King Friday, who is suspicious of more changes, cuts the cake into many pieces to inspect it.

E4

4. Early whimsy, fun and frolic in the neighborhood

29m

Title number 0004. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a playpen and puppy. Mrs. Carol Saunders also makes her first visit. At the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday still wants to protect his province, so he sends Handyman Negri to install punch clocks at both ends of it.

E5

5. The end of the first week

29m

Title number 0005. Opens with Mister Rogers playing with a feather on the porch. After Mr. Rogers plays with them, Betty Aberlin takes some helium balloons to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Tagging them with a message of peace, she floats them above the castle. When King Friday reads the message, he ceases his efforts to stop change. The wall is taken down. Mister Rogers sings his special family bedtime song called, "Good Night, God" for the first time.

E6

6. Feeling scientific

29m

Title number 0006. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a large box in a lab coat. To prepare for his scientific endeavor, Mr. Rogers puts on a lab coat and compares various shells and shell-like objects, including a turtle shell, a conch shell, an armadillo's armored shell and a suit of armor. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Bud Alder compares oil-based and water-based paints. After sharing his wisdom with X the Owl, X teaches Lady Elaine various bird names.

E7

7. Different ways of thinking about birds

29m

Title number 0007. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a birdcage under a blanket. In the Television house, Mr. Rogers takes care of a canary while, in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine is studying birds and learns from Lady Aberlin how practice is needed to learn anything. The "art lady", Mrs. Rubin visits.

E8

8. A “Peace Party” to celebrate peace

29m

Title number 0008. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a Peace Party sign and a paper airplane. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe celebrates a peace party and honors sixteen year- old majorette Lynda Martha as a guest, while Lady Elaine Fairchilde dresses up as a dove of peace.

E9

9. People look and sound different

29m

Title number 0009. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving in a hat with a stack of pictures. Mr. Rogers plays audio tapes of Neighborhood of Make-Believe puppet characters in an effort to allow the viewers guess who they are. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Royal Coach Saunders plays hide and seek with Lady Elaine and X.

E10

10. Looking closely

29m

Title number 0010. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with binoculars in a case. In the Television house, Mr. Rogers demonstrates the use of binoculars. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Lady Aberlin dresses up as a snow goose.

Created by: Fred Rogers

Top Cast

Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers

Mr. Rogers

Betty Aberlin

Betty Aberlin

Lady Aberlin

David Newell

David Newell

Mr. McFeely

Joe Negri

Joe Negri

Handyman Negri

Available on: PBS, National Educational Television

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