Riff, front, center, a new character on the “Barney & Friends” show, is shown with the show's other dinosaur characters, Baby Bop, left, Barney, back, and B.J., right, during the taping of a ...

I Love You, You Hate Me' is a limited series chronicling the rise and fall of Barney the Dinosaur’s furious backlash — and what it says about the human need to hate," the docuseries synopsis read.

Barney, the polarizing purple dinosaur who was a mainstay of many millennial upbringings, is making a triumphant return to TV screens next year — but this time, he'll be animated. Mattel Inc ...