YouTube
Watching Mister Rogers on YouTube is possible, but if you go this route you certainly won’t be in the safe confines of the friendly digital neighborhood you seek. Yes, there are a ton of great clips and some complete episodes of Mister Rogers on YouTube, but you’ve got to be careful. The quality is all-over-the-place, and sometimes weird parodies will pop up on a playlist. Your best bet here is to search YouTube for something you want specifically like his famous trip to the Crayola Factory. Watch Here Watch here
PBS Kids.org and the PBS Kids app
The purest way to watch Mister Rogers online is to just go straight to the source. PBSKids.org has a permanent player which airs vintage episodes of the series on a rotating basis. This means that they swap out new episodes from the “early years” (the late ’60s and early ’70s) on the first Monday of every month. So, over time, you could conceivably watch everything from 1968 to 1975. There are also some great clips like this interview with illustrator Eric Carle. Watch here
Apple TV/iTunes
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is available on iTunes, but it’s probably not your best option. Apple has a smattering of episodes organized loosely by year, starting in 1981. These episodes are $1.99 each. So, unless you absolutely need the 1981 episode about divorce stored on your iPhone, this isn’t the easiest or most cost-effective way to watch Mister Rogers. Watch Here
