 The first broadcast of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" was on the National Educational Television network on February 19, 1968; the color NET logo appeared on a model building at the beginning and end of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" from 1969 to 1970.When NET ceased operations, the series moved its successor network PBS, even though episodes up until the end of the fourth season in May 1971 were still copyrighted by and produced for NET.The series' first season (1968) consisted of 130 episodes, produced in black-and-white.