Television broadcast timeline for Barney & Friends

Shown below is a timeline for broadcasts of Barney & the Backyard Gang, Barney & Friends, Barney's Imagination Island, Barney Live! in New York City, Barney's Night Before Christmas and Barney's Christmas Star on various television networks.

NOTE: This timeline is incomplete.
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## Timelines

### Barney & the Backyard Gang

On the Disney Channel, the Backyard Gang videos aired within the Lunch Box block.

### Weekdays

After September 6, 1999, 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.

### Weekends

This timeline only contains data from 1997 to 2000.

### 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

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.

This is the List of episodes that aired on PBS Kids Sprout

## Season 1

* Down on Barney's Farm
* Our Earth, Our Home
* I Just Love Bugs!
* Practice Makes Music
* A-Camping We Will Go!
* Home Sweet Homes
* Hola, Mexico!
* Everyone is Special

## Season 2

* Falling for Autumn
* Grandparents Are Grand!
* May I Help You?
* Red, Blue and Circles Too!
* Hoo's in the Forest?
* Picture This!
* The Exercise Circus!
* The Alphabet Zoo

## Season 3

* 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?

## Season 4

* First Day of School
* Is Everybody Happy
* Pennies, Nickels, Dimes
* We've Got Rhythm
* Tick Tock Clocks!
* Waiting for Mr. MacRooney
* Let's Build Together
* It's Tradition
* A Picture of Health
* Play Ball!
* A Different Kind of Mystery
* Going on a Bear Hunt
* Let's Eat
* Tree-Mendous Trees
* Good, Clean Fun!
* Easy, Breezy Day!
* All Mixed Up
* Oh, Brother... She My Sister
* Once a Pond a Time
* E-I-E-I-O

## Season 5

* Books are Fun!
* Trading Places
* Safety First!
* Circle of Friends
* The One and Only You
* Barney's Band
* Try It, You'll Like It!
* Colors All Around
* Howdy, Friends!
* Seven Days a Week
* Hidden Treasures
* A Royal Welcome
* Sweet as Honey
* First Things First!
* Aunt Rachel is Here!
* It's a Rainy Day!
* Easy Does It!
* What's in a Name?
* A Very Special Mouse

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' broadcasting rights for the show expired a year later; 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 no streaming service has ever picked up the rights for them ever since.

This could all change in Barney's next upcoming anniversary, when Peacock releases a new docuseries revolving around the title character's history in 2022.