

Although this was Nick's first season appearance, he had been introduced in Come on Over to Barney's House (he was carried over to this season due to his younger age), and for additional context, Kayla Levels (who plays Whitney) appeared in a trailer for that video.

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The series welcomed a a new set of kids to the television series, including Gianna, Angela, Sarah, Scott, Kami, Mario, Tony, Beth, Whitney and Nick. Due to a family tragedy, the crew hired Dean Wendt, who had been working at Radio Disney.

Tim Dever was supposed to assume the role of Barney for this season, after the retirement of Bob West. Nelson had been on the road with Stinson for Barney live shows. Kyle Nelson also joined the cast, assuming the role of BJ replacing Jeff Brooks. Longtime Barney performer, Carey Stinson bagged the role of Barney for the television series, after David Joyner retired from doing the role on television. Promotional shot of Barney with BJ and Baby Bopīefore season seven started production, Barney's Christmas Star was the first project to be made for this era, which was filmed from August to September 2001.įilming for this season ran from November 2001 to April 26, 2002. Sheryl Leach, the series' creator, briefly returned to consult on changes to the series, and she suggested the idea of a train depot, which became the caboose for the new season (signifying the indoors or private area). The reason for the last-minute decision change was that the production team wanted a set that was a hybrid of a private and a public place. Later that month, the UK based HIT Entertainment acquired Lyrick Studios for $275 million, making season seven the first season to be produced and distributed by HIT.Īs HIT acquired the studio, the setting transformed into a more natural and realistic setting with the park as opposed to the imaginary set with Barney's house. Announced with the deal was for the show to take place at Barney's house, which was introduced in the home video Come on Over to Barney's House. The new contract was set to last until 2007. During the hiatus, it was announced that Lyrick Studios, the owners of the series, and PBS had reached a deal for Lyrick to produce forty new episodes to premiere in 20. Prior to this season, Barney & Friends took a break due to the series having completed its contract with PBS in 1999. 7.1 'Watch & Win with Barney & Friends' Contest.Randy Dalton, who's been involved with the series previously, now serves as executive producer. This was the first season to not be executive produced by any of the creators of the show. In this season, some episodes feature interactive cameos with real kids who playfully respond to Barney and the series starts to use real footage of children interacting with each other and with their family and friends, especially in some songs. Starting with this season, Barney "breaks the fourth wall", by talking directly to the audience in some episodes, unlike previous episodes where he would talk to viewers after the episode in the Barney Says segment. The children's cast is also entirely replaced, by introducing new children with the exception of Nick, who haven't appeared in previous episodes and/or videos. This season also introduced both new exterior and interior sets with the park and caboose respectively. This season welcomed entirely new changes, including the setting, the cast and producers. This season continues to display Barney coming to life through a child's imagination, whenever he is needed for something, helping his friends, through educational themes tailored for toddlers, which is the viewing audience.Īs the series celebrated ten years of airing on PBS at this point, the series now becomes filmed at HIT Entertainment Studios in Carrolton, Texas. The seventh season of Barney & Friends premiered on the PBS children's block, PBS Kids from September 2 until Novemand consisted of twenty episodes.
