Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Before settling on the career goal of TV critic, I went through four distinct areas of job interest, all ...

On Feb. 19, 1968, a quiet and simple show called Mister Rogers' Neighborhood debuted on PBS to little fanfare. This predominantly one-person kids show employed puppets to communicate unconditional ...

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 ...

Unlike much of the news these days, reports this week that PBS is planning an animated spinoff of “Mister Rogers' Neighborhood” are enough to lower the blood pressure. It's been eight years since the ...

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 ...