Fred Rogers Productions

Background

Fred Rogers Productions, originally "Small World Enterprises" until 1971, "Family Communications" until 2003 (when Fred Rogers died), and The Fred Rogers Company until 2018, is a non-profit production company founded by Fred Rogers, creator, producer, and star of the show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It serves a least range of animated shows (from the Fred Rogers Company/Fred Rogers Productions) produced by PBS itself, which is also a non-profit network company.

Small World Enterprises

(February 19, 1968-May 14, 1971)

Logo: Over the closing credits, we the words

Produced by Small
World Enterprises, Inc.
in association with
WQED Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
for N.E.T.

Variant: On 1971 episodes, the font is lighter.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (which at this time was "Tomorrow" [or The Weekend Song on Friday episodes from 1971-72], not the "Good Feeling" song).

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on episodes from this era streaming on Twitch, as well as the ones available on Amazon, and any old tapes or YouTube copies you may encounter. Before the Amazon and Twitch releases, the B&W series had been long-gone, but PBS reran episodes 1001-1030 until 1984 (any of 1031-1065 hasn't aired on PBS since circa 1981), 1066-1130 (except for 1071-1075) until 1989 and 1131-1195 until 1990.

Editor's Note: More of an in-credit notice than a logo, but seeing it along with the closing sequence as a whole will bring back fond memories for those who grew up these earlier episodes, either when they were new or in reruns up until the early 1990s.

Family Communications

1st Logo (February 21, 1972-February 20, 1976)

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Logo: We see, superimposed, on the end credits:

Produced by
Family Communications, Inc.
in association with
WQED, Pittsburgh

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on most 1970's episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Episodes that have this in-credit notice haven't aired on PBS since August 11, 1995, as until September 2009, PBS was only airing episodes from 1979-2001. However, nine episodes from this era are available for download or burn-on-demand at Amazon.com. Most (if not all) of these episodes were seen during the 2017 Twitch marathon.

Editor's Note: Same as with the Small World logo.

2nd Logo (1976-August 31, 2001)

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Logo: Same as above, only this time we have a superimposed logo that reads:

a production of
Family
Communications
©[YEAR] Family Communications, Inc.

The M's in the the name are made up of curved lowercase I's, minus the dots.

Variants:

• On its first appearances (Let's Talk About Wearing a Cast and Let's Talk About Having an Operation), the logo is dark orange and is superimposed against a wood paneling background. "PRODUCED BY" appears centered above, and the copyright stamp reads "©1976 FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS" below.
• On Christmastime with Mister Rogers, the text, closely resembling the familiar 1979 version, is yellow on a blue background, and appears in the lower half of the screen, separated from the title in the top half by a centered asterisk. "a production of" is centered, and the copyright stamp is in all caps.
• On Divorce #1480 and the Play week (#1486-1490), "a production of" is in periwinkle, just like all of the credit titles during these episodes. (At least one episode with periwinkle credit titles uses the normal version, however.)
• On the 1980s series of programs entitled Mister Rogers Talks with Parents About..., the logo is usually superimposed against a wide shot of the set.
• On Mister Rogers Talks with Parents About Competition, the logo is harvest gold.

FX/SFX: Same as before.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Availability: Uncommon. First appeared on two 1976 programs entitled Let's Talk About... Is seen on reruns of 1979-2001 episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on PBS and other TV shows. PBS stopped airing the show weekly in September 2009, but it remains on-air, often in early-morning weekend timeslots, on some stations such as KAWB and KTCI in Minnesota, and it returned to national airwaves in said timeslots in 2017. Most of the episodes from this era are also available for download or burn-on-demand at Amazon.com, and will stream on Twitch. Also appears on a few VHS & DVD releases of episodes from Playhouse Video, CBS/Fox Video and Anchor Bay Entertainment. The variants seen on the Mister Rogers Talks with Parents About... series of specials can be found on their 1980s PBS Video releases. The original versions seen on the Let's Talk About... programs are extinct; the only available evidence of these programs is a series of screenshots on the Neighborhood Archive website. It probably also appeared on Let's Talk About Going to the Hospital, but it is not included in the Neighborhood Archive frames.

Editor's Note: The first proper on-screen logo for any Fred Rogers-related company. This is a favorite of many who grew up watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood from the 1980s through the 2000s.

3rd Logo (2001-2012)

Nickname: "The Neighborhood Trolley"

Logo: We see the words:

Family

Communications

with drawing of the Neighborhood Trolley on the top right of the Family Communications logo. Unlike the previous logo, There is no lowercase I's minus the dots. The web address www.fci.org is on the bottom of the logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen at the beginning of each episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episodes on the 2005 DVD set by Anchor Bay Home Entertainment.

Editor's Note: Not as well-known as the regular in-credit logo, it's almost as simple, but the iconic trolley will evoke warm memories of the Neighborhood.

The Fred Rogers Company

(September 3, 2012-July 10, 2018)

The Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood variant.

The Odd Squad variant.

Logo: Superimposed on the end credits is a grey brush stroke drawing of Fred Rogers' head, next to the words "Fred Rogers" in a large red font, and "the" and "company" are above and below the words, respectively. Below all that is "The legacy lives on".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

The Peg+Cat variant.

Availability: Seen at the end of the credits of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood on PBS in the US (with the E/I logo appearing onscreen at the top right corner) and Kids' CBC in Canada (Latter network airings of this show don't have that logo), Peg+Cat (Treehouse airings don't have this logo), and 2014-2018 episodes of Odd Squad. Even though, CBBC airings of latter show don't have this logo at all and is deleted (but US and Canada prints of the series have this logo appearing at the end, followed by plastering the TVO, Ici-Radio Canada Telé, and Sinking Ship logos).

Editor's Note: This logo may be nostalgic for those who grew up watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and should have similar resonance for the younger generation growing up on the company's modern shows.

Fred Rogers Productions

(April 3, 2018- )

Logo: Same setting as before, but the animated face of Daniel Tiger himself, this time, is in place of Roger's (painted everything in grey) is seen above the top left side of the company name next to it. The company name is seen in front of a big, periwinkle blue circle, The company name has already been changed from "The Fred Rogers company" to "Fred Rogers PRODUCTIONS", while "Fred" and "Rogers" both in red text are in the same font just like from the previous one, "PRODUCTIONS" is in place of "company" (latter is all capitalized). In this version, the slogan below the company name "The legacy lives on..." this time now does not appear at all.

FX/SFX: The logo zooming in.

Music/Sounds: Daniel Tiger giggling, or usually the end theme of the show. The current voice of Daniel Tiger laughing in this logo is young actor Keegan Hadley.

Music/Sounds Variant: On Odd Squad: Mobile Unit, only the show's end theme is used.

Availability: First appeared on the 4th season of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood on PBS. The end theme of the series without the tiger laughing in the logo can be found on 2018-2022 episodes of Sinking Ship Entertainment's Odd Squad and Odd Squad: Mobile Unit, starting with the Season 2 episodes "Who is Agent Otis?/Odds & Ends" (TVO airings don't have this logo at all), replacing the older latter company's logo with Fred Rogers' face painted in grey on the left right next beside the company name used from before. This also plasters the previous logo on reruns of seasons 1-3 of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.

Editor's Note: Viewers of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood may find it cute and endearing, while some fans of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood may not be too pleased to see Fred Rogers' image replaced with that of the animated Daniel Tiger.