Sesame Street News

Video, cable TV, personal computers, the Internet, were all in the future in 1969 when Sesame Street premiered on the Public Broadcasting System.

I have to give honor where honor is due. So I'm giving honor to the place where the air is sweet - yeah baby, Sesame Street! For those who do not know, 'Sesame Street' premiered 40 years ago today on Nov.

South Africa , U.S.A. Topics: Arts & Culture , Children , Health Languages: English Full Category List Excerpt As the children's show Sesame Street celebrates its 40th anniversary this month, premiering its new season today, one Muppet named Kami, on its South African edition, continues to help combat and raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.

You'd have to live under a rock or in a garbage can not to know that " Sesame Street " is marking its 40th anniversary today, complete with a guest appearance by first lady Michelle Obama .

TODAY'S MUST-SEE: 'Sesame Street' season-opener, 10 a.m., PBS. It was 40 years ago today that one of TV's best and most important series began.

While Fox News may be used to taking a never-ending beating from the liberal folks at CNN and MSNBC, you can bet they were not expecting a jab from venerable kids favorite, 'Sesame Street.' But that's just what happened.

Forty years ago today, a very famous address was unleashed upon television airwaves: 123 Sesame Street.

She's hanging with Elmo and Emeril Lagasse, Big Bird and Bobby Flay. Michelle Obama appears on "Sesame Street" Tuesday and recently taped an episode of "Iron Chef America," just two of the varied platforms she's been using lately to get her healthy-eating message out to the masses.

When the creators of "Sesame Street" first pitched the idea of a fuzzy elephant and digit-loving vampire teaching children, youth-oriented programming was sparse.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:40 p.m. There's never been a road like it before.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 4:07 p.m. Big Bird was the first Muppet seen in the opening episode, followed by Oscar the Grouch; Oscar's first lines were: 'Don't bang on my can! Go away!' He hasn't gotten any mellower.

The famous television series "Sesame Street" turns forty. The landmark children's series helped establish PBS when it premiered on Nov.

Muppet fingers per hand, except on Cookie Monster, who has five. 122 Number of Emmy Awards, the most for any television show.

A man landed on the moon; a little weekend music festival mushroomed into Woodstock.

It's the day before Halloween, and on the set of Sesame Street, the usual trickery is underway.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 3:55 p.m. 1969: 'Sesame Street' debuts Nov.

Where to be and what to watch... By Stephanie Robbins -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/6/2009 6:34:37 PM Monday, Nov.

Television producer Joan Ganz Cooney first had the idea for "Sesame Street." She and other concerned people formed the Children's Television Workshop to develop this idea.

In a special edition, Matthew Stadlen travels to Sesame Street to spend Five Minutes with Cookie Monster, Elmo, Big Bird, Grover and Oscar the Grouch.

This week marks the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street , first broadcast on PBS on November 10, 1969.