HOLLYWOOD — Barney the Purple Dinosaur is routinely held up as the epitome of sappy children’s entertainment. Thousands of anti-Barney Web sites haunt the Internet. But the children’s TV and music ...

The writers went on strike and scripted television went on vacation. Thank God for reality TV. No, we’re not talking “Survivor” and “Dancing With the Stars.” We mean the presidential election and ...

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Okay, Bookmarc, here it is. President Bush's dog Barney warned off a reporter by biting him. But let's not place the blame completely on Barney. Had his handler been trained sufficiently to read the ...

The PG staff has a collective dislike of "Barney & Friends.'' The Pollyanna attitude; the cloying stage kids; the vague creepiness of a man's voice emanating from a dinosaur suit. But Barney turns 20 ...

President-elect Barack Obama promised his little girls a puppy for the White House, but they'll have to get past Barney first. The current White House dog, a Scottish terrier, bit a Reuters reporter ...