Using brain scans of children and adults watching Sesame Street, cognitive scientists are learning how children’s brains change as they develop intellectual abilities like reading and math. The novel ...

Education reporter Laura Meckler started reporting a story about the upcoming season of “Sesame Street,” which aims to help kids manage complex emotions. But she uncovered a larger story about the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Apart from the giant yellow bird, the red furry monster and the blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for cookies, “Sesame Street” appears as real as the New York City streets that inspired it.

NEW YORK – "Ooh, I'm so smiley," actor Alex Weisman laughs after filming a scene, flanked by his scene partners, both humans and Muppets. Last week marked one of the first days since COVID-19 shut ...

It's official. "Sesame Street" is looking for a new home. This comes after Warner Bros. Discovery decided to not renew a deal for new episodes of the children's show on HBO and Max. You will still be ...

Sunday, November 10 marks the 50th anniversary of "Sesame Street." There have been countless tender and wholesome moments in the show's history, but it's also been criticized at times for covering ...