Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Mister Rogers with a model of the neighborhood.
Created by	Fred Rogers
Starring	Fred Rogers David Newell Chuck Aber Betty Aberlin Don Brockett François Clemmons Bob Trow Joe Negri
Theme music composer	Fred Rogers
Opening theme	"Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
Ending theme	"Tomorrow" (1968–1972) "The Weekend Song" (Fridays, 1971–1972) "It's Such a Good Feeling" (1973–2001)
Composer(s)	Johnny Costa (musical director)
Country of origin	Canada (1963–1966) United States (1966–2001)
Original language(s)	English; some episodes feature DVS (from 1968 to 1983) via SAP (from 1983 to 2001)
No. of seasons	31 (NET/PBS)
No. of episodes	100 (EEN) 909 (NET/PBS)
Production
Location(s)	CBC Studios Toronto, Ontario (1963–1966) WQED Studios Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1966–2001)
Camera setup	Single camera (1963–1992), Multi-camera (1992–2001)
Running time	28 minutes
Production company(s)	WQED Small World Enterprises (1968–1971) Family Communications, Inc. (1971–2001)
Release
Original network	CBC (1963–1966) EEN (1966–1967) NET (1968–1970) PBS (1970–2001)
Picture format	480i SDTV
Audio format	Mono (1963–1990) Stereo (1990–2001)
Original release	February 19, 1968 (1968-02-19) – August 31, 2001 (2001-08-31)
Chronology
Followed by	Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (sometimes shortened to Misterogers or simply Mister Rogers) is an American half-hour children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Mister Rogers on CBC Television, and was later re-branded in 1966 as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on the regional Eastern Educational Network (EEN, a forerunner of today's American Public Television), followed by its U.S. network debut on February 19, 1968, and it aired on NET and its successor, PBS, until August 31, 2001. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages 2 to 5, but has been stated by PBS as "appropriate for all ages".Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was produced by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, public broadcaster 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's death. In May 1997, the series surpassed Captain Kangaroo as the longest-running children's television series, a record the series held until July 2002, when Sesame Street beat Mister Rogers' record.

The series could be seen in reruns on most PBS stations until August 31, 2007, when it began to be removed by various PBS stations, and then permanently removed by PBS after August 29, 2008 from their daily syndicated schedule. Despite this, a number of stations have chosen to continue airing the reruns independently of the PBS feed, and PBS still allocates one episode a week on their syndicated schedule for weekends; many stations have opted to air it. Eleven years after Mister Rogers' Neighborhood concluded, PBS debuted an animated spin-off, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.