Barney & Friends (Seasons 1–14)

Barney & Friends (1992) is an American children's series you can watch online on iFILM, built around Barney — a purple, sing-song Tyrannosaurus rex who comes to life from a child's stuffed toy.

Barney is never alone. There's little Baby Bop the triceratops, her big brother BJ, and the dinosaur Riff, and together with a rotating cast of kids they work through the basics: sharing, manners, making friends, trying something new without being scared. Each episode runs on short skits, games and a steady stream of songs, all pitched at viewers aged two to five. The show first aired on PBS in April 1992 and became one of the most recognizable preschool brands on American television.

Here's the part grown-ups enjoy: the kid performers over the years included future pop stars Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato, both of whom got early screen time on the show. So Barney & Friends is partly a gentle morning ritual for toddlers and partly a small footnote in pop history. Put on an episode of the friendly dinosaur for the little ones. Stream Barney & Friends online on iFILM.