Save Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is a grassroots campaign organized in response to PBS’s decision to remove Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood from their weekday schedule.

We believe that the unique, timeless, and nurturing messages of Mister Rogers should remain as widely available today as they have in decades past. That’s why we’re doing this, and we hope you’ll considering being our neighbor.

The Save Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood campaign was organized by Brian Linder, a father of twin toddlers from Columbia, South Carolina, who grew up watching the program.

“I was a sensitive child,” Mr. Linder explains. “It was Mister Rogers who taught me how to begin to cope with feelings. And I think he taught my parents a lot, too. I know I’m still learning from him.”

“Watching the Neighborhood program was such a formative experience for me, and I have so many fond memories of it,” Linder adds.  “Sharing it with my own children is something I’ve looked forward to for a long time.”

“My girls are probably still too young to understand the show’s deeper messages,” he explains. “But I know that they’re already touched by the gentleness, simplicity, and whimsy of the Neighborhood.”

“You can imagine my disappointment when I heard about PBS’s decision to pull back on distribution,” Linder continues. “I just felt so strongly that someone needed to do something.”

Reach Brian Linder, Campaign Organizer, at brian@savemisterrogers.com.

Direct press inquiries to Ann Kennedy, Media Liaison, at press@savemisterrogers.com.