Mr. Rogers & Me
Public Television, 8:00 p.m. ET
Public TV (Check local listings), iTunes and DVD -- This new documentary, by MTV senior VP Benjamin Wagner and his brother Christofer, is a love letter to Fred Rogers – an exploration of the very personal ways the late public TV children’s host and educator influenced and affected those who watched and met him. I have my own stories about this (they’re in my 1992 book Teleliteracy, in which I interviewed, among others, Rogers himself) – and so do all the people in this fine, from-the-heart film study. It’s on public TV this month, but also available, beginning today, on iTunes, and for sale on DVD HERE – because today is Fred Rogers’ birthday.