Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (referred to as Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood in Canada or simply as Daniel Tiger) is a American-Canadian animated kids preschool show that is a spiritual successor to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and created by Angela Santomero, also the co-creator of Blue's Clues. It premiered on most PBS stations on September 3, 2012. Based on the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, four-year-old Daniel Tiger, son of Daniel Striped Tiger, goes out everyday to play with his friends O the Owl, Katerina Kittycat, Prince Wednesday and Miss Elaina. This show teaches about talking to others about feelings and how to make others better.

Why It Will Make You Ride Along

 * 1) It stays true to Fred Rogers' legacy.
 * 2) The songs are very beautiful, and are great remakes of the original ones, like "It's You I Like" and "Won't You Be My Neighbor?".
 * 3) The voice acting is pretty good, especially the kid actors.
 * 4) The backgrounds are well detailed and nice to look at.
 * 5) The show tackled several challenges such as death and dealing with a storm.
 * 6) It has good messages like "You can have some differences, and at the same time, have similarities."
 * 7) The designs of the characters are cute and irresistible.
 * 8) Teaches kids how to tell sometime how you're feeling instead of ignoring it.
 * 9) Unlike Dora the Explorer where the fourth wall breaks are annoying and get too long, the fourth wall/fake interactivity breaks here aren't too long nor even bothersome at all and give enough time for the viewer to answer.
 * 10) Some moments are really cute, like when Daniel "make-believes" with the viewer.
 * 11) The art style is very creative.
 * 12) Likable characters, especially Daniel Tiger himself.
 * 13) The imagination segments are nice because they relate to what kids think of things.
 * 14) Nearly every song is great and faithful to its predecessor.
 * 15) Daniel's baby sister, Margaret is also cute.
 * 16) Amazing episodes that teach kids good lessons.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The animation can be choppy at times.
 * 2) The characters can get slightly annoying or unlikable sometimes.
 * 3) The 1-hour special: Tiger Family Trip had a lot of filler in it.
 * 4) A few moments in the show come off as a bit mean-spirited.
 * 5) Many characters from the original series have been grossly simplified. For example, King Friday is no longer an egotist who uses big words, and Lady Elaine Fairchilde went from a trickster with a long nose who was the closest thing to an antagonist the Neighborhood of Make-Believe had (outside of King Friday's well-intentioned paranoia) to a generic suburban mom who works at a crayon factory.
 * 6) Quite a few characters from the original are absent, most notably Cornflake S. Pecially, Lady Aberlin (Betty Aberlin has spoken out against the series' existence), Neighbor Aber, Bob Trow (and Bob Dog), Handyman Negri, and Officer Clemmons.
 * 7) Even though David Newell is still alive, he does not voice Mr. McFeeley, who is instead voiced by Derek McGrath.
 * 8) A few episodes show Baby Margaret getting her diaper changed. While this is a natural part of life, it is something that should not be in the show because the target audience is really young children.

Reception

 * It holds a rating of 7.4/10 on IMDB.