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.

Sesame Street is headed for a detour, but the path forward isn’t exactly clear. The long-running children’s show, which first introduced young audiences to Big Bird, Bert and Ernie in 1969 ...

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 ...

"Sesame Street," which premiered in November 1969, faced a rough road to air in the state of Mississippi. This is that story.

Sadly, Messrs. Elmo, Monster, and Bird were nowhere to be seen on Capitol Hill today. They would not have fit in, anyway, as ...

Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the ...