Sesame Street
American children's television program, sometimes to teach ESL.
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"Sesame Street" is an American children's television program designed to educate young viewers. It is sometimes used to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) to non-native English speakers.
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TV series · TMDB
★ 7.1On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.
- Aired
- 1969–2026
- Seasons
- 56 · 3544 episodes
- Status
- Returning Series
- Created by
- Lloyd Morrisett, Joan Ganz Cooney, Jim Henson
- Network
- PBS, HBO, National Educational Television, PBS Kids, Netflix, HBO Max, Max, HBO Max
- Genres
- Kids, Comedy
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Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) and was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. It is known for its images communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, and includes short films, with humor and cultural references. It premiered on November 10, 1969, to positive reviews, some controversy, and high viewership. It has aired on the United States national public television provider PBS since its debut, with its first run moving to premium channel HBO on January 16, 2016, then its sister streaming service HBO Max on November 12, 2020, which continued through the service's rebrand as Max in 2023 and as HBO Max in 2025, and most recently Netflix on November 10, 2025.
The show's format consists of a combination of commercial television production elements and techniques that have evolved to reflect changes in American culture and audiences' viewing habits. It was the first children's TV show to use educational goals and a curriculum to shape its content, and the first show whose educational effects were formally studied. Its format and content have undergone significant changes over the years to reflect changes to its curriculum.
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