Mister Rogers' Neighborhood News

Amy Mee wasn't standing in front of Pittsburgh's new Fred Rogers statue for long before she was interrupted by her 6-year-old daughter, Sarah.

When I was just six years old, I came home from school alone while my parents were away working long hours.

December 1st of any year marks a number of things for many of us globally, regardless of where we live.

In the summer of 1967, David Newell was in Europe when he received a telegram from a friend telling him that Fred Rogers was taking his Pittsburgh-based children's show to a national audience.

Joanne Rogers hugs a well-wisher after the unveiling of a statue of her late husband, Fred Rogers, who delighted children across the nation on “Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.” PITTSBURGH – Amy Mee wasn't standing in front of the new Fred Rogers statue for long before she was interrupted by her 6-year-old daughter, Sarah.

The opening weekend of "A Tribute to Children" brought out parents and their children, the latter eager to settle into Mister Rogers' lap.

For more than four decades the prefered method of transportation to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe has been the Neighborhood Trolley.

Amy Mee wasn't standing in front of the new Fred Rogers statue for long before she was interrupted by her 6-year-old daughter.

You'd have to live under a rock or in a garbage can not to know that "Sesame Street" is marking its 40th anniversary Tuesday, complete with a guest appearance by first lady Michelle Obama.

Yesterday afternoon on the North Shore, a nearly 11-foot sculpture of Fred Rogers was unveiled.

A sculpture of the late children's television pioneer Fred Rogers was unveiled on the North Side today.

The first week of November will be a busy one for fans of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." On Nov.

When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong along with the fearful, the true mixed with the facade, and of course, the only way we can do this is by accepting ourselves that way.

Maryland Public Television and Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake are paying tribute to the late Fred Rogers by sponsoring a Neighborhood Sweater Drive.

Mister Rogers' s fans are invited to see, for one last time, remaining parts of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe set for Fred Rogers's classic children's show during an open house next month in Pittsburgh.

First things first: Yes, Joe Negri is "Handyman" Negri from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." But he's also a first-rate jazz guitarist, a fact he'll demonstrate at The Jazz Corner with fellow guitarist Howard Paul this weekend.

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PBS killed the program, which was broadcast at noon on weekdays on Channel 17, because of a lack of funding.

When thirtysomething premiered on ABC in 1987, I was thirtysomething. The show spoke to me in countless ways, from its view of the challenges of parenthood to how adult children deal with their parents, to balancing work dreams with economic pressures, to the sharp edges of its arguments and the sweetness of expressions of love.

Mister Rogers has a new neighborhood - a cyber one that is. The late, iconic, cardigan-wearing Fred Rogers, former host of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," lives on in a recently launched Website that features games, videos, and segments from his 33 years on PBS.