Television
Other 2019 honorees include Sally Field, Earth Wind & Fire and Linda Ronstadt.
July 18, 2019
Parent of ‘Sesame Street’ is expected to acquire rights to the show’s characters. The nonprofit hopes deal will help it hold its own against fierce competition.
Dec. 4, 2000
Entertainment & Arts
A Filipino American Muppet named TJ makes his debut on an episode of ‘Sesame Street’ this week, during AAPI month.
May 11, 2023
Show Tracker
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April 9, 2010
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Norah Jones, Solange and other stars help “Sesame Street” celebrate its 50th anniversary with a prime-time TV special airing Saturday.
Nov. 9, 2019
Mayor Eric Garcetti met with Big Bird and Count von Count to announce that Friday is Sesame Street Day in Los Angeles, celebrating the show’s 50th anniversary.
Aug. 2, 2019
CNN and “Sesame Street” are cohosting “Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism,” a town hall to help families discuss race and the nationwide protests.
June 5, 2020
It was a video experiment born of the Great Society idealism of the 1960s--a children’s TV program that meant to make learning the alphabet easy and fun, so that underprivileged kids could get a jump on kindergarten.
Nov. 14, 1988
Seldom does a network spend an hour of prime time saluting a television program that isn’t one of its own.
April 7, 1989
Obituaries
Morrisett helped change children’s educational TV with Elmo, Cookie Monster and other fuzzy ‘Sesame Street’ creatures.
Jan. 25, 2023