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===''Mister Rogers: It's You I Like''=== On March 6, 2018, a primetime special commemorating the 50th anniversary of the series aired on [[PBS]], hosted by actor [[Michael Keaton]].<ref name="Mister Rogers Planet"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Mister Rogers: It's You I Like |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/mister-rogers-its-you-i-preview-jfeh3m/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310070646/http://www.pbs.org/video/mister-rogers-its-you-i-preview-jfeh3m/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2018 |website=PBS |access-date=June 18, 2018 |date=March 3, 2018 }}</ref> The hour-long special also features interviews by musician [[Yo-Yo Ma]], musician [[Itzhak Perlman]], actress [[Sarah Silverman]], actress [[Whoopi Goldberg]], actor [[John Lithgow]], screenwriter [[Judd Apatow]], actor [[David Newell]], producer Ellen Doherty, and spouse Joanne Byrd Rogers, as well as clips of memorable moments from the show, such as Rogers visiting [[Koko (gorilla)|Koko the gorilla]], [[Margaret Hamilton (actress)|Margaret Hamilton]] dressing up as ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''<nowiki />'s [[Wicked Witch of the West#1939 film|Wicked Witch of the West]], and [[Jeff Erlanger]] in his wheelchair singing "It's You I Like" with Rogers.<ref>{{Cite news |title=5 ways to celebrate 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' on its 50th anniversary|work=USA Today|language=en |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/02/15/5-ways-celebrate-mister-rogers-neighborhood-its-50th-anniversary/333208002/|access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref> Earlier PBS specials include ''Our Neighbor, Fred Rogers'' in 1990 and ''Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor'' in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brennan |first1=Patricia |title='Our Neighbor, Fred Rogers': A Look Behind the Cardigan |url=https://www.mcall.com/1990/03/17/our-neighbor-fred-rogers-a-look-behind-the-cardigan/ |access-date=June 18, 2018 |agency=The Washington Post |website=The Morning Call |date=March 17, 1990 |format=Review}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Our Neighbor, Fred Rogers |publisher=WQED (PBS) |date=1990 |oclc=342417745 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor |publisher=WQED (PBS) |date=2003 |oclc=52883922 }}</ref> A short special, ''Mister Rogers in Our Neighborhood'' by PBS station [[WUCF-TV|WUCF]], described Fred Rogers's college years and family connections in Florida.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mister Rogers in Our Neighborhood |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/mister-rogers-in-our-neighborhood-ruqtdz/ |website=PBS |publisher=WUCF (PBS) |date=2018}}</ref>
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