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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 ...

Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was willing to tackle controversial subjects, such as nuclear war, and explain them to children in an honest and understandable way. The five-episode arc ...

In his decades as a television host and national child-comforter-in-chief, the late Fred Rogers became synonymous with kindness, hope, and compassion. But thanks in part to last year’s documentary, ...

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 ...

The first episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” made its national debut on Feb. 19, 1968. The show would go on to be a quiet powerhouse in children’s programming despite the calm and humble nature ...

“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” ran from 1968 to 2001 on PBS. Aimed at preschoolers, it was a groundbreaking educational show, beloved by Americans who grew up watching it during that time. I missed it.

His TV neighborhood, was, of course, a realm of make believe — a child’s-eye view of community summoned into being by an oddly understanding adult, cobbled together from a patchwork of stage sets, ...