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Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Support WKAR

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Mister Rogers: It's You I Like Special!

Mon., Aug. 31, 10:30pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 | Celebrate "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," the pioneering children's series that premiered nationally 51 years ago.Watch and Call or GIVE NOW ONLINEfor special offers! 

Cast members from the groundbreaking series share their personal perspectives and insights in this special production, which pays tribute to television’s longest-running children’s series, still broadcast on many PBS stations today. The program also features interviews with numerous celebrities who have been influenced and inspired by Fred Rogers, a modest man who always said, “I am not a teacher, I simply help children learn.” 

Michael Keaton, who worked as a stagehand and made appearances on the series in the 1970s, hosts the special.  Judd Apatow, Joyce DiDonato, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Kratt, John Lithgow, Yo-Yo Ma and son Nicholas Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Sarah Silverman, Esperanza Spalding and Caroll Spinney reveal their favorite memories from the series.

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