How ‘Sesame Street’ is navigating funding cuts, new media habits, and leaving HBO for Netflix

Sesame Workshop CEO Sherrie Westin discusses the challenges of the past year, partnering with Netflix, and why emotional well ...

This Country Music Legend Once Set Big Bird From 'Sesame Street' on Fire

Big Bird barely made it out of the 1980s in one piece. Not only was Sesame Street' s biggest star in talks to ride aboard the ...
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Waylon Jennings Once Accidentally Lit Big Bird On Fire While Filming The 1985 Sesame Street Film, ‘Follow That Bird’

Classic Waylon... The country icon has so many iconic songs, and stories, to his name, and recently, we got to hear some brand new Waylon music on the album Songbird, which is a tracklist full of ...
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Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch 'Sesame Street' puppeteer Caroll Spinney dead at 85

Caroll Spinney, the television puppeteer known for his work as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the long-running show "Sesame Street," died Sunday. He was 85. In a statement posted to Facebook, Sesame ...

Should We All Just Move to Sesame Street?

For more than 50 years Sesame Street has helped educate kids around the world. Now, despite funding cuts, a new deal with Netflix and a dedicated army of donors have the series poised to be bigger ...