Barney and the Backyard Gang is a direct-to-video series produced by The Lyons Group and was produced from October 13, 1988 to October 20, 1991.

Barney the Purple Dinosaur Is Getting a Makeover—and a New Series Mattel has unveiled the updated character design for Barney the purple dinosaur ahead of a franchise relaunch, starting with a ...

She joined Kathy Parker and television producer Dennis DeShazer to develop Barney and the Backyard Gang and Barney & Friends.

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Popular on Variety Barney was created by Sheryl Leach, with the character debuting in 1988 in the ” Barney and the Backyard Gang” home video series.

And it was just a unanimous decision.” “Barney and the Backyard Gang” didn’t originally air on TV. Instead, the videos were sold directly to the public.

Created by Sheryl Leach, Barney first debuted in 1988 as part of the Barney and the Backyard Gang home video series before debuting on PBS in Barney & Friends on April 6, 1992.

An Allen-based production company, The Lyon Group, began making straight-to-video episodes with Leach called "Barney and the Backyard Gang" which were distributed to local stores and schools ...

THE boss of hit 90s kids’ TV series Barney and Friends has revealed he received death threats for his work - despite the show being adored by millions.

The series was helpful in building résumés for North Texas singers Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. Beyond the Peacock docuseries, we might not have heard the last of Barney.