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Barney and Friends is an independent children's television show aimed at young children aged 1--8. The main character of the show is a purple Tyrannosaurus rex named Barney, who is joined by his pals B.J., Baby Bop, and later their cousin, Riff. The show first aired in 1992, and has since then become a major success. Barney is a friendly purple dinosaur who comes to life through a child's imagination, and conveys learning through songs and small dance routines with a friendly optimistic attitude. His theme song is "The Barney Theme Song", better known as "Barney is a Dinosaur", sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle". Episodes frequently end with the song "I Love You" (sung to the tune of "This Old Man"), which happens to be Barney's favorite song of all time. Barney and Friends Children TV Show In the year 1992 Barney & Friends, a children's television show produced in the United States. Barney character was created by Sheryl Leach of Dallas, Texas in 1987. In the year 1992 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), debuted series as "Barney & Friends". Lyrick Studios (bought by HIT Entertainment) was the producer of the series "Barney & Friends". The show was taped for seven years at the ColorDynamics Studios facility at Greenville Avenue & Bethany Drive in Allen, and after moved to The Studios at Las Colinas, Texas. Now currently, the Barney & Friends is produced in a northern suburb of Dallas. "Barney & Friends" TV series and videos are distributed by HIT Entertainment and Lionsgate. WNET is the producer of "Barney & Friends" TV series. Barney & Friends is now shown in many other countries like Spanish language version produced in Mexico which is called Barney y Sus Amigos. Barney is the main character in Barney and Friends. Barney comes to life through a child's imagination as a purple Tyrannosaurus Rex Dinosaur. Baby Bop, B.J and Riff are other main characters of the Barney & Friends. Voices for Barney: Bob West (1988-2001) Duncan Brannon (2000-2001) Tim Dever (2000-2001) Dean Wendt (2002-Present) Barney & Friends Barney & Friends Format Children's television series Barney & Friends Created by Sheryl Leach Barney & Friends Starring David Joyner (Barney suit) Dean Wendt (Barney voice) Jeff Ayers (Baby Bop suit) Julie Johnson (Baby Bop voice) Patty Wirtz (B.J. voice) Kyle Nelson (B.J. suit) Adam Brown (Riff suit) Michaela Dietz (Riff voice) Barney & Friends Country of origin United States Barney & Friends No. of episodes 238 (as of season twelve) Barney & Friends Production Barney & Friends Running time 30 Minutes Barney & Friends Broadcast Barney & Friends Original channel PBS (1992-Present) PBS Kids Channel (1999-Present) PBS Kids Sprout (2005-Present) Barney & Friends Original run April 6, 1992 -- Ongoing Barney and Friends Crew Sheryl Leach (creator) Kathy Parker (producer) Dennis DeShazer (director) Mark S. Bernthal (writer) Stephen White (writer) Barney and Friends Movies and specials Barney's Great Adventure (1998) (Theatrical Movie, starring Trevor Morgan and Kyla Pratt) Barney's Imagination Island (1994) Barney Live In New York City (1994) Barney and Friends Airing history Barney and Friends in US Public Broadcasting Service PBS Kids PBS KIDS Sprout Barney and Friends in UK GMTV(1994-2000) The Children's Channel LIVINGtv Cartoonito (2006--) Five (2002-2005) Barney and Friends in Australia Nine Network FOX8 Barney and Friends in Japan Playhouse Disney Barney and Friends in Israel Arutz HaYeladim (the kids channel) Hop! Channel 2 Barney and Friends in Philippines ABS-CBN TV5 (dubbed in Tagalog) Barney and Friends in Spain Antena 3 Barney and Friends in Mexico and Latin America Discovery Kids Barney and Friends in New Zealand TVNZ (TV2) Barney and Friends in Turkey ATV Barney and Friends in Canada Treehouse TV Barney and Friends in Ireland RTE Barney and Friends in Italy Italia JimJam Barney and Friends in France Cartoonito