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How ‘Sesame Street’ took root in post-Soviet Russia as ‘Ulitsa Sezam’

By Natasha Lance Rogoff, Author ("Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia") | November 14, 2022

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

By Anna Brugmann, Former Editorial Intern | June 16, 2021

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?

By Tad Suiter, Adjunct Assistant Professor (CUNY) | August 27, 2019

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

By Chelsea Cirruzzo, Freelance Contributor | August 9, 2019

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

By Savanna Strott, Editorial Intern | May 21, 2019

“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

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | February 15, 2019

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

By Karissa Waddick, Editorial Intern | September 18, 2018

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

By Mike Janssen, Digital Editor | January 23, 2018

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

By Kathryn A. Ostrofsky, Digital Archive Coordinator (www.bunkhistory.org) | December 13, 2017

To guarantee the show’s success, its creators had to win over a diverse group of educational broadcasters in the late ’60s.

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