NEW YORK - Fifty years ago, beloved entertainer Carol Burnett appeared on the very first broadcast of a quirky TV program that featured a bunch of furry puppets. "Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird," ...

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- Monday marked 45 years since the debut episode of the New York institution of "Sesame Street." Created by children's television innovator Joan Ganz Cooney and Carnegie ...

When "Sesame Street" was created in 1969, it was a test - could television teach children? The program was developed with lower-income families in mind, and the set was meant to represent a block in ...

PBS and Sesame Workshop announced the lineup for the 42nd season of the children’s classic TV show Sesame Street, premiering September 26th on PBS Kids. This year, dozens of celebrities will help ...

[Editors’ note: This is part of America’s 2019 family issue. Click here to find our other stories on faith and today’s families.] Early one Sunday morning in 1965, the psychologist Lloyd Morrisett ...

NEW YORK — A longtime “Sesame Street” director who also worked on soap operas including “The Guiding Light” and “As the World Turns” has died. Emily Squires was 71. She died Wednesday at New York’s ...

Entertaining and educating children on television for almost 50 years, the residents of "Sesame Street" have become household names. There's Big Bird, Abby Cadabby, and Oscar the Grouch. Some, like ...

Following several months of upheaval, a sense of calm is coming to "Sesame Street." In a series of announcements May 19, the beloved children's show producer Sesame Workshop revealed it will begin ...

Legendary preschool show "Sesame Street" has moved to Netflix. The first four episodes of the new season are streaming now. Will fans still find "Sesame Street" on PBS? Elmo has always looked good in ...

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