For more than thirty years, American children grew up watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Fred Rogers offered a calm and stable presence, tackling life's weightiest issues in a simple, direct way. Won't You Be My Neighbor? reflects on Rogers’ legacy of kindness and the profound and lasting effect his innovative approach to television had on millions of children.

Watch it tonight at 8pm on GBH 2

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