Imagine if the Teletubbies really did go to war with Barney the purple dinosaur? Perhaps the BBC should pull some strings to make a Christmas special. Plus an after-the-watershed version with more ...

NEW YORK — First “Sesame Street,” then “Barney” and now “Teletubbies”: The PBS programs for the youngest TV viewers are getting new looks in the face of intense competition for children’s attention.

TELETUBBIES. Weekdays, starting today, 9 a. m., Ch. 13. 3 1/2 STARS BARNEY is dead! Long live the Teletubbies! Well, okay, Barney isn’t really dead; the titular star of the PBS pre-school series ...