‘Barney’ Returns in New Animated Series Reboot

TV Insider ^ | 2/13/23 | Issac Rouse

[DallasBiff]

An animated reboot of Barney is in the works, according to Mattel, and is set to arrive sometime in 2024. The reboot of Barney & Friends, the famous 1990s children’s television franchise featuring the titular purple dinosaur, will be produced by Mattel Television and Corus Entertainment.

The show will accompany several films and YouTube videos featuring Barney, alongside a launch of new kids’ merchandise. Adult appeal and accessories with the original Barney design are also expected to release.

[No name given]

Braindead lefties.

[No name given]

Words cannot begin to describe how much I despise that Marxist reptile Barney.

[Artemis Webb]

What sort of fresh unnatural hell is this?

[cowboyusa]

How, marxist?

[BipolarBob]

How many tvs were shot when this came on? How many tvs went to the landfill because of this purple dinosaur??

[Vermont Lt]

I appreciate Barney when it kept my little kids quiet for half an hour. The competition now is much stiffer. My grandkids watch some fun ones. I like watching Trash Truck with them.

[Dr. Sivana]

What would modern woke Disney do with Woody Woodpecker?

Thankfully, Universal owns Woody Woodpecker. Woody is one mean dude. I wouldn't mess with him. Him, and that sailor man.

[Eccl 10:2]

They’ll be like Furries. Mentally deranged “adults” running around in Barney costumes, sexting each other on their Barneylove apps, and hooking up at Barneyfests.

[rllngrk33]

Barney started to suck as soon as the Children's Television Workshop got it's hands on it. It got worse every time they added a new character.

The original series on VHS with Sandy Duncan as the mom was much better.

[FlingWingFlyer]

LOL!

[alstewartfan]

I thought that “Barn” was doing the full transition.

[desertsolitaire]

I saw this headline and at first thought it meant a reboot of Barney Miller starring Hal Linden.

[dfwgator]

No Abe Vigoda.

[scrabblehack]

Wasn’t he voiced by Walter Lantz’s wife?

Barney started the lawsuit that brought down Veggie Tales.
(Although they survived for ~20 years afterward).
Phil Vischer admitted to making some risky decisions.

[jmcenanly]

Why do I get the impression that there is something other than tobacco in those cigarettes?

[Pilsner]

I thought Nick the Eskimo took care of Barney once and for all?

[CapnJack]

LOL.

[Pilsner]

Nick did kill Barney.

(mildly NSFW)

[Dr. Sivana]

Wasn’t he voiced by Walter Lantz’s wife?

Only for a short while. She submitted her recorded audition anonymously, so there would be no suspicion of nepotism.

[xoxox]

ditto w/r/t the Proto-zombie.