Dinosaur suit like monster. They continued to be used in films such as "" (1985) which used animatronic brontosaurus suits with radio-controlled heads, and in television series like "Dinosaurs" (1991), a sitcom with a family of dinosaurs. The film "Jurassic Park" (1993) used dinosaur suits for some of the creatures, such as velociraptors and pterodactyls. In modern-day movies such as "Jurassic World" (2015), this was instead done using CGI. In children's television, Barney, an anthropomorphic purple dinosaur, was used in the show "Barney & Friends" alongside other dinosaurs, becoming widely known in pop culture. Some sports teams have dinosaur mascots represented by
What Now concept established early on. In 1989 the show moved to TVNZ 2 and then in 1996 to Sunday mornings. An after school version of "What Now", "What Now PM", also ran on TVNZ 2 during the week between 1997 and 2002. The weekdays version of What Now? became its own separate show known as WNTV. First hosted by Carolyn Taylor and a face in a computer screen played by Mikey Carpenter. Later the show changed dramatically but kept the same WNTV name. It became a drama showing behind the scenes of a children's afternoon magazine show. This was hosted by