'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' had its first national broadcast on public television 50 years ago. TV critic David Bianculli has an appreciation. And we listen back to Rogers' interview with Terry ...

If imitation is truly the greatest form of flattery, the late Fred Rogers, host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, must have been perpetually pleased. Rogers was frequently parodied and took it all in ...

Fred Rogers shaped several generations' young minds with his educational children's TV show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. And like many influential cultural institutions, it was parodied on SNL. But ...

PITTSBURGH — Gregg Behr’s family had four channels to choose from while he was growing up in the 1970s. Though there wasn’t much to choose from, one program in particular would play an outsized role ...

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Won’t you be my neighbor? These words were sung in every episode of the iconic educational children’s TV show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, one of the best PBS ...

Driving to campus a few weeks ago to meet with my class called “Art and the Cultures of Childhood,” I heard on National Public Radio that Fred Rogers, at the age of 74, had died of stomach cancer.

Portrait of American educator and television personality Fred Rogers (1928 - 2003) of the television series 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,' circa 1980s. (Photo by Fotos International/Courtesy of Getty ...

For 25 years, Francois Clemmons played the role of Officer Clemmons on the beloved children's program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Clemmons joined the cast of the show in 1968, becoming the first ...

Andrew McGowan studied at Bowdoin College and the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Hs has served on programming and judicial teams for several film festivals, and has written about cinema ...

If you’re one of the millions of Americans who grew up with Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, you probably know that Fred Rogers’ trademark sweater is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian ...

Fifty-five years ago Sunday, America was introduced to Fred Rogers, the man who would go on to become the nation's favorite neighbor.A tweet from WQED celebrated the anniversary of the "Mister Roger's ...

PITTSBURGH — On Sept. 21, 1967, Fred Rogers recorded the first full episode of the new “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” at WQED. The first national broadcast of that episode on Feb. 19, 1968, set into ...