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Sesame Street, Last Gasp of the Monoculture, Faces Existential Threat
For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is wrong, ‘Sesame Street’ was not replaced by ‘drag queen storytime’
The segment Greene cited wasn’t aired; a local station mistakenly uploaded it to PBS’ site, where it stayed for two months before being removed ...
Watch SZA’s New ‘Sesame Street’ Song, an Ode to Gratitude With Elmo, Abby and Gabrielle
It may surprise some to hear that “Sesame Street” has a legacy of musical guests that is arguably only rivaled by “Saturday ...
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Watch SZA’s New ‘Sesame Street’ Song, an Ode to Gratitude With Elmo, Abby and Gabrielle
It may surprise some to hear that “Sesame Street” has a legacy ... The season is available on local PBS stations across the country and on the free PBS Kids Video app Fall 2025.
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Democratic congressman defends Elmo, Cookie Monster during PBS hearing
on Wednesday invoked the names of several Sesame Street characters while arguing against potential cuts to national public broadcasting groups NPR and PBS ... our kids that sharing is caring ...
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It’s Not Easy Being (Marjorie Taylor) Greene
Where have you gone, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Big Bird? In a more innocent time, the hallowed puppets of Sesame Street were recurring ... questioned whether PBS or NPR should continue to receive ...
Let’s take ‘Sesame Street’ out of the equation for PBS funding
As Congress threatens to defund public broadcasting, the defenders of PBS and NPR keep defending themselves by pointing to ...
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Let’s take ‘Sesame Street’ out of the equation for PBS funding
That’s exactly the sort of finding PBS likes to promote. But the Kearney-Levine paper also reached a less positive conclusion: that the positive impact of “Sesame Street” was not sustained.