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{{Infobox television
| image                = Mister_Rogers%27_Neighborhood_Logo_1971.svg
| runtime              = 28&nbsp;minutes
| genre                = {{indented plainlist|
* [[Children's television series]]
* [[Educational television|Educational]]
}}
| creator              = [[Fred Rogers]]
| starring             = {{plainlist |
*Fred Rogers
*[[David Newell]]
*Chuck Aber
*[[Betty Aberlin]]
*[[Don Brockett]]
*[[François Clemmons]]
*[[Bob Trow]]
*[[Joe Negri]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = Fred Rogers
| opentheme            = "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
| endtheme             = {{indented plainlist |
*"Tomorrow" (1968–1972)
*"The Weekend Song" (Fridays, 1971–1972)
*"It's Such a Good Feeling" (1973–2001)}}
| composer             = {{indented plainlist |
*[[Johnny Costa]] (musical director)
*Fred Rogers (songs)}}
| language             = English
| company              = {{plainlist |
*[[WQED (TV)|WQED]]
*Small World Enterprises (1968–1971)
*[[Family Communications]] (1971–2001)}}
| country              = United States
| network              = {{plainlist |
*[[National Educational Television|NET]] (1968–1970)
*[[PBS]] (1971–2001)}}
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1968|2|19}}<ref name="NPR">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/02/19/586180373/its-a-beautiful-50th-birthday-for-mister-rogers-neighborhood|last=Bianculli|first=David|date=February 19, 2018|publisher=[[National Public Radio|NPR]]|title=It's A Beautiful 50th Birthday For 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'|access-date=February 19, 2018}}</ref>
| last_aired           = {{End date|2001|8|31}}<ref name="Owen 2000">{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20001112rogers2.asp|last=Owen|first=Rob|date=November 12, 2000|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] Magazine|access-date=March 20, 2011|title=There goes the Neighborhood: Mister Rogers will make last episodes of show in December}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/31/rogers.finale/|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=August 31, 2001|access-date=February 20, 2018|title= Mr. Rogers says goodbye – for now}}</ref>
| location             = [[WQED (TV)|WQED Studios]]<br />Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| camera               = {{indented plainlist|
*[[Single camera]]<br />(1968–1992)
*[[Multi-camera]]<br />(1992–2001)}}
| num_seasons          = 31<!-- Do not put 33 seasons. Although the series was on the air for 33 years, only 31 seasons were produced. -->
| num_episodes         = 912 (including specials)
| related              = {{plainlist|
*''[[Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood]]''
*''[[Donkey Hodie (TV series)|Donkey Hodie]]''}}
}}
'''''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood''''' (sometimes shortened to '''''Mister Rogers''''') is an American half-hour educational children's television series that ran from 1968 to 2001. It was created and hosted by [[Fred Rogers]]. Its original incarnation, the series ''Misterogers'' debuted in Canada on October 15, 1962, on [[CBC Television]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/a-friend-in-a-zippered-cardigan/article1011286/|title=A friend in a zippered cardigan|date=February 28, 2003|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> In 1966, Rogers moved back to the United States creating ''Misterogers' Neighborhood'' (sometimes shown as ''MisteRogers' Neighborhood''), later called ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'', on the regional [[Eastern Educational Television Network]] (EETN, a forerunner of today's [[American Public Television]]). The U.S. national debut of the show occurred on February 19, 1968. It aired on [[National Educational Television|NET]] and its successor, [[PBS]], until August 31, 2001.

The series is aimed primarily at [[preschool]] children ages 2 to 5, but it was labeled by PBS as "appropriate for all ages".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/parents/rogers/series/summary.html |title=PBS Parents: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood series summary |website=[[PBS]] |access-date=September 5, 2017|url-status=dead |archive-date=September 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916003604/http://www.pbs.org/parents/rogers/series/summary.html}}</ref> ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' was produced by [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] public broadcaster [[WQED (TV)|WQED]] and Rogers' non-profit production company Family Communications, Inc., previously known as Small World Enterprises prior to 1971; the company was renamed The Fred Rogers Company after Rogers' death (it has since been renamed again to [[Fred Rogers Productions]] as of 2019).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/08/10/rogers |title=Brilliant Careers: Fred Rogers|last=Millman|first=Joyce |work=Salon|date=August 10, 1999|access-date=July 11, 2006}}</ref><ref name=THR073111>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fred-rogers-legacy-lives-a-217532|title=Fred Rogers' Legacy Lives on With a 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood', Animated Spin Off From PBS |last=Nededog|first=Jethro|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 31, 2011|access-date=December 23, 2012}}</ref> In May 1997, the series surpassed ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' as the longest-running children's television series,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Almost 30, 'Neighborhood' Is Still Central To Kids TV; Youngheart Eyes Mainstream|via=Google Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=Mister+Rogers%27+Neighborhood+celebrates+30+years+on+air&pg=PA70 |magazine=Billboard|last=McCormick|first=Moira |page=70|date=January 31, 1998|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Owen 2000" /> a record the series held until June 2003, when ''[[Sesame Street]]'' beat ''Mister Rogers''' record. The series could be seen in reruns on most PBS stations until August 31, 2007,<ref name="idahoptv">{{cite web|title=Schedule Listings (Mountain) (Idaho Public Television)|website=idahoptv.org |url=http://idahoptv.org/schedules/listings.cfm?calDate=31&calMonth=8&calYear=2007&TZ=MT&thisChannel=ALL&view=Current&startTime=09:00:00 |access-date=March 23, 2014}}</ref> when it began to be removed by various PBS stations, and was then permanently removed from the daily syndicated schedule by PBS after August 29, 2008.

Eleven years after ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' concluded, PBS debuted an animated spin-off, ''[[Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood]]''. A 50th-anniversary tribute and a PBS pledge-drive show, hosted by actor [[Michael Keaton]] (who got his start on the show), titled ''Mister Rogers: It's You I Like'', premiered on PBS stations nationwide on March 6, 2018.<ref name="Mister Rogers Planet">{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/mister-rogers-hot-property-2018-article-1.3847564|title=Mister Rogers has become 'one of the coolest men on the planet'|date=March 3, 2018 |author=Hinckley, David|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=March 5, 2018}}</ref>

In December 2023, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' ranked ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' #89 on its list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/lists/greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time/|title=The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time|publisher=Variety|date=December 20, 2023}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Mister Rogers Trolley.jpg|right|thumb|Neighborhood Trolley from ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' set at WQED studios in Pittsburgh.]]
The series had its genesis in 1953, when Rogers and [[Josie Carey]] joined the newly formed [[Public broadcasting|public television]] station [[WQED (TV)|WQED]]. On April 5, 1954, WQED debuted ''The Children's Corner'', a program featuring Rogers as puppeteer and composer, with Carey as host and lyricist, in an unscripted weekday-afternoon [[live television]] program.<ref>{{Citation|publisher=The Fred Rogers Company|title=Daniel Tiger's Birthday|date=April 2, 2014|url=https://vimeo.com/90788269|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref> It was on this program where many of the puppets, characters and music used in the later series were developed, such as [[King Friday XIII]], Daniel Tiger, and X the Owl. It was also the time when Rogers began wearing his famous [[sneakers]], as he found them to be quieter than his work shoes while he was moving about behind the set. The show was briefly broadcast nationally on the [[NBC]] Television Network.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/148344910/|title=The Pittsburgh Press from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 15, 1956 · Page 110|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 16, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2004/05/29/Obituary-Josie-Carey-TV-pioneer-star-of-The-Children-s-Corner/stories/200405290156|title=Obituary: Josie Carey / TV pioneer, star of 'The Children's Corner'|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=April 16, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fredrogerscenter.org/portfolio_page/our-small-world/|title=Our Small World – Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning & Children's Media|work=Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning & Children's Media|access-date=April 16, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

===CBC television===
Rogers moved to [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], in 1961 to work on a new series based on ''The Children's Corner'', called ''Misterogers'', a 15-minute program on [[CBC Television]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fredrogers.org/fred-rogers/bio/|title=Fred Rogers Biography|website=www.fredrogers.org|access-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729173153/https://www.fredrogers.org/fred-rogers/bio/|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Misterogers'' aired on CBC for about four years, and a number of the set pieces that he would take with him back to the United States, such as the trolley and castle, were created for the Canadian program by CBC designers and in collaboration with producer Bruce Attridge. Most importantly, Rogers appeared on camera in the new show rather than only appearing through puppets or characters. Fred Rainsberry, head of Children's Programming at CBC, persuaded Rogers to appear on camera in the new show (which he named after Rogers) after seeing him interact with children.<ref>{{YouTube|gyGuURc6_3M|Interview with Fred Rogers, part 4 of 9}}.</ref> [[Ernie Coombs]], one of the Americans whom Rogers brought with him to help develop the CBC show, would remain with CBC, on Rogers' recommendation, after Rogers returned to the United States. Coombs first appeared as Mr. Dressup in the CBC program ''[[Butternut Square]]'', conceived and produced by Attridge. Coombs then helped to develop what became ''[[Mr. Dressup]]'', which ran for nearly 30 years as an iconic presence on Canadian television, ending in 1996.<ref name=cbc>{{cite news|title=CBC: The original neighbourhood|url=http://www.cbc.ca/75/2011/07/cbc-the-original-neighbourhood.html|work=CBC 75th Anniversary Website|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=January 2, 2012}}</ref>

===Move to WQED===
In 1966, Rogers acquired the rights to his program from CBC and moved the show to WQED in Pittsburgh, where he had worked on ''The Children's Corner''. He renamed the show ''Misterogers' Neighborhood'', which initially aired regionally in the northeastern United States through EEN, including educational stations in [[Boston]], [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[New York City]].<ref name=cbc /> The 100 episodes of the half-hour show incorporated the "[[Neighborhood of Make-Believe]]" segments from the CBC episodes with additional reality-based opening and closing material produced in Pittsburgh. The series was cancelled in 1967 due to lack of funding, but an outpouring of public response prompted a search for new funding.

In 1967, The [[Sears|Sears Roebuck Foundation]] provided funding for the program, which enabled it to be seen nationwide on [[National Educational Television]]; taping began on September 21, 1967<ref>{{cite news |title=QED's 'Misterogers' Given Sears' Grant |first=Win |last=Fanning |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=July 12, 1967 |page=33 |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/88349797/ |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Rogers |website=Britannica Kids }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155564537999651&id=24044159650&fs=5}} {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> for the first national season. The first national broadcast of ''Misterogers' Neighborhood'' appeared on most NET stations on February 19, 1968. In 1970, when PBS replaced NET, it also inherited this program. Around the same time, the show had a slight title change, to the more-familiar ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood''.

The show was broadcast from February 19, 1968 to February 20, 1976, and again from August 27, 1979 to August 31, 2001. The final episode was recorded on December 1, 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/09/01/for-mister-rogers-a-final-day-in-the-neighborhood/6c6b6bdd-82f6-4a7e-92c0-af5493837953/|title=For Mister Rogers, a Final Day in the Neighborhood|last=Montgomery|first=David|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=September 1, 2001|access-date=February 20, 2018}}</ref> The studio at WQED in Pittsburgh in which the series was recorded was later renamed "The Fred Rogers Studio".

==Format==
[[File:Fred Rogers, late 1960s.jpg|thumb|upright|Rogers on the set in the late 1960s]]
[[File:François Clemmons and Fred Rogers Having Foot Bath.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Rogers and [[François Clemmons]] having a foot bath in 1969, breaking a well known [[Racial segregation in the United States|color barrier]]<ref name="biography.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.biography.com/news/mister-rogers-officer-clemmons-pool | work=Biography | title=Fred Rogers Took a Stand Against Racial Inequality When He Invited a Black Character to Join Him in a Pool | date=May 24, 2019}}</ref>]]
[[File:Fred Rogers Changing Shoes.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Rogers changing shoes]]
[[File:Fred and Joanne Rogers Sitting at Piano.jpg|thumb|alt=Rogers and wife Joanne Byrd sitting at a piano, 1975.|Rogers and wife Joanne Rogers, 1975]]
During each half-hour segment, Rogers spoke directly to the viewer about various topics, taking the viewer on tours of factories, demonstrating experiments, crafts, and music, and interacting with his friends. Rogers also made a point simply to behave naturally on camera rather than acting out a character, stating that "One of the greatest gifts you can give anybody is the gift of your honest self. I also believe that kids can spot a phony a mile away".<ref name="Owen 2000" /> The half-hour episodes were punctuated by a puppet segment chronicling occurrences in the [[Neighborhood of Make-Believe]]. Another segment of the show consisted of Rogers going to different places around the neighborhood, where he interviewed people to talk about their work and other contributions that focused on the episode's theme, such as Brockett's Bakery, Bob Trow's Workshop, and Negri's Music Shop. In one episode, Rogers took the show behind-the-scenes on the set of ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', which aired on [[CBS]] from 1978 to 1982.

At the start of each episode, the show's logo appears as the camera pans slowly over a model of the neighborhood, as the camera goes from the neighborhood to inside the Rogers' television house. From 1979 to 1981, an alternate version of the opening sequence was used.{{which|date=July 2021}} Beginning in the early 1980s, the neighborhood model incorporated a small version of the "Neighborhood Trolley", as it crosses several streets from left to right on a model train track. This is the same model electric trolley that later in the program would transport viewers into the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.<ref>{{YouTube|JMFDphMXTlQ|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Full Intro with Video}}. Retrieved March 29, 2011.</ref> Usually, the camera goes from the neighborhood to out on the porch of the Rogers' television house, where the viewers see Fred Rogers coming for a visit before he enters the house. After the camera goes from the neighborhood to inside the Rogers' television house, Fred Rogers is seen coming home with his jacket on, singing "Won't You Be My Neighbor?". He goes into the closet, takes off his jacket, hangs it up, and grabs a [[cardigan (sweater)|cardigan]] zipper sweater to put on. After that, he takes his dress shoes off and grabs a pair of blue [[athletic shoe|sneakers]] to put on. One of Rogers' sweaters now hangs in the [[Smithsonian Institution]], a testament to the cultural influence of his simple daily ritual.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://go.si.edu/ct/Ud1111119PDS/Mr_Rogers |title=Mister Rogers' Sweater |access-date=May 31, 2007 |publisher=National Museum of American History |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703001012/http://americanhistory.si.edu/news/factsheet.cfm?key=30&newskey=47 |archive-date=July 3, 2007|url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the end of each episode, Rogers sang "It's Such a Good Feeling" (a different song, "Tomorrow" was used from 1968 to 1972) when he took off his sneakers as he says "You're alive" in a higher-toned voice, and grabs his dress shoes to put back on, and then snaps his fingers two times. After that, Rogers goes into the closet, takes off his cardigan, hangs it up, and grabs his jacket to put back on. Before the closing credits, Rogers got ready to go out the door by reminding the viewers: "You always make each day a special day. You know how: By just your being you/yourself. There's only one person in the whole world that's like you, and that's you. And people can like you just/exactly the way you are. I'll be back next time. Bye-bye!". During the closing credits, which is complete with the show's logo and the episode number, the camera would perform a reversed version of the opening sequence's pan shot, while the "Neighborhood Trolley" crosses streets from right to left.

Starting in 1979, episodes were grouped into week-long series, with each series focused on a particular topic; each opening includes that week's subject, in the form of "Mister Rogers Talks About [subject]". Rogers' monologues throughout the week explore various facets of the topic, and the ongoing story from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe serves as illustration. 

Rogers covered a broad range of topics over the years, and the series did not shy away from issues that other children's programming avoided. In fact, Rogers endeared himself to many when, on March 23, 1970, he dealt with the death of one of his pet goldfish. The series also dealt with competition, divorce, and war. Rogers returned to the topic of anger regularly and focused on peaceful ways of dealing with angry feelings.

Beginning in the third season, Mister Rogers always made a clear distinction between the realistic world of his television neighborhood and the [[fantasy]] world of Make-Believe (prior to that, the line was blurred somewhat as he would often talk about it as if it were real and he had a direct line of contact with the characters in it). He often discussed what was going to happen in Make-Believe before the next fantasy segment was shown ("Let's pretend that Prince Tuesday has been having scary dreams..."), and sometimes acted out bits of Make-Believe with models on a table before the camera transitioned to the live-action puppet rendition. The miniature motorized [[tram|trolley]], which was known in character form as "Trolley", with its accompanying fast-paced piano theme music, and which was operated by Rogers with his left hand, working buttons and controls hidden on the side of the bench on which Rogers usually would sit, was the only element that appeared regularly in both the realistic world and Make-Believe: it was used to transport viewers from one realm to the other. Rogers, however, was mentioned from time to time in Make-Believe, particularly by Mr. McFeely, who appeared occasionally in the Make-Believe segments and seemed to form a link between the two worlds. The idea of the trolley came from Rogers. When he was young, many [[Pittsburgh Light Rail#Overview|trolleys]] operated in [[Pittsburgh]], and he liked riding on them.<ref name="Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: Welcome to Mister Rogers Neighborhood">{{cite web|url=http://www.pittsburghkids.org/Templates/CMP_ExhibitsDetail.aspx?CID=196&SECID=3&MENUID=96|title=Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: Welcome To Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719103027/http://www.pittsburghkids.org/Templates/CMP_ExhibitsDetail.aspx?CID=196&SECID=3&MENUID=96|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref> This reality/fantasy distinction put Rogers' series in sharp contrast with other children's series, such as ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and ''Captain Kangaroo'', which freely mixed realistic and fantastic elements.

Trolley was a character in its own right. Often, when it crossed into the Neighborhood of Make Believe, it would stop and have a "conversation" with King Friday XIII (by moving back and forth slightly and making bell noises to respond to Friday), then continue on. Trolley also truly showed the difference between the worlds during the week when the three youngest puppet characters (Daniel Striped Tiger, Prince Tuesday, and Ana Platypus) prepared for and went to school for the first time, as it played the [[school bus]]. When in Mister Rogers' house, it simply had two pieces of yellow construction paper shaped and drawn like the profile of a school bus stuck to its sides, but in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, it had a chassis on it that made it look like a school bus.

The series featured "Picture Picture", a [[Video projector|rear-projection]] motion picture and slide projector, whose screen was encased with a picture frame. In early episodes, Picture Picture would show various films or slides at Mister Rogers' command; after the material was presented, Mister Rogers would thank Picture Picture, to which it would return a "You're Welcome" on its screen. After 1970, Picture Picture no longer operated magically, becoming merely a projector; Mister Rogers would insert a film, slides or videotape through a slot on the side, then show the material using a wired remote control (slides were viewed on Picture Picture; films and video were faded in to the clip). When Picture Picture was not used, a different painting would be displayed on its screen. Often it would display the words "Hello" or "Hi" at the opening.

The series was also notable for its use of [[jazz]]-inspired music, mostly arranged and performed by [[Johnny Costa]], until Costa's death in 1996, when he was succeeded by Michael Moricz for the remainder of the series. The music was unique in its simplicity and flow that blended with the series' sketches and features. The music was usually played live during taping. Lyrics and melodies were written and sung by Rogers, who created more than 200 original songs.

==Characters==
[[File:Mr. McFeely heads to post office.jpg|thumb|Mr. McFeely ("Speedy Delivery") leads a group to the post office to hand-deliver their completed 2010 Census forms during the "Count Me In In 2010 Rally" in Homestead, Pennsylvania.]]

===''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood''===
Characters on the series include:

* Neighbor Aber (portrayed by Chuck Aber) - A resident of Westwood who is an associate of Mayor Maggie and does a lot of odd jobs. His real-world counterpart also does odd jobs.
* Lady Aberlin (portrayed by [[Betty Aberlin]]) - The niece of King Friday XIII. Her real-world counterpart, Betty, is an actress who is the manager of Betty's Little Theater.
* Scientist Alder (portrayed by Bud Alder) - A [[scientist]] who offers his scientific expertise in the real world and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe in earlier episodes.
* Charles Appel - A [[teacher]] and [[Magic (illusion)|magician]] who is a friend of Mr. Rogers'.
* Natalie Baker - The cousin of Joe Negri's and mother of Angela's and Reid's who is a piano-playing teacher.
* Marilyn Barnett - The [[Physical education|gym teacher]] at the neighborhood school.
* Chef Brockett (portrayed by [[Don Brockett]]) - A [[baker]] who owns Brocket's Bakery. His Neighborhood of Make-Believe counterpart assists Edgar Cooke in the kitchen.
* Bob Brown - A [[puppeteer]] and [[marionette]] maker who is proprietor of Bob's Marionette Theater, which is next door to Mr. Rogers' house.
* Judy Brown - The wife of Bob and co-proprietor of Bob's Marionette Theater.
* Michael Brown - The son of Bob and Judy Brown.
* Tony Chiroldes - The proprietor of the shop "Tony's", which specializes in toys, books, and costumes.
* Jose Cisneros - An employee at Brocket's Bakery and cousin of Gladys Schenk's who operates the counter and soda shop. He started working at Brocket Bakery after Gladys had a baby.
* Officer Clemmons (portrayed by [[François Clemmons]]) - A [[police officer]] who is a trained opera singer.
* Dr. David Crippens - The neighborhood [[physician|doctor]].
* [[Keith David]] - In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, he is a carpenter who lives in Southwood. His real-world counterpart appears in episode 1514, where he collects the money from the ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'' arcade game at Brockett's Bakery.
* Emily the Poetry Lady (portrayed by Emily Jacobson) - She appeared in early episodes.
* Joey Hollingsworth - A tap dancer who shares his talents in the "real" world and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
* Pilot Ito (portrayed by [[Yoshi Ito]]) - An opera singer who serves as the royal pilot of King Friday XIII's.
* Susan Linn - A local [[puppeteer]] who often makes up stories that involve Audrey Duck and Catalion at Betty's Little Theater.
* Mayor Maggie (portrayed by Maggie Stewart) - The [[Mayor]] of Westwood. Her real-world counterpart, Maggie, is an expert at sign language.
* Mr. David McFeely (portrayed by [[David Newell]]) - The [[Delivery (commerce)|delivery man]] for "Speedy Delivery" who was a frequent visitor to Mr. Rogers' house. He was named for Fred Rogers' maternal grandfather.<ref name="newellcnn">{{cite interview|subject=David Newell |interviewer=Carol Lin |title="Mr. Speedy Delivery" talks about his neighborhood |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/31/mcfeely.chat.cnna/ |publisher=CNN |date=August 31, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229032516/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/31/mcfeely.chat.cnna/ |archive-date=December 29, 2007 }}</ref>
* Mrs. Betsy McFeely (portrayed by Betsy Nadas) - The wife of Mr. McFeely's.
* Elsie Neal - A woman who operates the neighborhood craft and costume shop.
* Debbie Neal - The daughter of Elsie Neal's and an excellent singer who works at Negri's Music Shop.
* {{anchor|Handyman Negri}}Handyman Negri (portrayed by [[Joe Negri]]) - A [[jazz guitarist|jazz-guitarist]] who has taught music at several Pittsburgh universities. His real world counterpart Joe operates the musical-instrument shop called Negri's Music Shop on Rogers's street.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe&nbsp;Negri: From handyman to jazz guitarist|first=Joel|last=Rose|journal=[[All&nbsp;Things Considered]]|publisher=NPR, [[National Public Radio]]|date=August 9, 2010|access-date=October 4, 2012|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128821517}}</ref>
* Miss Paulificate (portrayed by Audrey Roth) - The royal telephone operator. Her real-world counterpart, Audrey, operates a janitorial service called Audrey Cleans Everything, where her mobile home serves as her office.
* Sergio Pinto - An employer at Brockett's Bakery who runs the counter and would teach some Spanish words to Mr. Rogers.
* [[Mary Rawson]] - She shows interest in the theater and mimes at "Betty's Little Theater".
* [[John Reardon (baritone)|John Reardon]] - An opera singer and frequent visitor of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe who helps its residents write and perform various operas.
* Gladys Schenk - A mother of two and an employee at Brockett's Bakery and cousin of Jose Cisneros's.
* Chrissy Thompson - The granddaughter of Mr. McFeely's and Mrs. McFeely's. She has [[spina bifida]], which requires her to use leg braces and openly talks about it.
* [[Bob Trow]] - He runs Trow's Workshop, where he works as a [[Artisan|craftsman]]. It is at Trow's Workshop that Bob creates and fixes things for Mister Rogers and his fellow neighbors.
* Jewel Walker - A [[mime artist]].

Only Mr. McFeely, Mrs. McFeely, Officer Clemmons, Scientist Adler, and Chef Brockett appeared substantially the same way in both Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

===Neighborhood of Make-Believe===
{{Main|Neighborhood of Make-Believe}}
The "Neighborhood of Make-Believe" is the fictional kingdom visited by Mr. Rogers during the show. Characters in the ''Neighborhood of Make-Believe'' were portrayed by both hand puppets and actors. Fred Rogers was the puppeteer for a great number of the characters:

* Collette
* Cornflake S. Pecially
* Daniel Striped Tiger
* Donkey Hodie
* Edgar Cooke
* Grandpere Tiger
* Henrietta Pussycat
* Ino A. Horse
* King Friday XIII
* Lady Elaine Fairchilde
* Mrs. Frogg
* Princess Margeret H. Lizard
* Queen Sara Saturday
* Tadpole Frogg
* X the Owl

Other characters and their performers or puppeteers:

* Anna Platypus
* Betty Okonak Templeton-Jones
* Bob Dog
* Cousin Mary Owl
* Cousin Steven Owl
* Dr. Duckbill Platypus
* Elsie Jean Platypus
* Harriett Elizabeth Cow
* H.J. Elephant III
* Hula Mouse
* James Michael Jones
* Prince Tuesday
* Purple Panda
* Robert Troll

In addition to [[Bob Trow]], other regular puppeteers included [[Michael Horton (actor)|Michael Horton]], Lenny Meledandri (1980–2001), and Carole Switala.

[[Michael Keaton]] made his first television appearance as a volunteer in 1975. He played an acrobat in a troupe called The Flying Zookeenies that performed for King Friday's birthday and was also in charge of running the Trolley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Michael_Keaton/192243 |title=Michael Keaton at Hollywood.com |access-date=May 31, 2007 }}</ref>

===Operas===
Thirteen in-series "operas" took place during the course of the series within the Make-Believe segments.<ref name="newellcnn" /> Many of them featured American baritone [[John Reardon (baritone)|John Reardon]] as a main character. The operas would encompass the entire episode and would be seen after a brief introduction by Mr. Rogers.

# Babysitter Opera (1968)
# Campsite Opera (1968)
# Teddy Bear/Whaling Ship Opera (1969)
# "Pineapples and Tomatoes" (1970)
# "Monkey's Uncle" (1971)
# "Snow People and Warm Pussycat" (1972)
# "Potato Bugs and Cows" (1973)
# "All in the Laundry" (1974)
# "Key to Otherland" (1975)
# "Windstorm in Bubbleland" (1980)
# "Spoon Mountain" (1982)
# "A Granddad for Daniel" (1984)
# "A Star for Kitty" (1986)

Additionally, a play, ''Josephine The Short-Necked Giraffe'', first aired in 1989 as a tribute to the late John Reardon.

===Guests===
Guests on the series ranged from cellist [[Yo-Yo Ma]] to actor and [[bodybuilder]] [[Lou Ferrigno]] of TV's ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' (in a 2001 piece where celebrities were asked about their heroes, Rogers cited Ma as one of his heroes{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}). A 1968 visit by electronic music pioneer [[Bruce Haack]] resurfaced in the 2004 documentary ''Haack: King of Techno''.

Guests on ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' were often surprised to find that, although Rogers was just as gentle and patient in life as on television, he was nevertheless a [[Perfectionism (psychology)|perfectionist]] who did not allow "shoddy" [[ad-lib]]bing;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/childrens-tv-icon-fred-rogers-dies-at-74 |title=Children's TV Icon Fred Rogers Dies at 74 |access-date=May 31, 2007 |date=February 27, 2003 |agency=Associated Press |work=Fox News}}</ref> he believed that children were thoughtful people who deserved programming as good as anything produced for adults on television.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshows.aol.com/show/mister-rogers-neighborhood/SH0029300000/main |title=Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |access-date=May 31, 2007 |work=AOL@Television |publisher=AOL LLC |archive-date=February 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204064559/http://tvshows.aol.com/show/mister-rogers-neighborhood/SH0029300000/main |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Rogers appeared as a guest on some other series. On the children's [[animated cartoon]] series ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'', for example, Rogers plays himself as an [[aardvark]] like Arthur. Later on, Arthur appears as a guest in hand-puppet form in a 1999 episode of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' in the [[Neighborhood of Make-Believe]]. [[Bill Nye]], host of a science-themed program, and Rogers also exchanged appearances on each other's series, as did Rogers and [[Captain Kangaroo]]. Rogers additionally appeared in an episode of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', where he explains to [[Big Bird]] that, even if one loses a running race such as the one Big Bird had run against his friend "[[Mr. Snuffleupagus|Snuffy]]", no hard feelings threaten to break the two of them apart.<ref>''Sesame Street'', Episode #1575 Aired May 22, 1981</ref> Big Bird himself also appeared in one episode of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, when he came to deliver his entry to the "Draw the Neighborhood" art contest.

==Funding==
{{unreferenced section|date=September 2017}}
[[File:Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, 1969.ogv|thumb|Rogers testifies before the [[United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet|Senate Subcommittee on Communications]] on May 1, 1969, explaining how his series was funded and convincing senators to further fund PBS's predecessor [[National Educational Television|NET]].]]
* N.E.T. affiliated stations children's program fund (1968–1970)
* The Sears-Roebuck Foundation (1968–1976, 1979–1992)
* Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1971–1976, 1991–2001)
* Office of Education (1974–1975)
* Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (1975)
* Ford Foundation (1975–1976)
* Johnson & Johnson (1975–1976)
* Public Television Stations / "contributions to your PBS station from Viewers Like You" (1975–1976, 1979–2001)

The Ford Foundation, Public Television Stations and Johnson & Johnson also provided funding for repeats of the 1969-1975 color episodes, beginning in 1976.

==After the series==
When Fred Rogers died in 2003, PBS's website provided suggestions to parents on how to respond to children who ask about Rogers' death.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pbskids.org/rogers/parents/feb27.html |title=Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Parents & Teachers |publisher=PBS Kids |access-date=February 28, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030228103257/http://pbskids.org/rogers/parents/feb27.html |archive-date=February 28, 2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Beginning on September 3, 2007, some PBS affiliates began replacing the show with new programs such as ''[[Super Why!]]'', ''[[WordGirl]]'' and ''[[WordWorld]]''. In June 2008, PBS announced that, beginning in late 2008, the network would stop broadcasting ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' as part of its daily syndication lineup to member stations, instead airing the program only once a week over the weekend.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08162/888699-85.stm | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | title=Less 'Mister Rogers' in PBS's future | first=Rob | last=Owen | date=June 10, 2008}}</ref> [[Milwaukee PBS]], for example, still carries the show once a week, on Sunday, over its primary HD/SD channel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/82995857.html|title='Mr. Rogers' becomes too pricey a neighborhood|last=Dudek|first=Duane|date=January 28, 2010|work=Journal Sentinel|access-date=August 2, 2011|location=Milwaukee, WI}}</ref> Beginning on September 1, 2008, ''Mister Rogers'' was replaced by new programming such as ''[[Martha Speaks (TV series)|Martha Speaks]]'', ''[[Sid the Science Kid]]'', and an update of ''[[The Electric Company (2009 TV series)|The Electric Company]]''. However, individual member stations have the option of airing ''Mister Rogers'' independently of the PBS syndicated feed, with series home [[WQED (TV)|WQED]] in particular continuing to air the series daily until 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09002/938948-67.stm|work= [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]| title= Tuned In: WQED puts daytime focus on children's programming|date=March 28, 2012|author=Owen, Rob}}</ref> There was a campaign in 2008 and 2009 to urge PBS and all member stations to bring the show back seven days a week.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08214/900999-42.stm |title=Tuned In: 'Mister Rogers' fan launches Web site to save daily episodes | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=August 1, 2008}}</ref> The premiere of the ''Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood'' spin-off in 2012 effectively ended most reruns of the show for several years, but, by 2017, some stations began to bring back a select number of episodes. As of 2023, reruns air on many PBS stations early in the morning on Saturdays and Sundays.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series' national premiere, PBS aired select episodes of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' for a week in February 2018.

===Spin-offs===
{{Main|Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood|Donkey Hodie (TV series)}}
In July 2011, during the annual [[Television Critics Association]] summer press tour, it was announced that a new animated spin-off series, ''[[Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood]]'', was in production. The show debuted on most PBS stations on September 3, 2012. The series features Daniel Tiger, the four-year-old son of [[King Friday XIII|Daniel Striped Tiger]], as a host of the series, which also features characters of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe all grown older, with the children now having families of their own.<ref name=THR073111 /><ref>{{cite web |last=Weisman |first=Jon |date=July 30, 2011 |url=https://variety.com/2011/tv/news/pbs-to-air-new-series-from-fred-rogers-co-1118040677/ |title=PBS to air new series from Fred Rogers Co. |work=Variety}}</ref>

A second spin-off titled ''[[Donkey Hodie (TV series)|Donkey Hodie]]'', focusing on the titular character, aired on PBS May 3, 2021. The puppet series features a radically different design for the character along with his friends Purple Panda, Duck Duck and Bob Dog, as they learn and sing through the land of "Someplace Else".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2020/01/10/classic-mister-rogers-neighborhood-character-inspires-new-pbs-series/|title=Classic Mister Rogers' Neighborhood character inspires new PBS series|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Yang|first=Rachel|date=January 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/donkey-hodie-continues-the-mister-rogers-legacy-on-pbs-kids-may-3/|title='Donkey Hodie' Continues the Mister Rogers Legacy on PBS KIDS May 3|website=Animation Magazine|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|date=January 27, 2021}}</ref>

==Music and regular songs==
===Regular songs===
{{redirect|Won't You Be My Neighbor?|the film|Won't You Be My Neighbor? (film){{!}}''Won't You Be My Neighbor?'' (film)}}
The song "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" was written by Fred Rogers in 1967 and was used as the opening theme for each episode of the show.

In the first three seasons of the show, during which new episodes were constantly being produced, each show ended with the song "Tomorrow", which was written by Rogers' former colleague, [[Josie Carey]]. Starting with Season 4 in 1971,{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} "Tomorrow" was used only on Monday through Thursday episodes, and a new closing song, which is titled as "The Weekend Song", was used only on Friday episodes as the program would not return until Monday.

Eventually, the "Tomorrow" song was removed entirely due to copyright issues, and by 1973, Rogers sang "It's Such a Good Feeling" at the end of each episode. Prior to 1973, the original version of "It's Such a Good Feeling" was used as part of Mister Rogers' general repertoire of songs. When "It's Such a Good Feeling" became the closing theme for ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' in 1973, it used a rewrite of "The Weekend Song" at the end, using only the first four lines: "And I'll be back when the day is new, and I'll have more ideas for you. And you'll have things you'll want to talk about; I will too". This was only used on Monday through Thursday episodes. On Friday episodes, the lyric was changed to "week" instead of "day". On early episodes of this season, the line was originally written as "When tomorrow is new".

===Music===
[[Music director|Musical directors]] for the series include:
*[[Johnny Costa]] (1968–96)
*Michael Moricz, who took over as music director after Costa's death and served until the end of the series in 2001.

In addition to arranging and directing the music heard on ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'', Costa, along with other musicians, performed almost all the [[background music]] heard on the series, including the show's recognizable main theme, the trolley whistle, Mr. McFeeley's frenetic speedy delivery piano plonks, the vibraphone flute-toots (played on a synthesizer) as Fred fed his fish, dreamy celesta lines, [[incidental music]], and Rogers' entrance and exit tunes. Each day an episode was recorded, Costa and his ensemble played live in the studio for the filming. Musicians who played in this ensemble were:
*Johnny Costa&nbsp;– [[Piano]], [[Celesta]], [[Synthesizer]], & Trolley Whistle
*[[Joe Negri]] – [[Guitar]]
*Carl McVicker Jr. – [[Bass Guitar]], [[Double Bass]]
*Bobby Rawsthorne – [[Drums]] & [[Percussion]]<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Pena |first1=Carlos Enrique |date=2007 |title=Pittsburgh Jazz Records and Beyond, 1950–1985 |type=MA thesis |publisher=University of Pittsburgh |url=https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/7636/ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062588/fullcredits|title=Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|date=February 19, 1968|via=IMDb}}</ref>

Even after Costa's death in 1996, much of the music heard on the program continued to be Costa's, and his name continued to be listed in the show's [[closing credits]] as one of its Musical Directors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnnycosta.com/mister-rogers-neighborhood/|title=Mister Rogers' Neighborhood – Johnny Costa Pittsburgh's Legendary Jazz Pianist|access-date=January 10, 2016|archive-date=April 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422084738/http://www.johnnycosta.com/mister-rogers-neighborhood/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

==Broadcast history==
The first broadcast of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' was on the [[National Educational Television]] network on February 19, 1968; the color NET logo appeared on a model building at the beginning and end of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' from 1969 to 1970. When NET ceased operations, the series moved its successor network PBS, even though episodes up until the end of the fourth season in May 1971 were still copyrighted by and produced for NET.<ref>{{YouTube|nOA7V93jtJk|"Misterogers 1971"}}. Accessed 08-09-09.</ref>

The series' first season (1968) consisted of 130 episodes, produced in black-and-white. For seasons 2–8 (1969–75), the show produced 65 new color episodes each year. By the end of season 8, this meant there was a library of 455 color episodes that could be repeated indefinitely. Rogers and the rest of the show's cast and crew began suffering burnout from taping 65 episodes a year and, in 1975, Rogers made the decision to take a break from the series for a few years. As a consequence, season 9 (1976) consisted of only five episodes. These five new episodes (which aired the final week of original episodes of the so-called "first series") featured Mister Rogers in his workshop, watching scenes of past episodes of his series, which he recorded on videocassettes and kept on the shelf in his workshop. On the Friday episode of that week (February 20, 1976), he reminded viewers that they, too, could watch many of those old episodes beginning the following week. During the hiatus period, two primetime episodes were produced and aired as specials: a Christmas show in December 1977 and a "springtime"-themed show.

In 1978, production of the series resumed, with an eye towards "freshening up" the show by producing 15 new episodes per year. These "second series" episodes, which began airing in August 1979, would be mixed in with the already-airing cycle of repeats from the so-called "first series" (i.e., the color episodes of seasons 2–9, aired from 1969 to 1976).

The series aired 15 new episodes annually between 1979 and 1993. As well, there were occasional "Mister Rogers Talks with Parents About..." specials, which featured panelists discussing ways in which parents could talk to their children about the issues discussed on ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood''. These specials usually were aired on weekends, just prior to the airing of a new batch of Monday-to-Friday episodes.

Beginning in 1994, the production schedule was changed so that 10 new episodes a year were produced instead of 15. Shortly thereafter, as of August 11, 1995,{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} the episodes from the "first series" (1968–76) were withdrawn from the repeat schedule, since there were over 200 "second series" episodes available for broadcast, and many of the first series episodes had become outdated.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
The show's final years varied the number of episodes produced per season: season 26 (1995–96) consisted of 20 episodes, season 27 (1997) produced 10 episodes, seasons 28 and 29 (1998–99) both contained 15 episodes, and season 30 (2000) reverted to 10 episodes. The final season, season 31 (2001), consisted of only 5 episodes, centering on the theme "Celebrate The Arts".

A few episodes from the "first series" are available for viewing in the [[Paley Center for Media]], including the first episode of the series and the first color episode. A complete collection of episodes, including more than 900 videotapes and scripts from the show along with other promotional materials produced by Rogers or his Family Communications Inc. production company, exists in the Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Archives, located in the Elizabeth Nesbitt Room at the [[University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information]] Building.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/media/pcc030310/tribute_Mr_Rogers.html |first=Sharon S. |last=Blake |title=Paying Tribute to Fred Rogers |work=Pitt Chronicle |date=March 10, 2003 |access-date=November 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518002759/http://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/media/pcc030310/tribute_Mr_Rogers.html |archive-date=May 18, 2012 }}</ref>

===Reruns===
When PBS began re-airing the first 460 color episodes of the series in 1976, some of the earliest color episodes from 1969 and 1970 were re-edited with new voice-overs or footage. For example, in one 1970 episode where Mister Rogers demonstrates the noise-proof ear protectors that airport workers use on the tarmac, the film footage used featured a worker directing a [[United Airlines]] jet with its stylized "U" logo—which was not introduced until 1974. All of the episodes revised from the first series also included an extra segment following the closing credits, mentioning the episode number and additional companies that provided funding since these episodes originally aired, even though they had not provided funding at the time of their original production. The episode numbers correlated to activity guides for parents, which included activities and discussion topics for parents and child care providers to utilize with their children.<ref>''Mister Rogers' Plan and Play Book''; Family Communications, Inc. 1983</ref> The black and white episodes of the first season were last re-run on August 21, 1970, just before NET was replaced by PBS.

{{As of|2013}}, almost all of the 1979–2001 "second series" episodes are still in active rotation on a number of PBS stations.<ref>[http://www.mptv.org/schedule/a-z/program/mister-rogers-neighborhood/ ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood schedule on MPTV''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003082036/http://www.mptv.org/schedule/a-z/program/mister-rogers-neighborhood/ |date=October 3, 2015 }} Retrieved October 14, 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.ket.org/tvschedules/series.php?id=MSTR ''KET – Mister Rogers' Neighborhood – Series Information''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904121438/http://www.ket.org/tvschedules/series.php?id=MSTR |date=September 4, 2015 }} Retrieved October 14, 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.opb.org/television/programs/mister-rogers-neighborhood/ ''Mister Rogers Neighborhood – TV – Oregon Public Broadcasting''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006042132/http://www.opb.org/television/programs/mister-rogers-neighborhood/ |date=October 6, 2013 }} Retrieved October 14, 2013</ref> The only exception is the week-long "Conflict" series (episodes #1521–#1525), first aired during the week of November 7–11, 1983. The series/story arc covered the topics of war, bombs, and an arms race, and was created in response to the [[Invasion of Grenada]], and the [[1983 Beirut barracks bombings]].{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} The "Conflict" series was last aired on PBS during the week of April 1–5, 1996.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

Only a few episodes of the series have been released to DVD by [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]], although some earlier compilation-based releases were issued on [[VHS]] by [[Playhouse Video]] during the mid-1980s. 100 episodes have subsequently been released as part of [[Amazon Video]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/First-Week-Program-Black-White/dp/B004C4N93U/ref=sr_1_2?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1312149482&sr=1-2 "Amazon Video: Mister Rogers Neighborhood"]. Amazon.com.</ref> A DVD set titled the ''It's a Beautiful Day Collection'', containing 30 episodes from the second series, was released on March 27, 2018 by PBS.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Mister-Rogers-Neighborhood-Its-Beautiful/dp/B07896QSFC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521606924&sr=8-1 |title=Amazon.com: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: It's a Beautiful Day: Fred Rogers: Movies & TV|website=Amazon.com|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402054852/https://www.amazon.com/Mister-Rogers-Neighborhood-Its-Beautiful/dp/B07896QSFC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521606924&sr=8-1|archive-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref><ref name="tv-shows-on-dvd">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mister-Rogers-Neighborhood-Its-a-Beautiful-Day-Collection/23988 |title=Mister Rogers' Neighborhood – Official PBS Press Release for the 'It's a Beautiful Day Collection' |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |first=David |last=Lambert |date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=April 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420223907/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mister-Rogers-Neighborhood-Its-a-Beautiful-Day-Collection/23988|archive-date=April 20, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Twitch marathons====
On May 11, 2017, streaming video platform [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] announced with [[The Fred Rogers Company]] that 886 episodes of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' would be streamed live on the Internet over an 18-day period (although several episodes were skipped over during the marathon, most notably the 1983 "Conflict" episodes).<ref name="FR120517">{{cite web |url=http://www.fredrogers.org/frc/news/twitch-announces-marathon-pbs-kids%E2%80%99-iconic-series-mister-rogers%E2%80%99-neighborhood|title=Twitch Announces Marathon of PBS KIDS' Iconic Series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 11, 2017|website=www.fredrogers.org|publisher=The Fred Rogers Company|access-date=May 12, 2017}}</ref> The marathon began on May 15, 2017, at noon [[Pacific Time Zone|PT]] and ended on June 3, 2017. The marathon included many ''Mister Rogers'' episodes that had only aired once before. During the live stream, viewers were encouraged to support their local [[PBS]] station.<ref name="FR120517" />

''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' joined other popular PBS shows, including ''[[The Joy of Painting]]'' and ''[[The French Chef]]'', that have been streamed on the Twitch service.<ref name="FR120517" />

On March 20, 2018, Twitch began streaming a 90-episode marathon to commemorate Rogers' 90th birthday, followed by a repeat marathon of the series.<ref name="consequence-of-sound-2018-twitch">{{cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2018/03/twitch-to-stream-mister-rogers-neighborhood-marathon/ |title=Twitch to stream Mister Rogers Neighborhood marathon in honor of Fred Rogers' 90th birthday |last=Coburn |first=Randall |date=March 20, 2018 |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="roling-stone-2018-twitch">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/twitch-is-hosting-a-mister-rogers-marathon-on-his-90th-birthday-w518053 |title=Twitch is Hosting a 'Mister Rogers' Marathon on His 90th Birthday |last=Fogel |first=Stephanie |date=March 19, 2018 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=March 20, 2018 |archive-date=March 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319212131/https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/twitch-is-hosting-a-mister-rogers-marathon-on-his-90th-birthday-w518053 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===International Broadcast===
In the Canadian province of Ontario, the show was broadcast on [[TVOntario]] from 1970 to 1989. These broadcasts could also be seen in U.S. cities close to Canadian border.

===Digital Platforms===
In late May 2024, it was announced that online streaming platform [[Pluto TV]] would be creating a dedicated 24/7 channel for Mister Rogers Neighborhood as the program was available already on-demand.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://pluto.tv/us/search/details/series/662ff808bf522d0013dd8cb8/season/23 |title=Pluto TV: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |language=en |access-date=2025-01-25 |via=pluto.tv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ridgely |first=Charlie |date=2024-05-30 |title=Pluto TV Announces 24/7 Mister Rogers Channel |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/mister-rogers-streaming-channel-pluto-tv/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}}</ref> On June 10th, the channel was launched.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prange |first=Stephanie |date=2024-06-11 |title=Pluto TV Launches 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' Channel |url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/pluto-tv-launches-mister-rogers-neighborhood-channel/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Media Play News |language=en-US}}</ref> The show is also among the shows broadcast by the free streaming channel PBS Retro launched in April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Manfredi |first=Lucas |date=2024-04-24 |title=PBS Launches Ad-Supported Classic TV Channel on Roku {{!}} Exclusive |url=https://www.thewrap.com/pbs-retro-fast-channel-roku-launch/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Episodes==
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| end9       = February 20, 1976

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| end10       = May 23, 1980

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| end11       = July 24, 1981

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| end13       = April 29, 1983

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==Specials==
A prime time [[Christmas by medium|Christmas special]], ''Christmastime with Mister Rogers'', first aired in 1977. This special had [[François Clemmons]] introducing a storyteller and flutist friend to Rogers. They filmed several narrated segments of the stories François' friend told. The special also had the [[Neighborhood of Make-Believe]] segment which shows how they celebrated Christmas. The [[tram|trolley]] had a banner on the roof that said "Merry Christmas" on one side, and "Happy Hannukah" on the other. This special was aired every Christmas season until 1982. This special's opening has Rogers walking through a real neighborhood while the titles roll rather than the model neighborhood used in the series.

In 1994, Rogers created another one-time special for PBS called ''Fred Rogers' Heroes'' which consisted of documentary portraits of four real-life people whose work helped make their communities better. Rogers, uncharacteristically dressed in a suit and tie, hosted in wraparound segments that did not use the "Neighborhood" set.

For a time, Rogers produced specials for the parents as a precursor to the subject of the week on the Neighborhood called "Mister Rogers Talks To Parents About ''[topic]''". Rogers did not host those specials, though; other people like [[Joan Lunden]], who hosted the "Conflict" special, and other news announcers played MC duties in front of a gallery of parents while Rogers answered questions from them. These specials were made to prepare the parents for any questions the children might ask after watching the episodes on that topic of the week.

===''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>

==Tributes==
Over the years, many television shows, exhibits and attractions have been named in tribute to ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood''. After three years as a traveling exhibit, the [[Children's Museum of Pittsburgh]]<ref name="Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: Welcome to Mister Rogers Neighborhood" /> had "Welcome to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" installed as a permanent exhibit in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04305/403304.stm |title=The Real Deal: Museum promises hands-on fun with "stuff" |access-date=May 31, 2007 |last=Haynes |first=Monica |date=October 31, 2004 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette }}</ref> The [[planetarium]] show "The Sky Above Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" is an animated adaptation of the television show for preschool-aged children.<ref>{{cite web|website=CommerSel Studios|url=http://www.commersel.com/Services/TheSkyAboveMisterRogersNeighborhood.asp|title=The Sky Above Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218032435/http://www.commersel.com/Services/TheSkyAboveMisterRogersNeighborhood.asp|archive-date=February 18, 2008}}</ref> [[Idlewild and Soak Zone]], an amusement park near Rogers' hometown of [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania]] has an attraction called "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make-Believe" featuring a life-size trolley ride, designed by Rogers. This was shut down in 2014 to reopen as Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idlewild.com/things-to-do/attractions|title=Idlewild and SoakZone – Attractions|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.idlewild.com/in_the_park/?show=mr_rogers&view=misterrogers Idlewild and Soak Zone // In the Park] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324010506/http://www.idlewild.com/in_the_park/?show=mr_rogers&view=misterrogers |date=March 24, 2011 }}</ref> A children's play area at [[Monroeville Mall]] in the [[Pittsburgh]] suburb of [[Monroeville, Pennsylvania|Monroeville]] was named for the television show.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2002/03/11/daily36.html|title=Mister Rogers' play space moves in to Monroeville Mall|date=March 14, 2002|work=[[Pittsburgh Business Times]]}}</ref>

Many of the artifacts from the set of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'', including the tree of X the owl, the make-believe neighborhood and the inside entrance to Mister Rogers' home is on display at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. Also included is a life-size figure of Mister Rogers and a sweater he wore on the show.

A kiosk containing artifacts used during the series is located on Concourse C of [[Pittsburgh International Airport]], near the children's play area.<ref name="mrrogers">[http://stuckattheairport.com/2009/02/24/mister-rogers-back-at-pittsburgh-intl-airport/ "Mister Rogers back at Pittsburgh Int'l Airport"] Stuck at the Airport, published February 24, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2012.</ref> The ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' Archives at the [[University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information]] is an academic resource and collection that contains correspondence, scripts, props, puppets, fan mail, 911 tapes including all but four episodes of the series on 3/4-inch production videotape; plus one on VHS (three other episodes are not in the collection) along with various videos of specials, interviews and scholarly articles that show the cultural impact of Fred Rogers' work.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Archives |url=http://www.lib.umd.edu/NPBA/other/mrn.html |work=Collections in Other Repositories |publisher=National Public Broadcasting Archives |access-date=September 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623163043/http://www.lib.umd.edu/NPBA/other/mrn.html |archive-date=June 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A statue of Fred Rogers exists on the [[North Shore (Pittsburgh)|North Shore]] of the Allegheny River near [[Heinz Field]] at the surviving footing of the [[Manchester Bridge (Pittsburgh)|Manchester Bridge]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/mr-rogers-takes-rightful-place-at-riverside-tribute-365413/ |last=Sostek |first=Anya |title=Mr. Rogers takes rightful place at riverside tribute |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=November 6, 2009}}</ref> The original trolley from the shows is on display at the [[Canadian Broadcasting Centre]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}

A documentary feature film about the series, titled [[Won't You Be My Neighbor? (film)|''Won't You Be My Neighbor?'']], was released by [[Focus Features]] on June 8, 2018.<ref name="NPR" /><ref name="Mister Rogers Planet"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/11/28/hello-neighbors-focus-features-to-release-mr.-rogers-documentary-in-2018/amp |title=Hello, Neighbors: Focus Features To Release Mr. Rogers Documentary In 2018 – Birth.Movies.Death. |website=birthmoviesdeath.com |access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> Another documentary, ''Mister Rogers & Me,'' was shown at film festivals in 2010 and on PBS stations in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mister Rogers & Me |url=http://www.misterrogersandme.com/ |website=misterrogersandme.com |access-date=June 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |title=Mister Rogers & Me |publisher=PBS Distribution |date=2012 |type=DVD |oclc=1015693619}}</ref> An American drama film, titled ''[[A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood]]'' starring [[Tom Hanks]] as Rogers, was released on November 22, 2019 by [[TriStar Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-hanks-greyhound-ghostbusters-morbius-movies-get-2020-release-1179442 |title=Tom Hanks' World War II Movie 'Greyhound' Sails From 2019 Into 2020 |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=January 26, 2019 |date=January 25, 2019}}</ref>

On September 21, 2018, a [[Google Doodle]] was created in honor of Mr. Rogers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://doodles.google/doodle/celebrating-mister-rogers/ |title=Celebrating Mister Rogers|date=September 21, 2018 |website=Google Doodle Archive|access-date=December 8, 2018}}</ref>

In summer of 2023, a fan's [[Lego]] Ideas contest toy block creation of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mister Rogers Lego prototype a tribute to his 'deep spiritual resonance' |url=https://www.christiancentury.org/article/news/mister-rogers-lego-prototype-tribute-his-deep-spiritual-resonance |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=The Christian Century |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bricksmitherd |date=2023-05-16 |title=Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/c3665a3b-7c5c-4d0f-ab6e-82422d6f1d13 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=ideas.lego.com |language=en}}</ref> received some 10,000 supporters for an official project set. It advanced to the Sep. 2023 review phase<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-12 |title='Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' LEGO set under review for production |url=https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/mister-rogers-neighborhood-lego-set-under-review-production/53ODVYRJABCMJD7HLCOG7HY6FE/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=WPXI |language=en}}</ref> but was turned down by the Lego Review Board in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-06 |title=LEGO won't produce 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' set |url=https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/lego-wont-produce-mister-rogers-neighborhood-set/G6E2OM52BFAVTDGBYF7VHLCQIE/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=WPXI |language=en}}</ref> 

===Music===
The music of the show was interpreted by an eclectic mix of modern artists for the 2005 album ''Songs From the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers''. The [[YouTube]] show ''[[Pittsburgh Dad]]'' uses a piano theme song inspired by the jazz music constantly heard on ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood''.<ref name=sensation>{{cite news | last =Fuoco | first =Michael A. | title ='Pittsburgh Dad' is an Internet sensation | newspaper =[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | date =December 3, 2011 | url =http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/11337/1194393-53-0.stm | access-date =August 29, 2013 | archive-date =June 20, 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120620155812/http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/11337/1194393-53-0.stm | url-status =dead }}</ref> The musical project [[Symphony of Science]], in association with PBS Digital Studios, created a music video called "Garden of Your Mind" from clips of the show, using Rogers' own pitch-corrected spoken words to create a song.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fredrogers.org Fred Rogers Productions]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161016030053/http://pbskids.org/rogers/ Mister Rogers' Neighborhood] at PBS Kids
* {{IMDb title|0062588}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090111122730/http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/is/enroom/mrrogers/mrrogrs.htm ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' Archives at the University of Pittsburgh]
* {{The Interviews title|mister-rogers-neighborhood}}
* {{Cite news |title=It's a Beautiful 50th Birthday for 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' |date=February 19, 2018 |orig-year=1984 |work=[[Fresh Air]] |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] }} 1984 interview with Fred Rogers.

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