Television broadcast timeline for Barney & Friends

Shown below is a timeline for broadcasts of Barney & the Backyard Gang, the first three seasons of Barney & Friends, Barney's Imagination Island, and Barney Live! in New York City on various television networks.
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==Timelines==
===Barney & the Backyard Gang===
Channel aired	Broadcast run
 	November 1990 – October 1992
On the Disney Channel, the Backyard Gang videos aired within the Lunch Box block.
===Weekdays===
First broadcast 	Last broadcast 	Episodes aired 	Notes
April 6, 1992 	May 15, 1992 	#101–130 	First air dates of Season 1.
May 18, 1992 	September 24, 1993	#101–130 	All episodes reran at least 10 times on PBS within this time period.
September 27, 1993	October 20, 1993 	#201–218 	First air dates of Season 2.
About four or five episodes were closed-captioned by The Caption Center, while all others were done by the National Captioning Institute.
October 21, 1993 	December 1, 1993 	Season 1 	Because there were only 18 episodes in Season 2, this resulted in certain episodes airing on improper days of the week.
December 2, 1993 	December 27, 1993 	Season 2 	
December 28, 1993 	February 7, 1994 	Season 1 	
February 8, 1994 	March 3, 1994 	Season 2 	
March 4, 1994 	April 14, 1994 	Season 1 	
April 15, 1994 	May 10, 1994 	Season 2 	
May 11, 1994 	June 21, 1994 	Season 1 	
June 22, 1994 	July 15, 1994 	Season 2 	
July 18, 1994 	August 26, 1994 	Season 1 	
August 29, 1994 	September 21, 1994	Season 2 	
September 22, 1994	November 2, 1994 	Season 1 	From this point on, Kimberly-Clark began underwriting Season 1 as well.
November 3, 1994 	November 28, 1994 	Season 2 	
November 29, 1994 	January 9, 1995 	Season 1 	
January 10, 1995 	February 2, 1995 	Season 2 	
February 3, 1995 	February 24, 1995 	#101–116 	
February 27, 1995 	March 3, 1995 	#301–305 	First air dates of Season 3.
From here, all further new episodes of the show were closed-captioned by The Caption Center.
March 6, 1995 	March 23, 1995 	#117–130 	
March 24, 1995 	April 18, 1995 	Season 2 	
April 19, 1995 	May 30, 1995 	Season 1 	
May 31, 1995 	June 13, 1995 	#301–310 	The next five episodes of Season 3 premiered from June 7–13, 1995.
June 14, 1995 	July 7, 1995 	Season 2 	
July 10, 1995 	July 28, 1995 	#301–315 	Episodes 11–15 of Season 3 premiered from July 24–28, 1995.
July 31, 1995 	September 8, 1995 	Season 1 	
September 11, 1995	October 6, 1995 	#301–320 	First air dates of the last five Season 3 episodes.
Chuck E. Cheese's and Mead Johnson began underwriting this season, and the end credits for all episodes were shortened.
October 9, 1995 	October 13, 1995 	#316–320 	
October 16, 1995 	November 8, 1995 	#201–218 	
November 9, 1995 	December 20, 1995 	#101–130 	
December 21, 1995 	January 15, 1996 	#201–218 	
January 16, 1996 	February 12, 1996 	#301–320 	
February 13, 1996 	March 25, 1996 	#101–130 	As of these dates, Chuck E. Cheese's and Mead Johnson began underwriting Season 1.
End credits were also now shortened.
March 26, 1996 	April 18, 1996 	#201–218 	
April 19, 1996 	May 16, 1996 	#301–320 	
May 17, 1996 	June 27, 1996 	#101–130 	
June 28, 1996 	July 23, 1996 	#201–218 	
July 24, 1996 	August 20, 1996 	#301–320 	
August 21, 1996 	October 1, 1996 	#101–130 	
October 2, 1996 	October 25, 1996 	#201–218 	
October 28, 1996 	November 22, 1996 	#301–320 	
November 25, 1996 	January 3, 1997 	#101–130 	Mead Johnson stopped underwriting Season 1 and moved to Season 2.
January 6, 1997 	January 29, 1997 	#201–218 	
January 30, 1997 	February 26, 1997 	#301–320 	
February 27, 1997 	April 9, 1997 	#101–130 	
April 10, 1997 	May 5, 1997 	#201–218 	
May 6, 1997 	June 2, 1997 	#301–320 	
June 3, 1997 	July 14, 1997 	#101–130 	
July 15, 1997 	August 7, 1997 	#201–218 	Last weekday reruns of four Season 2 episodes.
August 8, 1997 	September 4, 1997 	#301–320 	
September 5, 1997 	October 16, 1997 	#101–130 	At least 15 episodes of the first season aired for the last time here.
October 17, 1997 	October 31, 1997 	#201–211 	Last weekday broadcast of another Season 2 episode.
The following episodes were withdrawn in late 1997, most likely to allow room for newer seasons produced since before that time:
*My Family's Just Right for Me
*Playing it Safe
*Hop to It!
*Eat, Drink and Be Healthy!
*Caring Means Sharing
*Down on Barney's Farm
*What's That Shadow?
*Our Earth, Our Home
*I Just Love Bugs!
*Hi, Neighbor!
*A Splash Party, Please
*Carnival of Numbers
*Doctor Barney is Here!
*Oh, What a Day!
*Everyone is Special
*Look at Me, I'm 3!
*My Favorite Things
*Stop, Look and Be Safe!
*An Adventure in Make-Believe
*A Very Special Delivery!
Not only that, any surviving episodes from the first three seasons had the Barney Says segment removed from further reruns.	The following episodes were withdrawn in late 1997, most likely to allow room for newer seasons produced since before that time:
*My Family's Just Right for Me
*Playing it Safe
*Hop to It!
*Eat, Drink and Be Healthy!
*Caring Means Sharing
*Down on Barney's Farm
*What's That Shadow?
*Our Earth, Our Home
*I Just Love Bugs!
*Hi, Neighbor!
*A Splash Party, Please
*Carnival of Numbers
*Doctor Barney is Here!
*Oh, What a Day!
*Everyone is Special
*Look at Me, I'm 3!
*My Favorite Things
*Stop, Look and Be Safe!
*An Adventure in Make-Believe
*A Very Special Delivery!
Not only that, any surviving episodes from the first three seasons had the Barney Says segment removed from further reruns.	The following episodes were withdrawn in late 1997, most likely to allow room for newer seasons produced since before that time:
*My Family's Just Right for Me
*Playing it Safe
*Hop to It!
*Eat, Drink and Be Healthy!
*Caring Means Sharing
*Down on Barney's Farm
*What's That Shadow?
*Our Earth, Our Home
*I Just Love Bugs!
*Hi, Neighbor!
*A Splash Party, Please
*Carnival of Numbers
*Doctor Barney is Here!
*Oh, What a Day!
*Everyone is Special
*Look at Me, I'm 3!
*My Favorite Things
*Stop, Look and Be Safe!
*An Adventure in Make-Believe
*A Very Special Delivery!
Not only that, any surviving episodes from the first three seasons had the Barney Says segment removed from further reruns.	The following episodes were withdrawn in late 1997, most likely to allow room for newer seasons produced since before that time:
*My Family's Just Right for Me
*Playing it Safe
*Hop to It!
*Eat, Drink and Be Healthy!
*Caring Means Sharing
*Down on Barney's Farm
*What's That Shadow?
*Our Earth, Our Home
*I Just Love Bugs!
*Hi, Neighbor!
*A Splash Party, Please
*Carnival of Numbers
*Doctor Barney is Here!
*Oh, What a Day!
*Everyone is Special
*Look at Me, I'm 3!
*My Favorite Things
*Stop, Look and Be Safe!
*An Adventure in Make-Believe
*A Very Special Delivery!
Not only that, any surviving episodes from the first three seasons had the Barney Says segment removed from further reruns.
December 1, 1997 	December 26, 1997 	#301–320 	First reruns of Season 3 without the Barney Says segment.
Chef Jr. and Kellogg's Frosted Flakes became underwriters, the latter only for Season 3 onwards until 1998.
December 29, 1997 	January 14, 1998 	Season 2 	First reruns of Season 2 without the Barney Says segment.
Only one episode closed-captioned by The Caption Center (The Exercise Circus) survived the withdrawal.
January 15, 1998 	February 4, 1998 	Season 1(15 episodes)	First reruns of Season 1 without the Barney Says segment.
March 5, 1998 	April 1, 1998 	#301–320 	
April 2, 1998 	April 20, 1998 	Season 2 	
April 21, 1998 	May 11, 1998 	Season 1 	
June 9, 1998 	July 6, 1998 	#301–320 	
July 7, 1998 	July 23, 1998 	Season 2 	
July 24, 1998 	August 13, 1998 	Season 1 	Last weekday reruns of all episodes from "Going Places!" to "Hola, Mexico!".
September 11, 1998	October 8, 1998 	#301–320 	
October 9, 1998 	October 27, 1998 	Season 2 	
October 28, 1998 	October 30, 1998 	Season 1 	Last weekday reruns of the first three Season 1 episodes that survived the withdrawal in 1997.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting permanently left the show in late 1998. Also, PBS withdrew these episodes from weekday reruns:
*The Queen of Make-Believe
*Four Seasons Day
*The Treasure of Rainbow Beard
*Going Places!
*Happy Birthday, Barney!
*Alphabet Soup!
*Let's Help Mother Goose
*Be a Friend
*When I Grow Up
*1-2-3-4-5 Senses!
*Practice Makes Music
*A-Camping We Will Go!
*A World of Music
*Home Sweet Homes
*Hola, Mexico!
*Falling for Autumn
*I Can Do That!
*The Dentist Makes Me Smile
*The Alphabet Zoo
*Having Tens of Fun!	The Corporation for Public Broadcasting permanently left the show in late 1998. Also, PBS withdrew these episodes from weekday reruns:
*The Queen of Make-Believe
*Four Seasons Day
*The Treasure of Rainbow Beard
*Going Places!
*Happy Birthday, Barney!
*Alphabet Soup!
*Let's Help Mother Goose
*Be a Friend
*When I Grow Up
*1-2-3-4-5 Senses!
*Practice Makes Music
*A-Camping We Will Go!
*A World of Music
*Home Sweet Homes
*Hola, Mexico!
*Falling for Autumn
*I Can Do That!
*The Dentist Makes Me Smile
*The Alphabet Zoo
*Having Tens of Fun!	The Corporation for Public Broadcasting permanently left the show in late 1998. Also, PBS withdrew these episodes from weekday reruns:
*The Queen of Make-Believe
*Four Seasons Day
*The Treasure of Rainbow Beard
*Going Places!
*Happy Birthday, Barney!
*Alphabet Soup!
*Let's Help Mother Goose
*Be a Friend
*When I Grow Up
*1-2-3-4-5 Senses!
*Practice Makes Music
*A-Camping We Will Go!
*A World of Music
*Home Sweet Homes
*Hola, Mexico!
*Falling for Autumn
*I Can Do That!
*The Dentist Makes Me Smile
*The Alphabet Zoo
*Having Tens of Fun!	The Corporation for Public Broadcasting permanently left the show in late 1998. Also, PBS withdrew these episodes from weekday reruns:
*The Queen of Make-Believe
*Four Seasons Day
*The Treasure of Rainbow Beard
*Going Places!
*Happy Birthday, Barney!
*Alphabet Soup!
*Let's Help Mother Goose
*Be a Friend
*When I Grow Up
*1-2-3-4-5 Senses!
*Practice Makes Music
*A-Camping We Will Go!
*A World of Music
*Home Sweet Homes
*Hola, Mexico!
*Falling for Autumn
*I Can Do That!
*The Dentist Makes Me Smile
*The Alphabet Zoo
*Having Tens of Fun!
December 14, 1998 	January 8, 1999 	Season 3 	
January 11, 1999 	January 20, 1999 	Season 2 	
January 25, 1999 	February 19, 1999 	Season 3 	
April 19, 1999 	April 28, 1999 	Season 2 	
May 3, 1999 	May 28, 1999 	Season 3 	
July 26, 1999 	August 4, 1999 	Season 2 	Last weekday reruns of this season.
August 9, 1999 	September 3, 1999 	Season 3 	Last weekday reruns of this season.
September 6, 1999 	October 29, 1999 	Seasons 4-5 	Only the next generation of Barney & Friends (which began in 1997) continued to air on PBS stations under the new PBS Kids programming block and the launch of the new PBS Kids channel on several stations.
November 1, 1999 	April 14, 2000 	Season 6 	First airings of Season 6
September 2, 2002 	November 22, 2022 	Season 7 	First airings of Season 7
September 15, 2003	May 14, 2004 	Season 8 	First airings of Season 8
September 6, 2004 	May 13, 2005 	Season 9 	First airings of Season 9
September 18, 2006	September 18, 2009	Seasons 10-13 	First airings of Seasons 10-13.
October 4, 2010 	November 22, 2015 	Seasons 10-13 	Only Seasons 10-13 were aired on PBS Kids, and a new intro was created for new Barney DVDs and Seasons 10-11.
===Weekends===
This timeline only contains data from 1997 to 2000.
First broadcast 	Last broadcast 	Episodes aired	Notes
August 2, 1997 	November 29, 1997	#201–218 	Last reruns at all for the Season 2 episodes that were withdrawn after 1997.
December 6, 1997 	May 9, 1998 	#301–320 	
May 16, 1998 	August 22, 1998 	Season 1 	Only the 15 episodes that survived the withdrawal in 1997 aired within these dates.
August 29, 1998 	November 28, 1998	Season 2 	Strangely, the episode "Look at Me, I'm 3!" aired for the last time at all on October 31.
December 5, 1998 	May 8, 1999 	#301–320 	
May 15, 1999 	August 21, 1999 	Season 1 	Last reruns at all for this season after its complete withdrawal from weekdays in late 1998.
August 28, 1999 	November 20, 1999	Season 2 	Last reruns at all for this season.
November 27, 1999	May 6, 2000 	Season 3 	Last reruns at all for this season.
===Specials===
On April 24, 1994, Bedtime with Barney: Imagination Island premiered on NBC. It was only known to air once.
The other 1994 special, Barney Live! in New York City, was known to have aired on PBS on the following dates:
*March 12, 1995 (premiere)
*June 4, 1995
*August 13, 1995
*March 3, 1996
*March 9, 1997
*September 7 and 14, 1997
*March 15, 1998
*December 6, 1998
===PBS Kids Sprout era===
Four months after all of the pre-2002 seasons permanently stopped airing on PBS in May 2005, the network announced PBS Kids Sprout, a cable and satellite channel devoted to preschool programming owned by PBS, Sesame Workshop, and HIT Entertainment (the current rights holder at the time), including Barney & Friends.
The following Season 1-3 episodes aired on PBS Kids Sprout starting on September 27, 2007:
*The Treasure of Rainbow Beard
*Caring Means Sharing
*Down on Barney's Farm
*Happy Birthday, Barney
*Our Earth, Our Home
*Let's Help Mother Goose
*I Just Love Bugs!
*Practice Makes Music
*A-Camping We Will Go!
*A Splash Party Please
*Home Sweet Homes
*Hola, Mexico!
*Everyone is Special
*Falling for Autumn
*Grandparents Are Grand!
*May I Help You?
*Red, Blue and Circles Too!
*Hoo's in the Forest?
*Grown-Ups for A Day
*Picture This!
*The Exercise Circus!
*My Favorite Things
*An Adventure in Make Believe
*The Alphabet Zoo
*Having Tens of Fun
*A Very Special Delivery
*Shawn and the Beanstalk
*I Can Be a Firefighter!
*On the Move
*Classical Cleanup
*Our Furry Feathered Fishy Friends
*At Home with Animals
*Who's Who on the Choo-Choo?
*Are We There Yet?
When "Home Sweet Homes" and "Hola, Mexico!" aired on this network, they got brand-new closed captions in addition to retaining their original end credits. All other Season 1 episodes had the short end credits from 1996. Season 3 also used the short end credits as well.
Sprout's license with HIT Entertainment's shows expired in 2015, while PBS Kids' broadcasting rights for the show expired two months later, when the show was replaced with Nature Cat; however, the older seasons' removal from Sprout occurred in August 2011. The reason was unknown, but either way, this was the very last time these seasons were ever available anywhere on television and On Demand, as Universal Kids or streaming services has never picked up the rights for them ever since.
This could all change in Barney's next upcoming anniversary, after Peacock released a new documentary series revolving around the title character's history in 2022. Other than that, nearly all episodes from the first generation were uploaded to YouTube from 2010 to 2014 by several Barney fans, where they still remain to this day.
If the first generation episodes from 1992–1995 ever get released on streaming, expect all 50 episodes from Seasons 1 and 3 to have the short end credits from 1996.
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