Tag: Sesame Street
Sesame Workshop eyes ‘new distribution plan’ as Warner Bros. Discovery ends contract
The “Sesame Street” producer has partnered with HBO since 2016.How a composer’s accidental career builds on the legacy of ‘Sesame Street’
“I just never thought this was my thing and so I sort of fell into it," says music director Bill Sherman. "But ...How ‘Sesame Street’ took root in post-Soviet Russia as ‘Ulitsa Sezam’
In a new memoir, the lead producer behind the creation of Russia's "Sesame Street" recounts the show's tumultuous birth.Sesame Workshop focuses on racial literacy with four-year Coming Together initiative
The project's content will encourage conversations "that parents, caregivers or providers often don't know how to start."After 50 years on TV, has Sesame Street been gentrified?
To one viewer and parent, competitive pressures and fading institutional knowledge have compromised the show's "gritty urban utopianism."Pointing to harmful messaging, autism organization ends partnership with Sesame Workshop
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network said that a resource kit for parents, developed by the autism organization Autism Speaks, furthers "stigma against ...‘Sesame’ characters hit the road for 50th-birthday bash with stations
“We wanted to bring 'Sesame Street' to every street,” said Bobbi English, VP of North American television at Sesame Workshop.To mark show’s 50th anniversary, ‘Sesame Street’ producer adds episodes to pubcasting archive
More than 4,000 episodes of the show will be made available to the public over the next year.Sesame Workshop: No, Bert and Ernie are not gay
Comments from a former writer for the show prompted a tweet from the Workshop Tuesday.‘Made Possible By…’ #11: ‘Sesame Street’ co-creator Lloyd Morrisett
In the late '60s, Morrisett and his collaborators on "Sesame Street" wanted to know: Could television teach?How ‘Sesame Street’ persuaded public television to act like a network
To guarantee the show's success, its creators had to win over a diverse group of educational broadcasters in the late '60s.Updated ‘Sesame’ curriculum includes early-learning initiatives at stations
The show's characters and lessons will be featured in programs bringing educational resources to providers and parents.Big Bird’s finances come under scrutiny at House budget hearing
Where are the tax returns, Big Bird?Veteran ‘Sesame Street’ actors to meet with producers over future roles
“I have been in touch with each of them to meet in person,” Sesame Workshop CEO Jeffrey Dunn said.Longtime cast members cut from ‘Sesame Street’ contracts
Bob, Luis and Gordon are no longer under contract.
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