PITTSBURGH — The first episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” made its national debut on Feb. 19, 1968. The show would go on to be a quiet powerhouse in children’s programming despite the calm and ...

* What he was like as a kid: Fred Rogers was fat, and he often was sick with hay fever. He once spent the whole summer inside in the air conditioning because of his allergies. * A person who made a ...

Mister Rogers isn't going to be our neighbor anymore. Fred Rogers, the slow-speaking, soothing star of PBS's "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," says he will tape his very last episode next month, although ...

Emily Uhrin is archivist at the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at Saint Vincent College in the late television host's hometown of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. As a student at ...

Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood holds Henrietta Pussycat (left) and "X" the Owl during an interview. Rogers is an ordained Presbyterian minister and his ministry works to reach out to ...

Gregg Behr's family had four channels to choose from while he was growing up in the 1970s. Though there wasn't much to choose from, one program in particular would play an outsized role in his future.