1997 (in BarneyandHeyArnold's dream)

Major Events

 * January 14: Barney's Party Celebration and Run, Jump, Skip and Sing are released to stores.
 * March 18: Stu-u-upendous Puzzle Fun! and Barney's Colors & Shapes is released to stores.
 * March 20: Actimates Barney, Actimates TV Pack and Actimates PC Pack are released to stores.
 * March 24: Barney Meets Nelson Mandela. Barney & Friends episodes become encoded with signals to interact with the Actimates Barney doll.
 * March 25: Barney Live! In New Hampshire was avaliable to pre-order on video.
 * April 1: The VHS release of Barney's Super-Dee-Duper Adventure is released to stores. It is the first video that was released on DVD. Also, My Party with Barney is available to purchase through Kideo.
 * April 8: Barney's Musical Scrapbook is available to pre-order.
 * April 22: Barney Live! In New Hampshire was avaliable on home video in stores.
 * May 6: Barney's Musical Scrapbook is released to stores.
 * May 20: Barney's Rainforest Adventure begins production.
 * May 27: Barney and the Backyard Memories is released to stores. Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage is available to pre-order.
 * June 24: Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage has a release in stores after only being available at the tour.
 * July 1: The updated version of Barney Magazine is released to stores.
 * July 8: Barney's Pajama Party is released to stores.
 * July 22: Barney's Greatest Hits is avaliable to pre-order.
 * July 25: Barney's Run, Jump, Skip and Sing ends production.
 * Early August: Production for Season 4 began.
 * August 5: Barney's Run, Jump, Skip and Sing and its CD counterpart are available to pre-order.
 * August 19: Barney's Greaatest Hits is released to stores.
 * August 26: The re-release of Waiting for Santa are available to pre-order.
 * September 2: Barney's Run, Jump, Skip and Sing and its CD counterpart.
 * September 23: Waiting for Santa is re-released and has new previews.
 * Early October: Production for Season 4 ended.
 * October 7: Barney's It's Raining, It's Pouring... is available to pre-order.
 * November 4: Barney's It's Raining, It's Pouring... is released to stores.
 * November 17: Season 4 premieres on PBS.
 * November 18: The release of It's Time For Counting is announced.
 * December 15: Season 4 finale on PBS.
 * December: Hachaverim Shel Barney debuts in Israel, marking the first time the Barney & Friends TV series was produced outside the US.
 * Barney's Big Surprise is filmed at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
 * The launch of www.barneyonline.com