People
How a composer’s accidental career builds on the legacy of ‘Sesame Street’
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“I just never thought this was my thing and so I sort of fell into it,” says music director Bill Sherman. “But now I just love it.”
Programs/Content
How ‘Sesame Street’ took root in post-Soviet Russia as ‘Ulitsa Sezam’
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In a new memoir, the lead producer behind the creation of Russia’s “Sesame Street” recounts the show’s tumultuous birth.
Programs/Content
Sesame Workshop focuses on racial literacy with four-year Coming Together initiative
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The project’s content will encourage conversations “that parents, caregivers or providers often don’t know how to start.”
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
After 50 years on TV, has Sesame Street been gentrified?
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To one viewer and parent, competitive pressures and fading institutional knowledge have compromised the show’s “gritty urban utopianism.”
System/Policy
Pointing to harmful messaging, autism organization ends partnership with Sesame Workshop
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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network said that a resource kit for parents, developed by the autism organization Autism Speaks, furthers “stigma against autistic children and adults.”
Programs/Content
‘Sesame’ characters hit the road for 50th-birthday bash with stations
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“We wanted to bring ‘Sesame Street’ to every street,” said Bobbi English, VP of North American television at Sesame Workshop.
Programs/Content
To mark show’s 50th anniversary, ‘Sesame Street’ producer adds episodes to pubcasting archive
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More than 4,000 episodes of the show will be made available to the public over the next year.
Quick Takes
Sesame Workshop: No, Bert and Ernie are not gay
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Comments from a former writer for the show prompted a tweet from the Workshop Tuesday.
"Made Possible By..." Podcast
‘Made Possible By…’ #11: ‘Sesame Street’ co-creator Lloyd Morrisett
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In the late ’60s, Morrisett and his collaborators on “Sesame Street” wanted to know: Could television teach?
Programs/Content
How ‘Sesame Street’ persuaded public television to act like a network
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To guarantee the show’s success, its creators had to win over a diverse group of educational broadcasters in the late ’60s.
Education
Updated ‘Sesame’ curriculum includes early-learning initiatives at stations
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The show’s characters and lessons will be featured in programs bringing educational resources to providers and parents.
System/Policy
Big Bird’s finances come under scrutiny at House budget hearing
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Where are the tax returns, Big Bird?
Programs/Content
Veteran ‘Sesame Street’ actors to meet with producers over future roles
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“I have been in touch with each of them to meet in person,” Sesame Workshop CEO Jeffrey Dunn said.
Programs/Content
Longtime cast members cut from ‘Sesame Street’ contracts
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Bob, Luis and Gordon are no longer under contract.
Programs/Content
Producers rethink children’s TV shows to appeal to digitally savvy youngsters
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To keep pace, creators of new and legacy shows must think far beyond the television screen.
Programs/Content
Sesame Workshop–HBO deal sparks soul-searching among public broadcasters
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“It seems to me there is something depressing about all this,” lamented PBS’s ombudsman.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #32: The future of children’s public television
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Thoughts on the Sesame Street news, and an encore interview with PBS Vice President for Children’s Programming Linda Simensky.
Sesame Street
What we’re reading about the Sesame–HBO deal
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Reactions to the deal that are worth your time.
Programs/Content
“C is for capitalism”: Reactions to the Sesame Street–HBO deal
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Some of our favorite responses to the big announcements.
Programs/Content
HBO to premiere new ‘Sesame Street’ shows, provide them for free to PBS in 5-year deal
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New Sesame Street episodes will premiere exclusively on HBO starting this fall and will be available to PBS after nine months.