Series

Barney and the Backyard Gang

1988 · 3 seasons

Barney and the Backyard Gang is a direct-to-video series produced by The Lyons Group and was produced from October 13, 1988 to October 20, 1991. This series launched the stardom of the PBS television show Barney & Friends. Music for the Barney and the Backyard Gang videos was created by Stephen Bates Baltes and Phillip Parker. The series was a regional success, but only a moderate success throughout the rest of the country. Then one day, in 1991, Larry Rifkin, then head of Connecticut Public Television, rented a Barney video for his daughter Leora. He liked the concept and talked to Leach about possibly putting Barney on television through the Public Broadcasting Service. Rock with Barney was the last video in the series before the television show debuted. Also, only four of the kids from the videos (Michael, Luci, Tina and Derek) were carried over to the television show.

Bob West

Barney (voice)

Brian Eppes

Michael

Jessica Zucha

Tina

Leah Gloria

Luci

Rickey Carter

Derek

Julie Johnson

Baby Bop (voice)

Becky Swonke

Amy

Alexander Jhin

Adam

First aired

August 29, 1988

Last aired

October 30, 1991

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

15

• 
  Season 18 episodes · 1988
• Season 24 episodes · 1990
• Season 33 episodes · 1991