Mister Rogers' Neighborhood returned to PBS in 1979, and the show celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Episodes[]
- Episode 1 (season premiere) (Mister Rogers Talks with Parents About School) (August 19, 1979)
- Episode 2 (Starting School) (August 20, 1979)
- Episode 3 (Starting School) (August 21, 1979)
- Episode 4 (Starting School) (August 22, 1979)
- Episode 5 (Starting School) (August 23, 1979)
- Episode 6 (Starting School) (August 24, 1979)
- Episode 7 (Mister Rogers Talks to Parents About Superheroes) (February 3, 1980)
- Episode 8 (Superheroes) (February 4, 1980)
- Episode 9 (Superheroes) (February 5, 1980)
- Episode 10 (Superheroes) (February 6, 1980)
- Episode 11 (Superheroes) (February 7, 1980)
- Episode 12 (Superheroes) (February 8, 1980)
- Episode 13 (Bubbleland) (May 19, 1980)
- Episode 14 (Bubbleland) (May 20, 1980)
- Episode 15 (Bubbleland) (May 21, 1980)
- Episode 16 (Bubbleland) (May 22, 1980)
- Episode 17 (season finale) (Bubbleland) (May 23, 1980)
Trivia[]
- This is the first episode after its three-year hiatus, and the show celebrated 10 years on the air.
- This is the first time, the porch entrance and exit are used in the Mister Rogers' television house.
- Rogers took the show behind the scenes on the set of The Incredible Hulk, which aired on CBS from 1978 to 1982.
- This is the first time, a new version of the opening sequence was used. The camera goes from the Neighborhood model, to the porch of the Mister Rogers' television house, where the viewers see Mister Rogers coming for a visit before he enters the house.
- This was one of the few operas of the series to take up the entire 30 minutes of the episode.
- This is the only episode about 8 seconds into the beginning, the episode title, "Mister Rogers Makes an Opera", appears.
- This is the only episode where Mister Rogers already had a cardigan zipper sweater, when he enters the porch.