This season, the show hopes to help students measure up in tough subjects. Sept. 26, 2011 — -- This season of "Sesame Street," which premiered today, has added a few new things to its usual mix ...

Sesame Street has been entertaining fans for decades. It focuses on the fun-loving Big Bird who engages in exciting activities along with his group of characters. The show provides helpful lessons to ...

Few children’s shows have left as lasting a mark as Sesame Street. For more than five decades, families around the world have tuned in to learn numbers, letters, and life lessons from Big Bird, Elmo, ...

Sesame Street is about to enter its new era now that Elmo has experinced what it’s like to reinvent oneself. The series will get a fresh new makeover for its 56th season, which is aiming to debut in ...

Marilyn Agrelo’s sweeping look at the origins and impact of the revolutionary kids' show transcends nostalgia, documenting television and cultural history alike. As key veterans of the show’s early ...

The beloved Muppets are teaching children how to deal with complex emotions. — -- Big Bird and his "Sesame Street" buddies are taking on a new mission: helping kids learn to cope with stress and ...

There was a time when American parents had no hesitation about plopping their kids in front of the television. For decades, shows like Sesame Street were, in addition to being often the only thing ...

Piphus, a Vanderbilt alum, is the voice and puppeteer for 6-year-old Gabrielle, the first Black female character on "Sesame Street.” Piphus grew up in a violent neighborhood just outside Cincinnati, ...

As Congress threatens to defund public broadcasting, the defenders of PBS and NPR keep defending themselves by pointing to the importance of their longstanding signature program: “Sesame Street.” At a ...