Why Save Mister Rogers Neighborhood?
In June 2008, Public Broadcasting Service announced that it intends to soon change the way Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the beloved children’s television program, is distributed to member stations.
PBS will cease transmitting the program as part of their daily syndicated lineup beginning in September. Instead, PBS will provide member stations with a single Neighborhood episode on weekends. This unfortunate decision essentially silences the special nurturing voice of Mister Rogers in the daily lives of today’s children.
We’re asking PBS to please reconsider their decision, and allow Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, with its timeless expressions of care for children, to remain a part of their syndicated Monday through Friday schedule.
NO WAY! We need daily Mr. Rogers in our lives, if only vicariously through a local child.
Weekends? What’s the point? Seeing all the freaky stuff in Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood was what I looked forward to every single day when I was a kid. That was my window into weirdness and amazement and everything in between. Nothing has come close to it since.