‘Sesame Street’ to Air First on HBO for Next 5 Seasons
2http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/business/media/sesame-street-heading-to-hbo-in-fall.html?_r=0
So i guess if your kids want to watch new episodes it's $12 a month.
The letters of the day on “Sesame Street” are H, B and O.
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit group behind the children’s television program, has struck a deal with HBO, the premium cable network, that will bring the next five seasons of “Sesame Street” to HBO and its streaming outlets starting this fall.
The partnership will allow Sesame Workshop to significantly increase its production of “Sesame Street” episodes and other new programming. The group will produce 35 new “Sesame Street” episodes a year, up from the 18 it produces now. Sesame Workshop also will create a spinoff series based on the “Sesame Street” Muppets and another new educational series for children.
After nine months of programming exclusively on HBO, the shows also will be available free on PBS, its home for the last 45 years. “Sesame Street” will also continue its run on PBS this fall, with the season featuring a selection of episodes from the last several seasons edited in new ways.
“Sesame Workshop’s new partnership does not change the fundamental role PBS and stations play in the lives of families,” Anne Bentley, a PBS spokeswoman, said in a statement, noting that PBS stations reach more children ages 2 to 5, more mothers of children under 6 and more low-income children than any children’s TV network, according to Nielsen.
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Big Bird with Tina Fey as Mother Goose and Alan Muraoka on “Sesame Street.” The partnership with HBO will allow Sesame Workshop to significantly increase its production of “Sesame Street” episodes. Credit Richard Termine/Sesame Street
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Sesame’s partnership with HBO comes at a critical time for the children’s television group. Historically, less than 10 percent of the funding for “Sesame Street” episodes came from PBS, with the rest financed through licensing revenue, such as DVD sales. Sesame’s business has struggled in recent years because of the rapid rise of streaming and on-demand viewing and the sharp decline in licensing income. About two-thirds of children now watch “Sesame Street” on demand and do not tune in to PBS to watch the show.
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I'll be holding out for Sesame Street, After Dark.
@jaremelz You are sooooooo in need of help :)
@mfladd Today's show is brought to you by the letter X. Three of them, in fact!
@jaremelz I'm afraid to confirm, but I'm pretty sure that must exist already.
@JonT Ooh, let's see how much worse my search history can get!
@jaremelz - Or the green (and pink) wedding.
@KDemo That would be sooo awesome! My kids and I keep toying with the idea of reenacting current events with our multitude of puppets. It would be terribly inappropriate, because I'm apparently raising weirdos.
@JonT I quickly googled Rule 34 Sesame Street and had proof presented.
I did not, however, click on any results.
@jaremelz That would be "Avenue Q"
@jaremelz I told my best friend's mother about the move to HBO back when it was announced, and she rather floored me by saying 'now Bert and Ernie can be naked together!'
@brhfl And we've come back to Sesame Street After Dark, hell yes! Bert and Ernie can lead the parade. Snufffleupagus and Big Bird can finally explore their friendship.
I'd rather it have been Netflix, but on the whole, this seems like good news. (As long as the "PBS gets all the episodes after 9 months" holds true.) I love hearing they're doubling the # of episodes they'll make.
I guess all in all, it's good news. I don't really think about Sesame Street being about high production values, though. It's supposed to look like an 80s BBC soundstage, damnit!
Has anyone actually watched SS lately? Sucks. They cram 2 minutes of learning into every hour long show. Lots of inside jokes for grown ups, like Sarah Jessica Parker looking for Big (Bird) or using the old Guy Smiley muppet, who looks a lot like Alec Baldwin, in some skit about thirty rocks. The Cookie Monster parodies of movies were pretty good, especially the Hungry Games and whatever the Les Mis thing was called. But your kids aren't learning much there.
Curious George is a much better show. No letters or numbers, but either a science or engineering lesson in each. Produced by Ron Howard, by the way.
@saodell They really shouldn't parody adult shows/movies like Game of Thrones. Knowing what that show is about makes it very disturbing to see references to it on a kids' program.
If Sesame Street can make some money and PBS gets to show the episodes eventually, it's all good. We'll continue watching the re-runs until then.
@saodell If you want another good and educational show, check out Wallykazam! on Nick Jr. My kids are obsessed with it, and it's fun and educational.
@kadagan Wally Wally Wally Wally
@Ignorant my kids scream tha part! Lol
I'm kinda meh about it because there are like 10,000 episodes to watch on PBS and it's not like your kids are going to be care if it's a new episode or one from 1982.
Ohh look at HBO acting like Netflix... guess it finally dawned on them. :)
@thismyusername They've realized they were falling behind. That's why they finally got Major League Baseball's streaming team to take over the technical side for them.