From today’s NY Times:
The solution is to start a $6M advertising campaign, using adult programs including ‘Oprah.’ Barney, of course, had started out as a character that was marketed directly at tikes, initially using the PBS program as the only vehicle.
Oprah and Dr. Phil will have to do without me as a viewer for a while. But I’m cool – as long as Ht Entertainment doesn’t discover popup Internet ads.
DAMN! I thought this was about my favorite store. 
They could just make the show better…
hi all! even if they spent $6 BILLION dollars in ads,I still
couldnt watch Barney.Id much rather watch teletubbies
(and my stomach wont let me watch that!)
rich in seattle.
rdky2000:
Having been exposed to both, I can only say you must be kidding.
Teletubbies is far stupider than Barney. If you’d ever sat down and watched a Barney video with your kids (assuming you have any), you’d discover that Barney does throw in goodies for the adults sometimes.
One example: on “Barney in Outer Space,” the kids’ Astronomy Club teacher is named Mrs. Kepler.
Barney’s voice is grating. And the less we see of Baby Bop, the better a given Barney video is. However, Teletubbies is unadulterated garbage.
Tell me honestly - have you ever watched Teletubbies? Or was that statement of yours empty hyperbole, without genuinely knowing what you’d be getting into?
I’d rather watch Teletubbies.
Those giant bunny rabbits are really cute.